Background: Families struggle to support family members with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD), especially in low resourced settings where formal services may not be available. Method: The adapted Family Community Participation survey, measuring perceptions of community participation, was administered to 67 primary caregivers…

The policy statement by the American Foundation for the Blind deals with services for children and adults who have physical or mental handicaps in addition to visual loss. Noted are difficulties in providing appropriate services to the multiply handicapped. It is stated that optimum independence should be the goal of services for the multiply…

Describes a program in which high school students in a dropout-prevention program made twice-weekly visits to work as volunteers at a school that includes students with multiple, severe disabilities. (SR)

Described is the Anne Sullivan Macy Service for Deaf-Blind Persons, a regional demonstration and research project conducted by the Industrial Home for the Blind in New York and the Social and Rehabilitation Service (DHEW). The purposes of the project are noted to be rehabilitation services to the deaf-blind, mobilization of state and local…

The report examines the status of community integration for people with the most severe disabilities. Information is drawn from literature reviews, telephone surveys of over 50 programs nationwide, and visits to 5 community service systems in 4 states. An initial section outlines basic principles for community integration, followed by a review and…

The Boston Center for Blind Children has prepared an annotated bibliography of pamphlets intended to be useful to persons working with multiply-handicapped, visually-impaired individuals. The pamphlets are organized under the following categories (number of entries in each category is listed in parentheses): bibliographies (4), epilepsy (4), facts…

This paper describes a data-based case study of a linked array of community-based treatment services for troublesome, dual-diagnosed children and adolescents. Factors in the program's successes are described, followed by long-term data supporting treatment effectiveness. Results support applied research at this level and present a simple…

Presented are the proceedings of the First Historic Helen Keller World Conference on Services to Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults, held in New York City in September, 1977 on the theme "The Deaf-Blind Person in the Community." Reports have the following titles and authors: "Definition, Demography, Causes and Prevention of Deaf-Blindness; Finding and…

Voluntary reporting, household canvass, and diagnostic clinics were utilized in studying the prevalence, disabilities, and needs of handicapped children in two Georgia counties (population 48,200); community resources were surveyed. Of the population under 21, 10% had handicaps and, of these, two-thirds had multiple handicaps with an average of…

Six high school students with multiple disabilities, including mental retardation, were taught community living skills through the establishment of a shopping service for people who were elderly or who had disabilities. Students increased their competence in community survival skills and also experienced a new role as helper. (JDD)

Reported is a 4-year project which resulted in a model service center for handicapped children, emphasizing the identification of handicapped students (18 months-adult) lacking adequate services; provision of multidisciplinary task force of specialized personnel to diagnose, prescribe, and instruct students, parents, and teachers; assistance to…

This study examined demographic and service delivery data derived from Individualized Education Programs of 153 elementary students with learning disabilities in a medium-sized city in northern Illinois. It specifically addressed family background, prevalence of secondary disabilities and health problems, behavioral and motivational…

Papers on visually handicapped and mentally retarded children presented are the following: the challenge of the problem; programming; developmental learning; psychotherapeutic learning; operant conditioning; design of institutional facilities; care and management in institutional settings, schools, and state homes; and definitions of medical terms…