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INFORMATION  EXCHANGE
Published monthly by the Developmental Disabilities Program of the Metropolitan Health Planning Board

Metropolitan Council
300 Metro Square Building
St. Paul, Minnesota   55101
Toni Lippert: 291-6364

METRO DD  PROGRAM NEWS
Developmental Disabilities Program  Sponsors Community Work Training workshop

Over 75 participants heard Patricia Dobbe Beebe and David Jennings present a workshop on their Vocational Education Alternatives (VEA) program on Dec. 9 and 10 at the Metropolitan Council.

VEA is described as a "non-sheltered" vocational training and employment program for moderately and severely handicapped people and currently provides services in Madison and Milwaukee,  Wisconsin.

Many different professions were represented ranging from instructors at developmental achievement centers to an assistant professor in special education and included the entire range of educational, vocational and social services.

VEA's underlying philosophy is to secure work placements in the community and to use as many generic services and resources as possible.  The VEA approach is different from the service currently being provided to severely handicapped persons in developmental achievement centers.  As a result it was clear that many participants favored this new approach while several others expressed some skepticism.

The Metropolitan Council's developmental disability program is now undertaking a similar project in the Metropolitan Area based on the VEA approach. We hope that by next year at this time information fill be available on the results of the project.

Vol. 9 No. 1
January 1984

Community Work Training Materials Available

The Metropolitan Council-s Developmental Disabilities program has a limited number of packets available that contain references or resources on other community work training programs throughout the country.

The packets are available at cost ($1 to cover materials, postage and handling). The articles are:
--''Vocational Education Alternatives: A Non-Sheltered Vocational Approach" by Kim Kessler and Beth Strom. The article was originally published in Mental Retardation , Spring 1983, and Includes information on program costs, referral processes, and transition from public schools to community life; -
-''When Handicapped Children Grow Up" by Dr. Judy Smith-Davis for the Vocational Information Center for Handicapped Children and Youth, is a two-page document dealing with transition of handicapped persons of school age to adult life;
--''Employment Training Program," a paper produced by the Child Development and Mental Retardation Center, University of Washington, Seattle. Dr. James W. Moss describes the University-s employment training program and gives a breakdown of costs and the levels of handicap of people with whom they are working;
Two additional articles are notes taken at the 1983 fall conference of the Minnesota Association for the Severely  ;Handicapped (MNASH).

Work Training Materials (Continued)
--Integrating Severely Handicapped Persons Within Our Working Community", Paul Wehman, Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University. The article describes the state of the art as well as a supported work model' with which he is involved;
--"How to Get Out of `Get Ready" and into Integration," by Judy Lysne, Beth Burgan and Kathy Knutson. This second article describes the Developmental Learning Center-s employment training program in Dakota County.
--''Transition:" is a newsletter from Hacomb-Oakland Regional Center in Michigan.  This issue (Nov. - Dec. '83) has two major articles related to employment programs for handicapped persons and an excellent commentary by Mark Maxwell that explores the issue of. transition.

The final document is an information sheet and internship application blank for the supported work training model at the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center at the Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. Internships are available in Feb. and April, 1984.

To obtain a copy of these materials, send your request and $1 made out to "Developmental Disabilities Program". The address is 300 Metro Square Bldg., 7th

Reagan Signs Proclamation for the National  Decade of Disabled People

In a ceremony at the White House on Nov. 28, President Reagan proclaimed the years of 1983 to 1992 as the Decade of Disabled people.  The complete transcript of the ceremony appears in the state supplement of this issue of Information Exchange. The proclamation contains three Initiatives focusing on areas that have been given little emphasis in the past.

The areas are:
 --To strengthen private sector job opportunities aimed at stimulating   increased employment possibilities for severely disabled people;

Proclamation (Continued)
--To assist handicapped persons make a successful transition from special education into community integration and job placement; and
--To develop a national Information and referral system aimed at families and physicians to gain timely access to information and programs.

The first initiative is of great concern to the Metropolitan Council-s Developmental Disabilities Program because of our demonstration project to place severely developmentally disabled people into work training sites in the community.  It is hoped that this proclamation will increase the private sector's awareness of the needs of severely disabled people and also demonstrate their employment potential.

Additions to Library
The Council's DD Program has added three items to its curriculum library. They may be borrowed by Metropolitan Area residents for for three weeks.

The first item  is Vocational Advocacy for  Parents by Patricia Dobbe Beebe and Kim Kessler, a manual designed for trainers  to conduct workshops for parents on how to function as vocational advocates for their children.

Respite Care, Mary Lynne Calhoun, Ph.D. and Tom M. Duncan, M.Ed. is a training manual for the providers of  respite care. The manual is used as part of a respite care project sponsored by the South Carolina Disabilities Council.

The third item is a set of cards used in training persons in meal planning, grocery shopping and cooking. They are not copyrighted so may be reproduced as desired.

Metropolitan Area residents may call Marjorie Segell at [phone] to check on availability of the above items.

Deadline for Newsletter Items
We welcome items for publication in the Information Exchange, but because of the time required for processing and mailing, they must be received by the 15th of the month to be included in the next issue.

PUBLICATIONS
Preventing Sexual Abuse of Persons with Disabilities:  A Curriculum for Hearing impaired, Physically Disabled, Blind and Mentally Retarded  students, produced by the Minnesota Program for Victims of  Sexual Assault (MPVSA).  The curriculum contains instructions, exercises, handouts, teacher guides and notes for special education teachers, group home staff, counselors or social workers who work with disabled persons.

A limited number of single copies is available to Minnesota residents. Contact MPVSA, 430 Metro Square Bldg., St. Paul, Minn.  55101.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION
New Citizen Advocacy Project

The Citizen Advocacy Project (CAP) has been established by the Association for Retarded Citizens Minnesota (ARC) in response to the many new changes in the commitment laws.  Because of these changes, many mentally retarded persons currently residing at state institutions will have a judicial review regarding their placement status. CAP has three goals:
--To insure that people are appropriately and adequately represented throughout the commitment process so that the system will be sensitive and educated to the needs of people.
--To advocate for mentally retarded people and their families to insure that all necessary steps are taken to place mentally retarded people in the least restrictive and most appropriate residential environment.
--To provide coordination and education for volunteers so that they can develop a long-term relationship with mentally retarded people who need personal support to address their problems.

Advocacy Project (Continued)
CAP has been developed to give parents information about alternative, less- restrictive placement options in the community and information about the commitment review process.  CAP provides information and assistance to attorneys and other professionals regarding community placement for mentally retarded persons.

For more information, assistance, or to volunteer, call Minnesota Association for Retarded Citizens at [phone] or toll free, [phone].

Information and Referral Service Available
The Minnesota State Council for the Handicapped provides a free information and referral service on training opportunities, adaptive recreation, financial assistance and housing. The council-s information and referral specialist will assist with inquiries and will research and analyze questions through the use of a computerized information and referral system.

To obtain this service, call (612) 296- 6785 or toll-free, [phone].

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Shingle Creek Option, a residential programs for adolescents and adults located in Brooklyn Park, needs volunteers to serve approximately three hours a week on evenings or weekends.

Special Buddies, a recreational program at Armatage Park in south Minneapolis, needs volunteers for two hours on Saturdays.

For more information contact: Neil Doughty, 5624 73rd Av., Brooklyn Park, Minn. 55429.  Tel. [phone].

