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Download full textEllis, Ethan B., Ed. – People with Disabilities, 1994
This special issue examines inclusive education, the movement to include children with disabilities in regular classrooms, focusing on the situation in New Jersey. The issue begins with an editorial by Ethan B. Ellis titled "Inclusive Education: Time To Pay Up." In "The Terms of the Debate," Marc Mercer notes that inclusive…
Descriptors: Black Students, Disabilities, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
Inge, Katherine J., Ed. – RRTC, 1994
This topical newsletter focuses on ways to convert segregated day programs for people with disabilities into community integrated employment programs. Individual sections cover: common "conversion" myths and appropriate responses; a national status report on conversion; Florida's innovative use of the Medicaid waiver to fund conversion;…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Employment Potential, Employment Programs, Program Development
Newton, Priscilla, Ed. – TASH Newsletter, 2000
This document comprises the nine issues of the 1999-2000 TASH Newsletter. Each issue includes news items, conference information, and articles. Major articles include the following: "1998 TASH Annual Conference: Inclusion Roundtable"; "1998 TASH Conference Keynote Address (Zuhy Sayeed); "Do Not Resuscitate - Whose Choice Is…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Civil Liberties, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Development
Willis, Scott – ASCD Curriculum Update, 1994
This newsletter theme issue focuses on issues in including students with disabilities in regular education. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act calls for students to be placed in the least restrictive environment, which is presumed by some educators to be the regular classroom. The drawbacks of separate programs are not felt to be…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Change, Educational Methods, Elementary Secondary Education
Abery, Brian, Ed.; McConnell, Scott, Ed. – IMPACT, 1989
This "feature issue" focuses on early intervention with handicapped children, with an emphasis on: Project EDGE (Expanding Developmental Growth through Education), an early intervention research project initiated in 1968; strategies for developing family-friendly early intervention services; and progress reports from various states and…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities, Early Intervention, Family Involvement
Newton, Priscilla, Ed. – TASH Connections, 2002
Seven issues (2002) of this organizational newsletter comprise the document. Issues typically include news items of interest to TASH members, conference information, and articles. Article topics include the following: public policy; book clubs for professional development; principles of sound research; research in support of advocacy; action…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Autism, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Butterworth, John; Fesko, Sheila Lynch – Research to Practice, 1999
This brief paper reports on an evaluation of 10 community rehabilitation providers, six that successfully closed a facility-based program between 1989 and 1994, and four who are currently involved in a change process. Data collection consisted of participant observation, in-depth interviews, and document analysis. Findings indicated: (1)…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Community Programs, Data Collection
Gilmore, Dana Scott; Butterworth, John – Research To Practice, 1996
This fact sheet summarizes data on integrated employment (supported and competitive) and facility-based employment activities (sheltered workshops) from two national surveys of community rehabilitation providers (CRPs). The 1986 survey used a random sample of 952 CRPs from all states, while the 1991 survey used a stratified sample of 643 CRPs from…
Descriptors: Adults, Agencies, Disabilities, Integrated Services
Lakin, Charlie, Ed.; And Others – IMPACT, 1993
This newsletter feature issue focuses on quality assurance and innovative efforts to enhance service quality for persons with developmental disabilities. Individual articles include: "Redesigning Quality Assurance" (Clarence J. Sundram); "Quality Assurance, Quality Enhancement" (Charlie Lakin et al.); "Challenging…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Community Programs, Developmental Disabilities, Evaluation Methods
Kregel, John; Wehman, Paul – RRTC, 1996
Major ongoing supported employment studies conducted at the Rehabilitation Research Training Center at Virginia Commonwealth University are profiled in this newsletter. The training center involves individuals with disabilities in the design, implementation, and interpretation of the research. The first research study examined the opinions of 110…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Disabilities, Employment Programs
Wallace, Teri, Ed.; And Others – IMPACT, 1992
This feature issue of a quarterly bulletin on community integration addresses the topic of transition services for preparing youth with disabilities for adult community living. It contains articles with the following titles and authors: "Transition: The Next Five Years" (David R. Johnson and others); "Transition Policy in the 1990s:…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Lakin, Charlie, Ed.; And Others – IMPACT, 1993
This feature issue focuses on the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), with articles discussing provisions of the ADA and its impact on people with developmental disabilities. Articles have the following titles and authors: "The ADA: What Does It Mean for People with Developmental Disabilities?" (Deborah L. McFadden and Edward P.…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation, Developmental Disabilities
Schrag, Judy; Burnette, Jane – Research Roundup, 1994
This review of five recent (1992 and 1993) books and journal articles is intended to illuminate characteristics of inclusive schools. The review defines inclusion as more than merely regular class placement for students with disabilities, to include a philosophy which celebrates diversity and the provision of a continuum of educational options.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Educational Philosophy
Schleien, Stuart J., Ed.; And Others – IMPACT, 1992
The 12 brief articles in this "feature" or theme issue describe successful approaches to development of outdoor education programs which successfully integrate individuals with and without disabilities. Titles and authors are: "Outdoor Education and Adventure: Challenges and Rewards for All" (Stuart J. Schleien); "Benefits of Integrated Outdoor…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adventure Education, Camping, Disabilities
Hayden, Mary F., Ed.; And Others – IMPACT, 1995
This newsletter theme issue focuses on the need to accelerate the closing of institutions for people with mental retardation. Articles are by both current and former residents of institutions and by professionals, and include: "The Realities of Institutions" (Tia Nelis); "I Cry Out So That I Won't Go Insane" (Mary F. Hayden); "Trends in…
Descriptors: Adults, Civil Rights, Community Programs, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled)
