Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ508416
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Enhancing the Participation and Independence of Students with Severe Physical and Multiple Disabilities in Performing Community Activities.
Sowers, Jo-Ann; Powers, Laurie
Mental Retardation, v33 n4 p209-20 Aug 1995
The effectiveness of a multi-element approach to increase the self-determination of three adolescents with physical and multiple disabilities was examined. The intervention involved equipment and performance adaptations, brief in-school simulation training, and instruction and support for parents and home assistance providers. Dramatic increases in student participation and independence resulted. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Daily Living Skills, High Schools, Independent Living, Intervention, Middle Schools, Multiple Disabilities, Personal Autonomy, Physical Disabilities, Self Care Skills, Self Determination, Severe Disabilities, Simulation, Student Participation, Training Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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