Interpreted Plays
T1 Metro Deaf Senior Citizens announce a schedule of intermeted plays for Jan.  1984.

Jan. 14 Chanhassen Dinner Theatre, "Annie" --Lunch 12:30, Performance 2:30 p.m.
Jan. 18 Children's Theatre Company, "The Adventures of Babar''--lO a.m.
Jan. 21 Cricket Theatre - `Angels Fall" 5 p.m.
Jan. 21 Minnetonka Theatre - "Witness for the Prosecution" - 8 p.m.
Jan. 27 Children-s Theatre Company, "The Adventures of Babar"--lO a.m.

For more information on the above events, contact:  Metro Deaf Senior Citizens, 1298 N. Pascal, St. Paul, Minn. 55108. Tel. [phone] Voice, or [phone] TTY.

Jan 14, 15
"Ski for Light," training in cross- country skiing for visually impaired persons will be held at Carver Park, just west of Victoria, Minnesota. The event is cosponsored by Vinland National Center, Hennepin County Park Reserve District and the Wayzata Lion-s Club.

For more information, contact Sharon Limpert at [phone].

WORKSHOPS, CONFERENCES

Feb. 2, 3
"How to Teach Normalization" is a workshop to be held in Madison, Wisconsin (exact location to be determined later).

The purpose of the workshop is to provide participants with basic knowledge, skills and supplementary resources needed to teach normalization effectively. though instruction will be geared to making single presentations to groups of people, much of the information will be helpful in planning individual contacts or long-term training programs.

Normalization Workshop (Continued)
The workshop is intended for people who are already knowledgeable about normalization through attendance at a PASS workshop or equivalent experience. It will be most useful to people whose current or anticipated roles in the human service system involve teaching, training, providing technical assistance, program support or consultation. Those who simply want to learn to explain normalization better to other people are also welcome to attend. Enrollment is limited:  registration fee is $30 and hotel accommodations must be made by registrants.

For more information, contact Terri Johnson, Wisconsin Coalition for Advocacy, 30 W. Mifflin St., Suite 508 Madison, Wis. 53703. Tel. [phone].

Feb. 24-26
4th Annual Symposium on the Management of Profoundly Retarded/Multihandicapped.

For information on the above workshop,  contact Eileen Richter, director, 12015 N; July Av., Hugo, Minn. 55038. Tel. [phone].

FUTURE EVENTS
The In-Service Calendar of the Association of Residences for the Retarded in Minnesota includes the following workshops:

Feb. 16-17
"Health and Wellness:  A Dynamic Approach to Self, Clients and Life".

March 15-16
"Resource Fair"

April 19-20
"Community Integration".

April 7
The Association for Retarded Citizens (ARC) will sponsor the fifth Annual Metrowide Conference fur Consumers at the Inver Hills Community College.

INFORMATION EXCHANGE State Supplement
Developmental Disabilities Program
201 Capitol Square Building
550 Cedar Street
St. Paul, Minnesota   55101

Minnesota State Planning Agency
Roger Strand   612/296-4018
Editor

PRESIDENT REAGAN SIGNS PROCLAMATION FOR THE DECADE OF DISABLED PERSONS

On Nov. 28, 1983, in the East Room of the White House, President Ronald Reagan signed a proclamation designating 1983 through 1992 as National Decade of Disabled Persons.  The entire text of the press release of this momentous occasion is provided below:

THE PRESIDENT: The Vice President and I are very happy to welcome all of you here to the White House. Just a few minutes ago, I had the pleasure of meeting the men and women who are sharing the platform with us this morning.  And this fine group has recently been named the Outstanding Handicapped Federal Employees of the `ear.  And we-re proud they-re part of the federal government's team.

I also want to thank those members of Congress who are here today, some of whom returned from their districts because of the importance of this ceremony.

ALL of you in this room know that courage, patience and hard work go a long way and no-one knows it better than my press secretary, Jim Brady. Jim has inspired people everywhere and continues to do so. And, Jim, we-re delighted that you could take part in today-s ceremony.

In a few minutes, 1-11 sign a proclamation designating 1983 through 1992 the National Decade of Disabled Persons. Proclamations can summon good people to action and light the path of hope.  And this proclamation we think will do both.

The 1981 International Year of Disabled Persons and the 1982 National Year of Disabled Persons stimulated new activity to improves the lives of our disabled Americans.  Consciousness was raised, new efforts in the White House, for example, have helped generate a number of private  projects involving transportation, elementary school tutoring, eye diagnosis and surgery.  But we can-t rest on past success.  The task before us is to maintains our momentum and to do more.

Today I'm establishing a clear national goal.  Let us increase the economic independence of every disabled American and let us begin today.

The disabled want what all of us want--the opportunity to contribute to our communities, to use our creativity, and to go as far as our God-given talents will take us.  We see remarkable achievements in medicine, technology, education, rehabilitation and in preventive medicine.  Voluntary efforts by the private sector help in a thousand ways. America is a caring society. But too often, federal programs discourage full participation by society. Outmoded attitudes and practices that foster dependence are still with us. They are unjust, unwanted and non-productive. Paternalism is the wrong answer.

The maze of federal programs complicates matters even more.  Thirty-two federal agencies fund handicapped research. There are at least forty-two separate federal programs specifically targeted toward the handicapped population with an annual budget in excess of 36 billion dollars. More than a hundred other programs provide handicapped services and support. Now, many good things are being done and federal programs help in countless ways. But the patchwork quilt of existing policies and programs can be as much of a hindrance as a help.

Programs overlap, they work at cross purposes, and worst of all, they don-t always point toward independence and  jobs.  So we have a lot of work to do and this work will be done.

Proclamation [Continued)
Since last April, a White House working group  on handicapped policy has been looking at ways to better translate our goals of economic independence into an agenda for action.  And that agenda is now underway.  The Administration-s review of the regulations implementing Public Law 94- 142, The Education of All Handicapped Children-s Act, has been completed. The regulations are fine the way they are. No changes will be made and the program will be protected in its present form.

Now, today, I'm also announcing three new initiatives.  We believe that each will result in far better coordination and consistency among federal programs.

The Department of Health and Human Services will direct a program to strengthen private sector job opportunities.  This initiative will feature a new job cataloging service and a national campaign to coordinate and stimulate employment possibilities for the severely disabled.

Help is also needed to assist in the transition from special education to community integration and job placement. The Departments of Education and Health and Human Services have established a program to assist special education students during this transition.

Finally, we are putting together a national information and referral system. The handicapped, their families and physicians need to be able to cut through the maze of public and private services and gain timely access to information and programs. This new network, managed by the private sector, will provide this badly needed service.

Now I know these programs are only a beginning, but we believe equal opportunity, equal access and greater economic independence must be more than slogans. Whenever government puts welfare and charity before the opportunity for jobs it misses the mark. By returning to our traditional values of self-reliance, human dignity and independence, we can find the solution together. He can help replace chaos with order in federal programs and we can promote opportunity  and offer the promise of sharing the joys and responsibilities of community life.

I believe we can make this dream come true.  You may face limitations, but not one of you here today lacks the courage, the will or the heart to do what others say cannot be done.

There is a young lady with us today who has demonstrated that so well. Jennifer Boatman has spina bifida, a serious malformation of the spine.  Well, Jennifer-s handicap didn't stop her from saving the life of a five year old boy. When Jennifer saw young Joshua Mikesell tumbling through a white water stretch of the North Umpka River in southwestern Oregon, she didn't hesitate one second. She jumped into the swift mountain stream, swam to the boy and pulled him to the river bank.  Joshua-s father called it a miracle.

