ERIC Number: ED232328
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1981
Pages: 340
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Project: "Teach 'n' Reach" Physically Handicapped: Physical and Health Impaired, Visually Impaired. (Book 4 out of 4.)
Kagan, Arleen
The final volume (the fifth in the series and the fourth curriculum guide) in Project Teach 'n' Reach, a program designed to teach nondisabled students about disabilities, focuses on physical disabilities. Information on goals, performance objectives, and activity procedures are presented for topics dealing with physical and health impairments, including equipment, barriers, epilepsy, muscles, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury, cancer, heart conditions, asthma, and ways to increase student awareness about the physical and health impaired. The unit on visual impairments covers anatomical issues, eye care, etiology of impairments, partial vision, architectural barriers, mobility equipment, braille, adaptations, and ways to increase student awareness about the visually impaired. (CL)
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Braille, Elementary Secondary Education, Equipment, Etiology, Physical Disabilities, Special Health Problems, Student Attitudes, Visual Impairments, Visually Handicapped Mobility
La Mesa-Spring Valley School District, Special Programs Dept., 4750 Date Ave., La Mesa, CA 92041 ($6.00 teacher's guide, $62.00 for 4 curriculum guides).
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento.
Authoring Institution: LaMesa - Spring Valley School District, CA.
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A
Note: For related documents, see EC 152 591-594.