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THE PROPOSED RESEARCH WILL DEMONSTRATE THE APPLICATION OF COMPUTER SIMULATION FOR TEACHING A SPECIFIC INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILL TO INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL RETARDATION. LONG-TERM OBJECTIVESARE TO DEVELOP A COMPUTER-BASED TRAINER (ATM-SIM) TO BE USED FOR TEACHING INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL RETARDATION HOW TO USE AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINES. ATM-SIM IS A SKILL-TRAINING PRODUCT THAT WILL SUPPLEMENT THE FUNC ...

SIMPLIFYING AND IMPROVING EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE CREATION IS THE GOAL OF A THREE-PHASE PROJECT THAT HAS AS ITS OUTCOME A FIVE- TO TEN-HOUR COMPUTER-BASED COURSE THAT WILL TEACH SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS TO DESIGN AND DEVELOP INSTRUCTIONALLY SOUND COURSEWARE. PLANNING SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC. (PSI) PROPOSES THIS COURSE AS A FRONT-END TEACHING TOOL TO THE AUTHORING LANGUAGE THAT THE U.S. DEPARTMEN ...

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THE ACOUSTIC ENVIRONMENTS IN VEHICLES TEND TO BE HOSTILE TO SPOKEN COMMUNICATION, REGARDLESS OF HEARING ACUITY. FOR HEARING IMPAIRED INDIVIDUALS THESE INHERENT CONDITIONS CAN RENDER COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE VEHICLE IMPOSSIBLE TO UNDERSTAND, RESULTING IN MISCOMMUNICATIONS, A LACK OF COMPREHENSION AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING CIRCUMSTANCES. HEARING AIDS GENERALLY EXACERBATE THE PROBLEM BY INDIS ...

VERY FEW ORAL ENGLISH PROFICIENCY ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS EXIST THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR LIMITED-ENGLISH-PROFICIENT (LEP) ADULTS IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT TRAINING PROGRAMS. THE AVAILABLE INSTRUMENTS REQUIRE LEVELS OF STUDENT AND STAFF TIME AND OTHER PROGRAM RESOURCES THAT ARE DIFFICULT FOR PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE AND OFTEN ARE NOT APPROPRIATE FOR ASSESSMENT OF EMPLOYMENT-RELATED ORAL PROF ...

THIS PROPOSAL OUTLINES AN APPROACH THAT ALLOWS MODERN COMPUTER HARDWARE TO BE USED FOR COMMUNICATING WITH TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICES FOR THE DEAF (TDD). A DEVICE TO BE ATTACHED TO ANY STANDARD COMPUTER MODEM WILL PROVIDE THE INTERFACE AND CONVERSION NECESARY FOR THIS TO TAKE PLACE. THE PROPOSED DEVICE WILL USE LOW COST DIGITAL PROCESSING HARDWARE AND ADVANCED SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNIQUES. THE MICR ...

THE GOAL OF THIS PROPOSAL IS TO DEVELOP AND DISSEMINATE VIDEOTAPE PRODUCTS THAT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE FAMILIES' KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES OR WHO ARE AT-RISK FOR DISABILITIES. THE VIDEOTAPES WILL BE DEVELOPED IN THE CONTEXT OF FAMILY-CENTERED AND CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE AD WILL PORTRAY EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR ACCESSING EARLY INTERVEN ...

JWK PROPOSES TO DEVELOP INFORMATION AND TRAINING PRODUCTS WHICH WILL ASSIST MILD AND MODERATELY HANDICAPPED YOUTH AGES18 TO 21 TO OBTAIN SERVICES AS THEY MOVE FROM EDUCATIONALLY DOMINATED SERVICES TO JOB TRAINING AND REHABILITATION SERVICES FOR ADULTS. A POORLY DOCUMENTED BUT MAJOR GAP IN SERVICES DURING THIS TRANSITION PERIOD HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BY ORGANIZATIONS SERVING DISABLED PERSONS AND SPECI ...

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