It is also the story of the courage and the capability of Americans disabled. And for all of us it is the ultimate expression of love.

"Greater love hath no man than to lay down his life for a friend."

You know, someone has said that a hero is no braver than any other persons. He or she is just braver five minutes longer. Well, Jennifer, that-s you and it makes us all proud and thankful. Your courage, your compassion and your commitment to America's disabled opened the way to a life of quality for all people.

Let us rededicate ourselves to the tasks ahead.  Let the spirit of the National Decade of Disabled Persons capture our imagination.  In partnership between the public and private sector, among national, state and local organizations and between the disabled and the abled we can win the battle for dignity, equality and increased economic opportunity for all Americans.
And now I shall go sign the proclamation and God bless all of you. Thank all of you.

STUDY CONFIRMS HIGH FREQUENCY OF LEARNING DISABILITIES AMONG JUVENILE DELINQUENTS
The Minnesota Association for Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities completed a study that concluded that roughly one-third of youngsters who have been adjudicated as delinquents may have a learning disability that may not have adequately diagnosed or treated. The project was a spin-off of a five-year national study that found that 36 percent of juvenile delinquents were also learning disabled.  The Minnesota study was funded by the Dayton-Hudson Foundation and federal funds through the Minnesota Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee.

A total of 69 young people were referred to the project, of which 42 received a full screening battery of tests. Of those 42 individuals, 27 were referred to receive complete diagnostic evaluations. Of these 27, 20 were determined to be learning disabled youngsters. Of the 20 learning learning disabled youngsters, 12 tad not been previously identified and neither educational nor behavioral programming had addressed this issue. These 12 students are now receiving more appropriate educational programs, and the group home staff/parents have a better understanding of their needs.

One of the several findings in the study concluded that, "young people are still being 'missed' in the system--the 12 young people who had not been previously identified had been involved in welfare and corrections systems for some time. Their behavior had been the focus of all interventions.  The educational needs had not been addressed. Therefore, a vital piece of treatment was indeed missing."

For further information, contact: Barbara Serum, project coordinator, The Minnesota Association for Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities, 1821 University Av., St. Paul, Minn. 55104. Tel. [phone].

REGIONAL ROUNDTABLE MEETINGS SCHEDULED
Under the "Program Design Initiative Project," meetings to discuss the recommendations made by consultants from other states and the implications of the Title XIX waiver plan will be scheduled at various locations throughout the state. These meetings are cooperatively sponsored by the Association of Minnesota Counties, the Association of Residences for the Retarded in Minnesota, the Association for Retarded Citizens in Minnesota, the Minnesota Developmental Achievement Center Association and the Minnesota Association of Rehabilitation Facilities.

The meetings will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the sites and dates as follows:
 Jan. 11 Detroit Lakes, Holiday Inn
Jan. 12   Grand Rapids, Holiday Inn,
Jan. 25   Metropolitan area, Sheraton Inn Northwest,
Jan. 26   Redwood Falls, Donovan's Best Western,
Feb. 2.   St. Cloud, Holiday Inn.
Feb. 3.   Owatonna, Holiday Inn.
For more information, contact: Sharon Stewart at [phone] or Bob Andre at [phone].

EVENTS

Jan. 10, 11
"An Early Winter Carnival" is the theme of the conference sponsored by the Minnesota Rehabilitation Association.  Alan Lotsberg from the Wilson Learning Corporation will be presenting on how to improve communications and gain better understanding how social style skills affect job functions. The conference will be held at the Radisson Plaza St. Paul. For more information, contact:  Anna McGee, Ability Building Center, P.O. Box 6938, Rochester, Minn.  55903. Tel. [phone].

YEARNING FOR LEARNING
The state Developmental Disabilities (DD) Program Office has acquired several education, training and resource materials. They may be borrowed from each of the regional DD offices and from the state program office in St. Paul.  Each month, we highlight selections from these resources.

Pathways Toward Independence: A Normalization Training program for moderately Retarded Adults, J.J. Parnicky and D. A@n. N~sonqer Center. 1980. The  primary purpose of this manual is to present a program to establish and maintain normative skills and habits in young, moderately retarded adults who have experienced many years of life in an extremely protective environment.  Its contents were developed as a result of "The Adult Training Project," which was conducted by a consortium of agencies in Ohio.  Guidelines are provided relating to individualized programming and training in vocational, daily living and social adjustment skills.

How to Build Special Furniture and equipment for Handicapped  children, R.B. Roffman, Springfield, Ill. 1970.  This  manual may serve as a guide for those who have a need to build adaptive equipment and furniture for a child with a physical handicap.  The designs are functional and attractive, yet simple to construct without expensive woodworking tools and materials.  All the pieces are sturdy enough to withstand hard use.

How To Borrow
These two selections are available from the STATE OFFICE only. Call (612) 296. 4018, or write:  Developmental Disabilities Program, 201 Capitol Square Bldg., 550 Cedar St., St. Paul, Minn. 55101.


INFORMATION  EXCHANGE
Published monthly by the Developmental Disabilities Program of the Metropolitan Health Planning Board

Metropolitan Council
300 Metro Square Building
St. Paul, Minnesota   55101
Toni Lippert: 291-6364
Terrence Kayser: 291-6356

METRO DD PROGRAM NEWS
In additional to its traditional planning activities, the Developmental Disabilities (DD) Program is engaged in demonstrating a model of vocational training to collect data and report on the results of training developmentally disabled adults on real, rather than simulated, job sites in Metropolitan Area businesses.  In an attempt to bring the most current information on related vocational and educational technology to the attention of service providers in developmental achievement centers, occupational education and vocational rehabilitation, this newsletter will report on federal administrative initiatives and papers/articles/studies published by some of the leading professionals in the field.

One related federal initiative is indicated in testimony presented on July 14, 1983 to the House Subcommittee on Select Education by Madeline C. Will, Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:
"Contemporary wisdom, recent legislation, and emerging practice emphasize a service delivery system based upon the needs of handicapped individuals who are leaving the public school system to confront a society which makes complex demands for which handicapped youngsters could be better prepared.

Education, vocational training, and rehabilitative services have been developed as self-contained systems, each Of  which is engaged in at a certain time in the life span of a handicapped individual.  Only in rare instances do  Vol. 9 No. 2 February 1984

DD Program (Continued)
the independent systems recognize that they contribute to the way in which we must begin to program continuous habilitation.

Even though ...problems currently exist, I do want to assure you that progress has been made and that there are several excellent models which can serve as guides to action.

Work at the University of Oregon and the University of Washington has shown that the application of a behavioral analytical approach to the teaching of specific job tasks has enabled moderately and severely handicapped individuals to secure competitive employment.

The University of Madison-Wisconsin in cooperation with the Madison Metropolitan School District has developed a program based upon coordination with local adult service providers and employers which allows for longitudinal, systematic planning into the world of work. This coordination between public school personnel, employers, and adult service providers begins in the middle school, increases during secondary school, and has resulted in startling increases in the number of severely handicapped students who are employed in non- sheltered environments.

