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Peer reviewedGibbs, Denise P.; Cooper, Eugene B. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1989
The prevalence of communication disorders in a population of 242 children with learning disabilities between 8 and 12 years of age was determined. A speech, language, or hearing problem was exhibited by 96.2 percent of the children. Only six percent of the children were considered to be receiving appropriate services. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Elementary Education, Hearing Impairments, Incidence
Download full textGreene, Frederick L.; And Others – 1969
Sources are cited dealing with the following handicaps concomitant with visual impairment: hearing impairment, physical handicaps, mental retardation, speech impairment, educational handicaps, and emotional disturbance. Additional items on the multiply handicapped visually impaired cover vocational rehabilitation. Teacher resources in both medical…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Emotional Disturbances, Etiology, Exceptional Child Education
World Health Organization, Geneva (Switzerland). – 1980
The manual contains three classifications (impairments, disabilities, and handicaps), each relating to a different plane of experience consequent upon disease. Section 1 attempts to clarify the nature of health related experiences by addressing reponse to acute and chronic illness; the unifying framework for classification (principle events in the…
Descriptors: Classification, Communication Disorders, Definitions, Disabilities
Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. Div. of Special Education. – 1969
Discussed are the support of the State Department of Education, the responsibilities of a program for exceptional children, responsibilities of the local school system, and teacher approval and certification. A definition, types of programs, enrollment and placement, equipment and facilities, and goals are presented for each of the following…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Educational Programs, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Education
Edmunds, Polly; And Others – 1985
The manual presents an overview of federal special education legislation and information about specific disabilities. The summaries of P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 focus on the rights afforded to handicapped children and their families under the law. Information on disabilities is…
Descriptors: Autism, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances
Lambert, Roger H.; And Others – 1975
The bibliography contains 1,621 references for materials related to vocational and technical education of handicapped students. Entries are coded by Office of Education Curriculum Codes and Educational Resources Information Center descriptors. Materials can be located by specific skill areas (communication skills, interpersonal and behavior coping…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Bibliographies, Career Education, Delinquency
Corrado, Thomas J.; Colfer, Mary Ellen – 1981
A study was conducted by the Two-Year College Development Center to determine to what extent two-year colleges in New York provided services or aids to assist disabled students in occupational programs and the quality of these accommodations. Specifically, the study sought to obtain demographic information about disabled students (e.g., sex, age,…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Ancillary School Services, Community Colleges, Disabilities
ERIC Clearinghouse on Handicapped and Gifted Children, Reston, VA. – 1975
The annotated bibliography on early childhood intervention in infancy contains approximately 65 abstracts and associated indexing information for documents published from 1968 to 1974 and selected from the computer files of the Council for Exceptional Children's Information Services and the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC). It is…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Bibliographies, Cerebral Palsy, Developmental Disabilities
District of Columbia Dept. of Human Resources, Washington, DC. – 1968
Services for persons living in the District of Columbia, with handicaps due to mental, physical, sensory, or special health conditions, are described. Agencies offering services for several handicapping conditions and government facilities are listed; indexes list agencies by specific handicaps and by services. The address, telephone, hours,…
Descriptors: Administrators, Admission Criteria, Agencies, Clinical Diagnosis
Moore, Cory; And Others – 1983
The guide lists and summarizes publications designed to help parents of children with disabilities. In the first section, publications covering general aspects of handicaps--including personal accounts of parents, early home intervention, schooling, adulthood, and additional information resources--are described. Section II presents information…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Autism, Behavior Modification, Civil Rights
Milota, Cathy; And Others – 1991
This resource guide presents general information about disabilities and summaries of relevant federal laws. A question-and-answer format is used to highlight key features of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (Public Law 94-142, reauthorized in 1990 as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act); Section 504 of the Rehabilitation…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Autism, Disabilities, Educational Legislation
Frith, Greg – 1979
The monograph describes the progress that has been made in exceptional child education in Alabama during the last decade and addresses needed areas of improvement. Brief sections focus on the following items: financing special education programs, instructional programing in local education agencies, individualized education plans, diagnosis of…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Certification, Child Advocacy, Delivery Systems
