NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 7 results Save | Export
Wehmeyer, Michael L., Ed. – Oxford University Press, 2013
Roughly 54 million people with disabilities live in the U.S., and there are many more millions of people with disabilities around the world. Not surprisingly, differences among and between people with disabilities are often as notable as differences between people with and without disabilities. While the lack of homogeneity among people with…
Descriptors: Psychology, Disabilities, Interdisciplinary Approach, Special Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Cech, Donna; Pitello, Ardis – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1977
The authors describe the effects of combining a vision specialist's abilities with those of a physical therapist when working with low functioning visually and physically handicapped preschoolers. (CL)
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Multiple Disabilities, Physical Disabilities, Physical Therapists
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Horton, Steven V.; Taylor, David C. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 1989
The study investigated the effectiveness of an instructional program designed to promote independent walking in a mentally and physically handicapped (cerebral palsied) preschooler involving a collaborative effort between a behavior therapist and a physical therapist in an interdisciplinary setting, a public school. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Cerebral Palsy, Instructional Effectiveness, Interdisciplinary Approach
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Anderson, Nella B.; Hawkins, Jacqueline; Hamilton, Richard; Hampton, Jill D. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 1999
This study examined the effectiveness of activities associated with transdisciplinary teaming and integrated therapy on targeted motor responses of three elementary age students with multiple disabilities during the general education classroom routine. All three students immediately increased and maintained their target motor responses under the…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Inclusive Schools, Interdisciplinary Approach, Intervention
Varty, Edna – Special Education, 1973
Described is a program which stresses close cooperation among staff members at a special school for the multiply handicapped in order to provide an integrated program for the handicapped child. (DB)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Multiple Disabilities, Neurological Impairments
Adamek, Mary; Darrow, Alice-Ann – American Music Therapy Association, 2005
This book explains essential features of special education that are important for interdisciplinary communication and effective teaching. Part I introduces the reader to historical and instructional foundations of music in special education. Major topics and developments in the field of special education, important terminology, and curricular…
Descriptors: Music Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Music, Physical Disabilities
Council for Exceptional Children, Arlington, VA. – 1970
The report of the proceedings of the convention of the Council for Exceptional Children in 1970 includes papers on the following topics: a workshop report on the team approach in using educational media, means of decelerating disruptive classroom behavior, the promotion of motor development in young retardates, the use of pictorial symbols to…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Camping, Cognitive Development, Educational Methods