These models and others can assist us in solving some of the complex service delivery problems within a reasonable period of time.  However, a number of clear disincentives to continuous habilitation may remain outside of OSERS- direct control.  In these instances, there may be need to increase cooperative   federal, state, local, and private sector initiatives to design long term solutions and to analyze the need for joint responses. I will work closely with the Secretary to see that the Department-s legislative and budget proposals reflect these priorities.  I believe we can meet these challenges. Every resource available to OSERS will be used to do so." To address Secretary Will and OSERS- concerns, the Council-s DD Program will provide more information on these and other new vocational and educational models to our readers.

The need to get this information to a broader base of people was underscored recently during a meeting held for our agency.  There was discussion about the reasons for the delay in Minnesota-s awareness and implementation of the many new trends in vocational/education training for persons who are severely handicapped.  One of the people present remarked that information about new research, demonstration projects and operating programs was often published in journals from disciplines other than the ones read by professionals for hfs ffeld.

We fully recognize the time constraints on service providers to keep up with the literature for their own field let alone to search for related literature in other areas.  Since the Council-s developmental disabilities program is currently focusing on vocational training for persons who are severely handicapped, we have and will continue to accumulate articles, reports and studies on this topic that come from several disciplines (e.9. special education,. vocational education and vocational rehabilitation  and from a broad variety of sources such as federal and state agencies, universities, professional journals, and consumer organizations. We will publish titles and authors plus a brief annotation of each item for this newsletter.  We will either cite the sources of this material or we will print copies and make them available to readers who request them.

All articles will be available for loan through our DD curriculum library and can be obtained ONLY by coming to the DD Program Office, 300 Metro Square Bldg.,, 7th and Robert St., St. Paul, Minn. If you wish to have your own copies, there will be no charge if you phone your request and pick up the material. There will be a charge of $2 for mailing requested material. Please call 91-6363 to order copies or to make arrangements for library loans.

The ideas presented in these materials are for information only and do not constitute an endorsement of the authors' opinions or methods. The purpose of publishing this information is to make the latest vocational/education  ideas easily available to policy-makers, service providers and families of developmentally disabled persons so they can examine current  and practices in Minnesota and compare them with the alternative strategies to prepare individuals for employment.

Seven items were listed in the January issues of the DD Information Exchange . These materials have been added:

Three reports by G. Thomas Bellamy et al:
 --Community Programs for Severely Handicapped Adults: An Analysis of Vocational Opportunities." An examination of the current status of adult day activity programs related to vocational options provided participants.  Concerns are raised about the lack of work opportunities, disincentives to work, lack of federal coordination and absence of entitlements.  Suggested change strategies are directed to policy-makers, advocates, researchers and providers.
--''Structured Employment and Workshop Reform:  Equal Rights for Severely Handicapped Individual s." Discusses one vocational model that could enable more severely handicapped individuals to participate for vocational training  and employment opportunities. Traces the growth of non-vocational adult day programs, the emergence of improved and effective technology for vocational habilitation of severely handicapped individuals, and the growing discrepancies between research and practice.  The authors expand on the "structured employment" model as a way to resolve this discrepancy and open more employment opportunities to the severely handicapped population.
--''Mental Retardation in Sheltered Workshops and Day Activity Programs: Consumer Outcomes and Policy Alternatives."  Examines lack of a  functional continuum of vocational services for sheltered workshops and day  activity programs. Makes a case for " differentiating short-term transition services leading to competitive employment and long-term structured employment for individuals requiring ongoing support and identifies specific changes in federal and state policies and in service organizations chat must occur to bring about reforms. bring about reforms in federal and state policies and in service organizations.

Another paper by Jim Moss, Ph.D. University of Washington:
 --"A State in Transition." Reviews the reasons why Washington is making changes in all its developmental services with particular focus on adult vocational programs.  It describes the steps leading to the changes, the alternative models being incorporated and suggestions for other states wishing to make changes in their adult vocational programs.

We have added new names to our mailing    If you do not wish to receive this newsletter, please write and ask to have your name removed, or call [phone]. We encourage you to C+vculate your copy within Your   ncy.  However, if your colleagues prefer to receive their own copies, please send name, address and zip code to the address listed on the masthead of this newsletter.

Interns and Paraprofessional Training kSfStiMtS Needed  Training assistants are needed to work in the Metropolitan Council-s Developmental Disabilities Community Work Training Program.  An anticipated 20-30 persons are sought to work with our resource developers/trainers and trainees, beginning immediately.

The training assistants are needed to work with the resource developers/ trainers in community job sites. Persons interested in this part-time assignment should have a experience in working with mentally retarded or severely disabled persons.  Additional experience working in industry or business would be helpful.

This opportunity would be an excellent one for persons wishing to become familiar with a new type of service for severely developmentally disabled persons.  Considerable resource material will be available for persons selected to be training assistants.

Interested persons should send a short letter and resume-to Dr. Terrence Kayser, DD Program, 300 Metro Square Bldg., St. Paul, Minn. 55101 or call [phone].

FOR YOUR INFORMATION
Conference and Call for Papers

The American Association of Special Educators, (AASE) Inc., announced the 7th Anglo-American Special Education Conference to be held at Chelsea College, London, July 2-3, and has issued a call for papers and and exhibits. The conference theme will be "Educational Trends and Developments in U.S. and UK" and "The Future of Computers in Education."
Information on papers and exhibits should be forwarded to Louis Marpet, American Association of Special Educators, 107-20 125th St., Richmond Hill, NY 11419. Reservations forms are available from AASE Tours at the above address.

 New Minnesota Lab For Handicapped People at service Stations
"All gasoline service stations which offer both full service and self-service gasoline dispensing operations shall provide an attendant to dispense gasoline at the self-service price into vehicles bearing handicapped plates or a handicapped parking certificate issued pursuant to section 168.021."

Workshop
Dr. Lou Brown, University of Wisconsin, will present a workshop, "Vocational Opportunities Workshop for Severely Handicapped People" on Feb. 15, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the American Legion Club, 708 Front St.,, Brainerd, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.  Registration will be at 8:30 a.m. )0 The workshop will be for educators and parents.  The morning session will be Preparing Severely Handicapped People to Work and Play in the Community" and the afternoon session will be `Preparing Severely Handicapped People for Non- Sheltered Vocational Training and Work. "

Registration fee (including lunch) is $12.50 and should be sent by Feb. 10 to Developmental Disabilities Program, Re ion 5 Regional Development Commission, ! 61 Iowa Av., Staples, Minn. 56479.

Late registration at the door will be $12.50, but no lunch will be provided.

National Census Report Available
The Center for Residential and Community Services at the University of Minnesota has released Brief #21, "1982 National Census of Residential Facilities: A Summary Report. "  This brief continues the series begun in 1977 and reports information on the general characteristics of both public and private facilities and demographic characteristics of residents.  A copy of this report may be obtained from the Center for Residential and Community Services, University of Minnesota, 207 Pattee Hall, 150 SE. Pillsbury Dr., Minneapolis, MN 55455.

Request for Information
The Human Services Research Institute in Boston re  sts assistance for locating examples   needs assessment methods used at the state or local level to estimate housing needs of physically handicapped, developmentally disabled and chronically mentally ill persons.  Selected methods will be summarized in a resource book supported by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

In describing a method, the institute requests summary information on: organization responsible for completing the assessment, impetus for completing the assessment, types of information available from the method used (descriptions of the size of the eligible handicapped population, existing living arrangements, housing types required and . availability of housing to meet requirements), sources used to secure needs assessment information, resource requirements, time considerations, validity and relfabflity checks conducted on the method, and political or organizational constraints.

