Two studies examined on the effectiveness of behavioral training for improving prevocational work performance of three blind, severely retarded women. Combined response-contingent prompting and reinforcement procedures increased the quantity of tasks completed. Data also demonstrated that attentional behavior was enhanced following training and…

A model of interdisciplinary team education is described which is designed to prepare specialists to work with visually disabled/multiply disabled persons. Problems in implementing interdisciplinary courses in higher education are considered, including both institutional and student barriers. (CL)

The CARES project (Coordinated Ambulatory Rehabilitation Evaluation Services) presents a model to provide multidisciplinary services for multiply disabled children in rural settings. Background, information about model components, and descriptive data are presented to illustrate project evolution and operation. Nearly 400 children with multiple…

The authors describe a model for integrating multimodal assessments and intervention to meet the complex problems of multiply disabled children. An outline and guide for transdisciplinary team management is presented and discussed. (Author/CL)

The article describes a continuum of services designed to meet the living and employment training needs of multiply disabled, visually impaired persons deemed ineligible for vocational rehabilitation services. The article focuses on the interagency approach and the importance of community cooperation. (CL)

The article discusses procedures for development and implementation of a curriculum to shape functional skills for severely multiply or severely profoundly disabled preschoolers. Five response levels of increasing complexity are suggested. Teachers urged to be sensitive to child-determined instructional occasions in early assessment and…

Social routines based on rhyming verses combined with co-active participation with adults were developed to permit visually impaired young children with additional handicaps to associate communicative responses with attention to and action on objects. (Author/CL)

A total of 101 mothers of multihandicapped children completed a questionnaire reporting their child's behavior toward them in five areas: positive relationship, detachment, obedience, independence, and control problems. Factor analysis of these mothers' responses revealed a qualitatively different set of underlying factors as contrasted to the…

Described are methods used to help David, an emotionally disturbed and learning disabled 8-year-old child, learn basic reading skills and overcome his emotional problems in a residential school. (DB)

Outlined is a 6-week program to develop the self-concept of multiphandicapped rubella (all were deaf and many had visual problems) children. (DB)