The booklet presents the text of the Developmental Disabilities Act of 1984, which retains most provisions of, amends some provisions of, and reorganizes the parts of, the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act. Following brief background information, a section-by-section summary of the Act's revisions is offered. A…

The report focuses on the National Association of State Mental Retardation Program Directors' project to produce an indepth analysis of income maintenance for the developmentally disabled. The following issues were considered: the disability determination process; eligibility for rehabilitation services; incentives and disincentives to employment;…

The role of family therapy in a clinic for developmentally delayed preschoolers is examined. Two types of families are said to benefit from the family therapy approach: families in which the child's needs are misunderstood or somehow misread, and families whose dysfunctional transactional patterns antedated the child's problems. Initial screening…

Assessment and educational programing for linguistically different children who are also experiencing developmental disability is complicated by a number of controversial issues, including lack of developmental data on the course of bilingual language acquisition and the problem of differentiating between a language disorder and linguistic…

This three-part study of early identification of developmental deficiencies in high risk infants was undertaken to determine whether infant performance can be predicted from neonatal and developmental criteria. Part I of the study began in 1977 and used 284 high risk infants as subjects. Part II was initiated in 1978. Subjects were 14 full-term,…

The study compared the effectiveness of two commonly used questioning sequences with four preschool developmentally delayed male children, aged 3 to 5 years, and their four adult trainers. The Full Model to Open Question sequence began with presenting the child with a model of the correct answer and then proceeded to increasingly less restricted…

The first of a series of special reports produced by TADD (Technical Assistance in Training Developmental Disabilities Personnel Project), the document provides planning councils and staff with an overview of financial resources available for the training of personnel involved in the delivery of services to developmentally disabled individuals.…

A survey involving 330 parents investigated factors influencing parental decision making in the choice of services for children with developmental disabilities and assessed the consequences of the decision made at both the institutional and individual levels within particular family, neighborhood, and community networks. Data collection procedures…

The paper reports on a strategy for investigating parental choice of services for developmentally disabled children in geographical areas with complex populations and delivery systems. The study is based on a prototype conducted in an Illinois county including urban, suburban, and rural populations. The prototype is described: a mail survey…

Presented in the annotated bibliography are 547 citations (1972 - 1974) concerning prevention of and early intervention for cerebral palsy and related developmental disabilities. Entries are arranged alphabetically by author's name and usually include information on title, source, date, pagination, and a brief annotation. (CL)

The fifth in a series of annotated bibliographies contains 533 citations (1974 - 1975) on the prevention of and early intervention with cerebral palsy and developmental disabilities. Resulting from a search of the scientific and public education literature, entries are arranged alphabetically by author's name and include information on title,…

Described is the University Affiliated Facilities (UAF) program, designed to provide interdisciplinary education, demonstrate exemplary services, conduct applied research, and provide technical assistance for individuals with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities. Among the basic services noted to be common to most UAFs are the…

Reported are the findings of a study on the basic characteristics of 54 state Planning Councils for Developmental Disabilities. A summary of information is provided in Part I in the form of graphs representing size of councils, frequency of council meetings, type of state authority (if any), council staff positions, types of council committees,…