Available descriptions will be accepted in any format.  Submit summaries to Valerie J. Bradley, Human Services Research Institute, 120 Mflk St., 8th Floor, Boston, Mass. 02109.

Grant Money Available
COMPAS has grant money for community groups, agencies and individuals who would like to produce art projects for their St. Paul neighborhoods or communities.  Projects must benefit St. Paul residents; however you do not have to be a St. Paul resident to apply for a COMP4S grant.

For more information and application form, contact COMPAS, Community Art Fund/Intersection Program, 208 Landmark Center, 75 West 5th St. St. Paul, Minn. - 55102. Tel. [phone].

National Clearinghouse to be Established
5 Inc. has given $100,000 to the National Organization on Disability (NOD) to establish a national data bank of information on disability and related issues.  This automated information clearinghouse will meet specific information needs of individuals and communities, and will provide referral services for disabled persons.

The new data bank will be a computerized information retrieval system.  Through NOD, information will be available to anyone seeking answers to such questions as:
--What companies manufacture adaptive equipment for use by disabled persons in automobiles?
--How can one start a local volunteer committee to address the needs of a community-s disabled population?
--Where can one obtain housing plans and architectural designs for disabled persons?
--What organizations have information on   Irrier-free travel?
--.nat are communities around the country doing to expand recreational opportunities for disabled people?
--What specific programs can be used as models for improving attitudes toward disabled children in schools?
--How can a local committee, given its limited resources, set up a job bank to serve disabled job seekers?

For more information, contact The National Organization on Disability, 2100 Pennsylvania Av. NM,, Suite 234, Washington, D.C. 20037.

PUBLICATIONS
Epilepsy Report

The Dec. 1983 issue of The National  Spokesman, a newsletter of the Epilepsy Foundation of America, includes a special  report on the 15th Epilepsy International Symnosium held on Washington, D.C. in September.  Brief summaries of symposium presentations cover such topics as: surgery for epilepsy, new drugs for epilepsy, withdrawing medications, epilepsy treatment and cultural beliefs, specialized job programs, seizure types and social adjustment, and epilepsy and school achievement.

For a copy of the December issue of this newsletter, write The National Spokesman, Epilepsy Foundation of America, 4351 Garden City Drive, Landover, Md. 20785.

Alternatives:  A Family Guide to Legal and financial  Planning for the Disabled, L. Mark Russell.

Written by an attorney with a mentally handicapped brother, this is a useful guide for professionals--lawyers, social workers and administrators of services and organizations for persons who are handicapped.

Available for $9.95 plus $2 for postage and handling from First Publications, P. O. Box 1832, Evanston, Ill. 60204.

WORKSHOPS, CONFERENCES

Feb. 6, 7
The University of Minnesota Consortium Institute for the Education of Severely Handicapped Learners will conduct an inservice training workshop for teachers  of elementary age students at the William Mitchell College of Law, 875 Summit Av.
St. Paul.

"Project Impact:  A Social Communicative Curriculum" will be held on Feb. 6, and Project Impact: Part II: will be held on Feb. 7.  Both sessions will be from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

The workshops will be conducted by Dr. Richard Neel, professor of special education at the University of Washington, and director of Project NIPACT. They will focus on what to teach, how to use the natural environment as the context for instruction, instructional methods and assessment and evaluation procedures.  All special education teachers of elementary-age  severely handicapped students, related service professionals and administrators are invited to attend. There is no charge for attending the workshop.

For more information, contact Luanna Meyer Voeltz, director, or Ralph McQuarter, assistant director at [phone].

Feb. 13 and Feb. 25
The Parents Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights (PACER) Center will conduct Wo workshops:

Feb. 13, 7-10 p.m. will focus on the rights and responsibilities of children and youth with physical, mental, emotional and learning disabilities and will help parents learn how to work effectively with schools so that appropriate programs can be developed for their children.

Feb. 25, 9:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. will be "A Special Communications Workshop". The workshop teaches assertive behavior skills that enables people to stand up for their personal rights and express their thoughts in direct, honest and and appropriate ways. Both workshops will be held at the Inver Hills Community College, 8445 E. College Trail, Inver Grove Heights.

To register for either of the above workshops, call the Association for Retarded Citizens/Dakota County at [phone].

March 9
The Minnesota Department of Human Rights and the Minnesota State Council for the Handicapped will sponsor a one-day conference on the 1983 amendments to the Human Rights Acts.  The conference will be held from 8:30 a.m. -4 p.m. at the Minneapolis YWCA, 1130 Nicollet Av., Minneapolis. Minn.

Workshops, Conferences (Continued)

To request a conference agenda and registration form, or for more information, contact Mary Hartle, Minnesota Department of Human Rights, 500 Bremer Tower, 7th and Minnesota St., St. Paul, Minn. 55101. Tel. [phone].

March 15.
The League of Women Voters and West St. Paul Community Education are sponsoring an election education workshop for adults of voting age who are mentally retarded. Participants will learn to vote wisely, learn about major political parties and how to use voting machines. They will also register to vote that evening.

The workshop will be from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Grass Jr. High School in West St. Paul.

For more information, call Sherrill Sparks at 457-9545.

March 24-25
A winter leisure retreat for mentally retarded adults age 18 and over will be held at Indian Chief Camp in Eden Prairie owned and operated by Association for Retarded Citizens of Hennepin County.

Meals, lodging and snow shoe rental are included in the program fee of $20. For more information, or to register, call Kim Keprfos at [phone].

FUTURE EVENTS

May 27-31
The 108th annual meeting of the American Association (AAMO) will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel for Minneapolis. Copies of the preliminary program, including housing and registration form may be obtained by writing the AAMD at 5101 Wisconsin Av. NM., Washington, DC  20016 or by calling toll-free, (800) 424- 3688.

INFORMATION EXCHANGE

STATE
SUPPLEMENT

Developmental Disability Program
201 Capitol Square Building
550 Cedar Street
St. Paul, Minnesota  55101

Minnesota State Planning Agency
Roger Strand   612/296-4018
Editor

TRANSITION FROM SCHOOL TO ADULT
SERVICES STUDIED

"The transition from school to adult services for developmentally disabled people is an emerging issue for many parts of the United States and will continue to grow, " says a draft report from the office of the Inspector General of the United States.  In Sept. 1983, at the request of the Assistant Secretary for Human Development Services, the office of the Inspector General conducted a program inspection to determine the extent of the problem and to identify program models that have successfully dealt with transition from school and w' - :h have improved the adult service cl. ;very system.  The following highlights some of the findings for the draft report:

--Families that have kept children at home and received quality services from the public schools have increased optimism about what their developmentally disabled children can achieve.  Parents are now expecting that appropriate community-based services will be made available to their adult children.
--The public schools have no formal responsibility to plan for services for developmentally disabled young adults after they leave school, and the adult service system usually has no single ,point of responsibility for case management or evaluation.
--Gaps in the availability of adult services for developmentally disabled clients still exist, and waiting lists    } common.
--Debates continue regarding what the adult service delivery system should look like, and approaches vary widely. At the community level, alternative approaches stressful community placement, use of generic services, independent living and competitive employment are being implemented.  But these innovative programs often have limited resources compared with segregated special purpose programs such as intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded ( ICFS-MR) and sheltered workshops.
--The Department of Health and Human Services makes a substantial contribution each year [$7.1 billion) to support services for developmentally disabled people, a large share of which goes to support institutional care, a needed service for some of the population.  However, respondents felt that current federal policy still provides too great an incentive to states and communities to use these services in place of potentially less expensive alternatives.
--The Medicaid waiver provisions of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 allows states to develop alternative approaches in providing home and community-based care. Many states are hopeful that the waiver will bring about more cost-effective services for a portion of the adult developmentally disabled population.

