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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Degeneffe, Charles Edmund; Tucker, Mark – Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 2012
Objective: to examine the perspectives of brain injury professionals concerning family members' feelings about the quality of life experienced by individuals with brain injuries. Participants: participating in the study were 28 individuals in leadership positions with the state affiliates of the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA). Methods:…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Leadership, Neurological Impairments, Brain
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Zhu, Yanan; Degeneffe, Charles Edmund – Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 2011
A national sample of 21 international students in Rehabilitation Counseling Education (RCE) programs was surveyed on their connection to their programs, the stressors they experienced during graduate studies, and their recommendations for RCE programs to better support international students. Participants engaged in limited social activities due…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Student Needs, Rehabilitation Counseling, Language Skills
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Degeneffe, Charles Edmund; Terciano, Jacylou – Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 2011
National campaigns promoting the use of the term intellectual disability (ID) have culminated in the recent U.S. congressional passing of Rosa's Law. Rosa's Law changes how ID is referred to in federal disability programs by removing all references to the term, "mental retardation" (U.S Government Printing Office, October, 2010). Little is known…
Descriptors: Rehabilitation Counseling, Counselors, Mental Retardation, Government Publications