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Ruttle, Kristi; Dick, Diane F. – 1982
The paper discusses a method of integrating parent report with teacher report on the Minnesota Child Development Inventory (MCDI) and the Burks Behavior Rating Scale (BBRS) to aid in the assessment and placement of young children with behavior disorders and developmental delay. Two samples of children were used to collect the data: 3 to 6 year old…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Developmental Disabilities, Elementary Education, Emotional Disturbances
Stodden, Robert A.; Browder, Phyllis M. – 1985
The paper describes a demonstrative project designed to help 52 mentally retarded or otherwise developmentally disabled adults obtain and maintain competitive employment. The trainees were first evaluated in a situational assessment covering seven areas: (1) attendance and stamina, (2) independence, (3) productivity, (4) learning style, (5) work…
Descriptors: Adults, Developmental Disabilities, Employer Attitudes, Employment
Schreiber, Meyer S., Ed. – 1983
Ten papers from a May, 1983 seminar on siblings of mentally retarded and developmentally disabled persons are presented. Participants include parents and siblings, and represent a variety of professions including social work, nursing, and psychology. The following papers are included: "Life with an Older Sister" (S. Miller and H. Kalish); "Raising…
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Disabilities, Family Counseling, Family Environment
Chan, Adrian; And Others – 1976
To develop a definition and guidelines for the establishment of a model statewide advocacy program, a multilevel survey consisting of questionnaires, telephone interviews, and personal interviews was conducted with developmentally disabled individuals, members of direct service and administrative agencies, and community board members. A literature…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Demonstration Programs, Developmental Disabilities, Exceptional Child Research
Peer reviewedMenyuk, Paula – Journal of Autism and Childhood Schizophrenia, 1974
The findings of language development studies in normally developing children (from birth to school age) and in children who deviate from the norm in physiological and cognitive development are outlined and compared. (LH)
Descriptors: Delayed Speech, Developmental Disabilities, Exceptional Child Research, Infants
Ensor, Pat – 1979
To improve the quality of life of institutionalized individuals, libraries can serve as a constructive escape mechanism for dealing with stress, a representation of external reality, and a therapeutic agent, in addition to offering bibliotherapy. Ideally, the library should be an integral part of the institution and provide a user-appropriate…
Descriptors: Adults, Bibliotherapy, Civil Liberties, Developmental Disabilities
O'Connell, Joanne Curry – 1980
The investigation was designed to determine the effectiveness of day care intervention on the use of intentional communicative behaviors by 26 twenty month old low socioeconomic status infants at risk for developmental retardation, and to compare their communicative development to a group of 14 normally developing middle class infants. Literature…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Day Care, Developmental Disabilities, Disadvantaged
Van Pelt, Jeff – 1981
The manual describes development of a personal growth and peer support group for parents of developmentally delayed or disabled children which was designed to help parents adjust expectations about their infant or young child and to accommodate the handicap. Initial decisions regarding leader and participant characteristics and frequency and…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities, Discipline, Emotional Adjustment
Thwaits, Margaret B. – 1979
A library instruction program for developmentally disabled adults was developed at Colorado State University, and taught in combination with a course in reading skills during the spring semester of 1979 at the University's College for the Living. The outline for the course describes its objectives for providing developmentally disabled adults with…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Reading Programs, College Libraries
Noble, Susan
The swimming instruction guide presents teaching techniques and skill progressions for developmentally disabled individuals and includes program development and administrative guidelines. Part 1 discusses swimming and developmentally disabled children, program planning and preparation elements (including pool, scheduling, staff, parents,…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Athletics, Developmental Disabilities, Physical Activities
New Jersey State Developmental Disabilities Council, Trenton. – 1977
This booklet was prepared to assist planning and service agencies and personnel with evaluation and advocacy of programs and services for the developmentally disabled. Part 1 of the booklet deals with evaluation, part 2 with advocacy; discussed in both sections are such issues as the legislative mandate, the use of computerized systems, systems…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Developmental Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Helping Relationship
Higgins, Thomas J.; And Others – 1979
The perceptions of parents of 113 developmentally delayed preschool children were compared with mental ages derived from the Cattell Infant Intelligence Scale and the Stanford Binet Intelligence Scale. With the parents as informants, an Alpern-Boll Developmental Profile was completed. Findings demonstrated a high degree of correlation between the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Developmental Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Exceptional Child Research
Chinn, Karen B., Ed. – 1980
The document outlines a curriculum to train allied health professionals to work with families of developmentally disabled children. The curriculum contains six modules: an overview of developmental disabilities, social competency, independence training, nutrition education, health and safety, and human sexuality. Outlined for each module are its…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Guides, Developmental Disabilities
Download full textSuelzle, Marijean; Keenan, Vincent – 1980
The home and community adjustment of 325 families with developmentally disabled children 21 years of age or younger was examined through questionnaire responses. Factors facilitating adjustment are identified along with barriers to normalization. It is suggested that without community support over the life cycle, institutionalization may merely be…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Community Attitudes, Community Resources, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled)
Armlin, Nelson J.; And Others – 1980
A project was conducted in New York State to promote enrollment of handicapped adults in continuing education programs. Through the efforts of twenty-one specially hired "facilitators," who encouraged the handicapped to enroll, eased them through registration, and attended classes with them, 125 handicapped adults participated in fifty…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Adults, Attitudes toward Disabilities