Transition Study (Continued)

--The innovative special programs discussed in the report can be viewed as alternatives to the more traditional model which places emphasis on the building and operation of segregated special purpose programs.  Advocates of these newer approaches maintain that, in many cases, they can provide better services at less expense by working to place the developmentally disabled client in available private living and work environments.  Projected cost savings would come from the limited capital investment required to start these programs, the absorption of overhead by already existing organizations, and the expectation that many developmentally disabled young adults, previously thought unemployable, can eventually attain competitive employment. By placing more persons in these situations, slots can be opened in existing service programs for those clients truly needing a sheltered environment.

Copies of the official, "final report are not expected to be released for at least another month.  Copies are free and may be ordered from:  William Moran, Regional Inspector General for Program Inspection, Office of the Inspector General, U. S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, 35th floor, 300 S. Wacker Dr., Chicago, Ill. 60606.

REGIONAL OFFICE CONSOLIDATION ANNOUNCED

Comm. Jean Elder of the Administration on Developmental Disabilities announced that Denny Sakata has been named regional program director for the newly consolidated Midwestern Region.  From his regional office in Kansas City, Me., Sakata will assist the following states in providing services to persons with developmental disabilities: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Colorado, Montana, No. Dakota, So. Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. Commented Conun. Elder, "I believe that this new structure, which consolidates regional personnel, resources and functions, will accomplish our purpose."

VOELTZ IS EDITOR OF NATIONAL JOURNAL

Luanna Meyer Voeltz was recently selected  as editor-of the Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe RTI .  Voeltz is associate professor of special education at the University of Minnesota and director of the Minnesota Consortium Institute for the Education of Severely Handicapped Learners. She has directed several major research and curriculum development projects and has authored several publications, one of which is described on the last page of this newsletter under Yearning for Learning. People interested in submitting articles for consideration in JASH should send manuscripts to: Luanna Meyer Voeltz, Department of Educational Psychology, Burton Hall 211, 178 SE. Pillsbury Dr., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. 55455.          .

PUBLICATION

Evaluation of the Minnesota School for the Deaf and the Minnesota Braille and Sight-Saving School,  Office of the Legislative Audit or, Jan. 4, 1984.  This  study was done at the request of the 1983 Legislature.  Regarding the Braille School, the legislative auditor reconsnended that, "The graded program for single-handicapped, blind student should be normally phased out during the next three years... With appropriate support services, blind students can be served in local district programs." The ungraded programs for multihandicapped students would continue.

The study also concluded that "the state should continue to offer the residential school option as part of a full continuum of educational programs for hearing- impaired students.  The legislative auditor states, however, "We also think that the School for the Deaf needs to make changes in its program and philosophy in order to take its place in a statewide system of services for hearing-impaired students."

The report may be obtained from the Program Evaluation Division, 122 Veterans Service Bldg., St. Paul, Minn. 55155. Tel. [phone].

STUDIES IN MENTAL HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
AVAILABLE FOR EMPLOYED PERSONS

An administrative education program at the graduate level for people who are employed on a full-time basis is now available at the University of Minnesota.  This is a three-year program leading toward a Credential of Advanced Studies in Health Services Administration.  A master-s degree option also exists.  For more information, contact:  Independent Study Program in Administration for Mental Health Related Fields, University of Minnesota, 2642 University Av., 2nd floor, St. Paul, Minn. 55114.  Tel. [phone].

WISCONSIN OFFERS PASS WORKSHOP, FEB. 19-24

PASS (program Analysis of Service Systems) is an evaluation instrument used to assess the quality of human service programs and systems serving all ages and any disability group. This one-week workshop provides an in-depth evaluation ~mi discussion of the normalization principle.  Practice evaluations will be :conducted in selected sites in the Milwaukee area, and will include visits to a social service agency for interviews, analysis of the service and a verbal report of findings to the agency staff.  The participants will leave the /workshop with a significantly broadened view of the human service field, the practical application of the formalization principle, and a clearer concept of what constitutes service quality.

ASS training will be provided by John `Brien, Responsive Systems Associates, tlanta, Georgia.  The workshop will be eld at Park East Hotel, 916 E. State t ., Milwaukee, Wis. For more nformation, contact:  Kathy Johnson, isconsin Coalition for Advocacy, 30 W. ifflin 'St., Suite 508, Madison, Wis. 3703.  Tel . [phone] or (608) 251- 500.

EVENTS

Three Administrative Seminars Offered

Continuing Education and Extension of the Rochester Center, University of Minnesota, will be offering three one-day seminars for administrators:

--Feb. 9 - Effective Business Presentations,
--Feb. 16 - Written Communication in Business and Government,
--Feb. 22 - Face to Face: Handling the "Tough" Problems of Supervision.

Registration is $45 for each program, or $110 for all three. Contact: Beryl Byman, Program Director, University of Minnesota, Rochester Center. Tel. [phone] or [phone].  March 14-16  Minnesota Social Service Association (MSSA) 91st Annual Training Conference and Expo will be held at the St. Paul Radisson Hotel. Contact: MSSA Office, 614 Portland Av., St. Paul, Minn. 55102. Te?. [phone] or [phone] (toll free).

March 23, 24
A two-day conference co-sponsored by the American Association on Mental Deficiency Minnesota Chapter, Minnesota Association of Behavior Analysis and the Minnesota Association for the Severely Handicapped will be held at the Sunwood Inn in St. Cloud. For more information, contact: Peggy Graham, c/o Minnesota Learning Center, Brainerd, Minn. 56401. Tel. [phone].

March 31
"Seminar for Parents of Blind and Visually Impaired Children will be held at the Learnington Hotel in Minneapolis. cost:  $15 per person, or $25 per couple.  Contact the sponsoring agency: National Federation of the Blind of Minnesota, Chamber of Commerce Bldg., Suite 715, 15 S. 5th St., Minneapolis, Minn. 55402.  Tel. [phone].

YEARNING FOR LEARNING

The state Developmental Disabilities (DO) Program Office has acquired several educatfon, trafnfng and resource materials.  They may be borrowed from each of the regional 13D offices and from the state program office fn St. Paul.  Each month, we highlight selections from these resources.

Longitudinal Leisure Skills for Severely Handicapped Learners:  The Ho onanea Curriculum Component, B. Wuerch and L.  Voeltz, Paul  H  Brookes Publishing Co., 1982.  This book contains a field-tested and validated lifelon , leisure skills        ! curriculum component or learners with severe handicaps. It includes age-appropriate, generalizable activities that improve students skill acquisition and respond to their crucial affective needs as well.  Parents are included for all aspects of planning and implementation of leisure activities training.

Keeping Families Together: Providing Respite and Other Short -Term Care for people with Disbilities, the Alaska Governor's Planning Council for the Handicapped and Gf~ted, 1983. This book explores a variety of practical sources of help necessary to keep families together.  Familfes are encouraged to utilfze generic services whenever possible.  Sample forms for operating respfte care servfces are provided.

How To Borrow
These two selections are available from the STATE OFFICE only. Call (612) 296- 4018, or write: Developmental Disabilities Program, 201 Capitol Square Bldg., 550 Cedar St., St. Paul, Minn. 55101.

Metropolitan Council DD Program
300 Metro Square Bldg.
7th and Robert Sts.
St. Paul, MN

INFORMATION  EXCHANGE
Published monthly by the Developmental Disabilities Program of the Metropolitan Health Planning Board

Metropolitan Council
300 Metro Square Building
St. Paul, Minnesota  55101
Toni Lippert: 291-6364
Terrence Kayser: 291-6356

METRO DD PROGRAM NEWS

The DD service system is a comparatively young and dynamic system. But in the last two years, the pace of change has accelerated even more.  New theories and techniques to help persons with developmental disabilities to achieve more are being introduced faster than practftfoners can assimilate them.

The fmplicatfons of this explosfve rate chafige is putting onerous demands on professionals and other providers to do thfngs differently. Job descriptions, roles and responsibilities may have to be changed substantially to include new competencfes.  Even traditional ways of adding to staff skills are changing.

The approach to enhancing staff competency traditionally starts with an assessment of trafning needs either by administrators or by program staff in a DaDer and pencil exercise.  An article in  the Journai of the Association for People with Severe Handlca  Bern~tein &nd"Jon P. Ziariik describes a dffferent approach using a proactive model.  In "Proactive Identification of Staff Development Needs: A Model and Methodology," the authors discuss theproject from which this model evolved. They list the eight premises upon which the model is based, describe the methodology used and indicate the results the project.  Some of the authors-

Vol. 9. No. 3.
March 1984

DD Program News (Continued)
observations are very interesting. For example, they observed that staff from programs participating in this project were more likely to emphasize behavior changes expected of clients than changes in behavior needed by staff for implementing the clients" programs.

Finally Bernstefn and Ziarnik stress the importance of maintenance once the staff skills have been developed and suggest five factors which can reinforce good skfll development:  clear organizational goals, operationaltzed job duties, performance feedback mechanisms, participatory decision-maktng practices, and programs designed to fncrease employee stability. What may be of interest to the readers fs that Dr. Zfarnik has applied this model in reorganizing a rehabilitation facility in Denver, Colorado, with apparent success.

A limited number of copies of thfs article are available for circulation from the DO Curriculum Library if checked out in person.  No copies will be matled.  Please call to reserve your copy. The journal from which this article is taken can be reviewed only on the premises of the Metropolitan Council library.

Addittons to DD Libraries

The following publications and artfcles have been added to the DD Resource Ltbrary.  They may be used only in the library at the Metropolitan Council.
--1984 Tax Guide is an authoritative income tax guide that will prove invaluable for parents concerned with tax deductions stemnfng from the care and support of a developmentally disabled fndfvfdual.  The gufde was prepared by Charles Landry, retfred agent-conferee for the U.S. Internal Revenue Sewice and a past presfdent of the Association for Retarded Cftfzens/Michfgan. This copyrighted tax guide may not be reprf nted. It can be ordered for $2 from the Association for Retarded Cftfzens/  Michfgan, 313 S. Uashiigton, Lansing, Mfch. 48933.

--Long Term Neighborhood Property Mpacts of G~up Homes for Mentally R -"%%+ L k~ an o nert%%   Oolan  Unive%fty. Thfs {s a ~vfsed study of a 1978 analysis of Iong-term impacts of group homes on the surround fngconsnunity. The group homes fncluded fn this study are residences for mentally retarded adults in eight New York State ccmanunftfes selected to represent a range of upstate and downstate, low and moderate fncome and urban and suburban neighborhoods.

--An Analysfs of Zonfng and Other problems AtteCtlng the Establl shment ot G roup Homes tor the Mentall   ~  encountered fn the establishment of group homes fn Metropolitan resfdentfal areas.  The report concludes that inadequate fundfng, unsuitable locations and facilities frequently caused more problems and hfndered the development of group homes more often than zonfng problems.

--Resour& Gufde of Sfgns of Sexual Xssaul t , a supplemen 3exual Abuse of Persons      t "P I) fsabil I ties . Thfs booklet will afd Instructors when m%sentfna materfal  on sexual abuse t6 hearing: impafred people.  Lfbrary Addftfons (Contfnued)  The followfng books have been added to the Curriculum Lfbrary. They may be borro~d by Metropolitan Area residents for a perfod of three weeks. However, publications and materials in the curriculum 1 fbrary must be pfcked up at the Metropolitan Councfl and returned by borrowers.  --Proactive Identification of Staff Development N eeds:   Model and P%?- see article above on ems e n and Zfarnfk.

--A BUYER-S GUIOE fs a source of fntormat~on on products for dfsabled  persons has been added to the 00 Curriculum Lfbrary.

--An update to A Reader-s Guide for parents of Ch~dren with Mental,   yslcal or tmo tional  DiT TIcuJ fies, hiWyland M W Plannfng council on Oevelopmen~l Dfsabflftfes, 1983. A comprehensive listing of readfng materials for parents of handicapped children.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Director Needed
A small group home for persons who are mentally retarded fs seekfng a director. The homa fs located fn a small central Mfnnesota comnunf~. Salary negotiable.

For more information contact: Rita Opsahl, Brfghter Oay Resfdence, 620 N. Wood St., Mora, Mfnn. 55051.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

Mfnf-Conference on Microcomputers
On Feb. 7, the State i)evelopmental Dfsabflfties Councfl hosted a "mfni- conferencea on microcomputers and handicapped people. The purpose was to share information about the use of mfc~omputer technology by handicapped people as an asslstlve device.

Microcomputer Conference (Continued)
Numerous pieces of equipment and softiare packages were demonstrated at the conference.  All of the equtpment can be purchased at computer stores or from other electronic dfstrfbutors.

The presenters at the conference, Bud and Delores Hagen, publish a bi-monthly newsletter entitled "Closfng the Gap", avaflable for $15 annually. Mrite P.O. BOX 69, Henderson, Mfnn. 56044.

The Hagens are also presenting workshops on March IO and Aprfl 14 at the Belle Plaine Hfgh School, 220 S. Market St., Belle Plain.  There is no charge attendance but persons interested in attendfng are urged to call and make an appointment.

For more information call [phone] or, fn the Metropolitan Area, 341-8299.

Camperships Available

Visfon-fmpafred children and adults can apply now for financfal help to attend sunmer sessions at Camp Courage, near Maple Lake, and Courage North, on Lake George fn northern Mfnnesota.

The camperships are sponsored by Unfted Blind of Minnesota and help defray costs at the two therapeutic/ recreation camps.  Activities include swimning, fishing, hiking, outdoor sports, nature study, and arts and crafts.

For information, contacting the camping department at Courage Center, 3915 Golden Valley Rd., Golden Valley, Minn. 55422. Tel. [phone].

Volunteers Needed

The Minnesota Assocfatfon for Retarded `"tizens is seekfng volunteers, age 15 .tid over to assfst durfng their sumner camping season at Annanda?e, Mfnn. Volunteers work dfrectly wfth Camp Friendship staff and campers. Before they begin, they are required to attend a 24-hour orientation perfod so that they understand basic camp policfes procedures, philosophy and understanding of persons who are mentally retarded.

For more information, write Friendship Volunteers, R.R.3, Box 162, Annandale, Minn. 55302.

Information Center Funded

The U.S. Department of Education is fundfng a Natfonal Information Center for Handicapped Children and Youth. The center collects and shares information helpful to handicapped chfldren, their parents, as well as professionals and advocates who work wfth them. The new services answers questfons, lfnks people with others who share common concerns, sponsors wo~shops and publishes newsletters.  The center pays particular attentfon to the needs of rural areas, culturally diverse population and the problems of severely handicapped chfldren.  The center encourages organizations wfth an fnterest fn handicapped and youth to send them information about new programs, publications, seminars and conferences.

Contact:  Information Center for Handicapped Children and Youth, P.O. Box 1492, Washington, DC 20013.

PUBLICATIONS

Whatever You Decfde! fs a workbook of teaching techniques and lesson plans to help group home and day program staff, educators and advocates learn how to involve retarded people in makfng decisions and asserting their human rfghts.  The author, Jennifer Mohr, has developed an outreach/educatfon program at Advocating Change Together, Inc. (ACT), an advocacy organization that serves approximately 500 people wfth 150 staff members at 50 locations in the Minneapolis area.  ACT was founded by a group of mentally retarded people, their advocates and other members of the community.  The workbook fs based on thefr research and experience as they visited residences and day programs durfng the past three years.

To order the workbook, send $7.50 (Mftmesoti resfdents add e% sales tax), plus $.75 postage to: Advocating change Together, Inc., 1509 Nicollet Av., Minneapolis, Mfnn. 55403. Tel. [phone].

Health Care Coverage and Your Disabled Child is a guide for parents preparedby  United Palsyt of Mfnnesota, Inc. It  provides information, guidance and direction for those directly involved with health-impaired people and the concerns and problems relating to their health care cost sharing.

Single copies of the booklet will be mailed without charge to organizations, professionals and parents. If extra copies are desired, the cost will be $2 for parents, $4 for professionals, or $1.75 each for bulk orders of 100 or more. However, extra copies in any quantity are free if picked up from United Cerebral Palsy of Minnesota, 1821 University Av., Room 233 S., St. Paul, MN 55104. Tel. [phone].

CONFERENCES, EVENTS

March 15-16
A conference on "Sexuality and Mentally Handicapped People" will be held from 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. both days at Planned Parenthood of Mfnnesota, 1965 Ford Pkwy., St. Paul, Mfnn. The program presenters will fnclude an advocate from Legal Advocacy for Developmental Ofsabflfties, Phyllis Cooksey, director and Ruth Markowftz, program director, department of education and trafnfng at Planned Parenthood.

The workshop fee is $50. Lunch fs not fncluded.  For a regfstratfon form, or for more information, call (612) 298- 2401.

March 17
Parent Advocacy Coalftfon for Educational Rfghts (PACER) fs sponsoring a free workshop at Hamlfne School of Law, Hewftt Av. and Snellfng Av. N., St. Paul, from 7-10 p.m. wfth regfstratfon at 6:30 p.m. Subjects covered fnclude due process rfghts, fndivfdualfzed education plans, how you can advocate for your chfld, assessment of tests and team stafffng.

Advance regfstratfon fs requested. Contact PACER Center, 4701 Chfca o Av., Minneapolis, Minn. 55407. Tel. [phone].

March 26
A conference on "Chronfc Mental Illness in Multi-Problems Populations: I/hole Persons wfth Multf-Problem Labels" will be held at the Earle Brown Continuing Educatfon Center on the St. Paul campus of the Unfversfty of Mfnnesota. The conference fs sponsored by Continuing Education fn Socfal Work, Mfnneapolfs campus, Mfnnesota Department of Publfc Uelfare, Association for Retarded Cftfzens of Hennepfn County and the Mental Health Assocfatfon of Mfnnesota.

The prfmary aim of the conference fs to seek remedfes to problems that confront staff in tryfng to serve persons wfth chronic mental illness who also have other mental problems such as senflfty or mental retardation. Problems wfll be examfned from administrator, provfder and consumer perspectives.

Registration fee for the conference fs $50 and includes lunch and refreshment breaks.

For more fnformatfon, contact: Shfrley L. Zfmnerman, Assistant Dfrector, Continuing Educatfon fn Socfal Uork, 107 Armory Bldg., 15 SE. Church St., University of Minnesota, Mfnneapolfs, Mfnn. 55455-0106. Tel. [phone].

 INFORMATION EXCHANGE
STATE
SUPPLEMENT

Developmental Disabilities Program
201 Capitol Square Building
550 Cedar Street
St. Paul, Mimesota 55101

Minnewta State Planning
Roger Strand  612/2964018
Editor

ADMINISTRATION ON DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES EMBARKS UPON EMPLOYMENT  INITIATIVE PROJECT

The Adndnlstratfon on Developmental Dfsabilfties (ADD) fn Washington, DC has set a goal of facflftatfng the employment of 25,000 persons wfth developmental dfsa- bflftfes by the end of 1984. Mfchael Ffshman, dfrector of the ADD Employment Inftfatfve Project, has outlfned a ffve- step plan formeetfng the goal: networking, corporation contact, matchfng jobs, fnformatfon brokerage and publfc affafrs.

Dfscussfons have already taken-place wfth the Department of Labor over the Job Partnership Trafnfng Act and with the Rehabflitatfon Services Admfnstatfon about expandfng the avaflabilfty of the rehabflf- tatfon network to the more severely dfsabled person, Ffshman safd. A system of matching trafned people wfth local jobs through job banks and cataloging systems fs a major part of the project. The inftfative wfll also serve as an fnformatfon clearinghouse on model projects.  For more information, contact, Mfchael Ffshman, Dfrector, Admfnfstratfon on Developmental Dfsabflities, 200 Independence Av. SU., Rm. 326E, Washington, DC 20201. Tel. [phone].

PROPOSALS REQUESTED FOR IMPROVEMENT OF DAY PROGRAMS

The Minnesota Governor-s Planning Council on Developmental Dfsabflities has fssued a Request for, Proposal relatfng to "Projects to Improve the Quantfty and Qualfty of ~ Pro rams for Developmentally Dfsabled &  Approximately $425,000 is avaflab7e for these grants. Applications should focus on developmentally dfsabled persons who are not retarded, those who are severely or profoundly retarded or have behavfor problems. Applfcatfonswfth publfc/prfvate partnership wfll be gfven  prforfty. Contact: Ron Kaliszewskj at [phone].

MARCH 1984

GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES "HIREABILITY" CAMPAIGN- A ONE-STOP SERVICE FOR EMPLOYERS

On Feb. 2, GOV. Perpfch launched the "HfreAbflity" campafgn and introduced a new, toll-free number, 1-800-328-9095, that employers can use to ffnd qualfffed job applicants wfth dfsabflftfes. "For the first tfme fn the natfon, placement professionals from six nonprofit a~encfes are workfng together to provfde a one- stop- servfce for employers," the Governor safd.

The HfreAbilfty Campafgn will stress tie many abflftfes possessed by fndfviduals who happen to De dfsabled.  The afm of most of the ads fs to penetrate through the ~ths and stereotypes generally held about people with dfsabflftfes.  Thus, one ad shows a pfcture of Franklfn D. Roosevelt, who had polfo, under a headlfne that reads, "Hfre the handicapped:  Your parents dfd. " The message-- "Hfrfng someone on thefrmerfts fsn-t a new fdea.  Justa good one. Call us when you need someone who can get the job done. "                     ,

A sfmilar ad shows a picture of Beethoven, who lost hfs hearfng, and advises-- "Disabflftfes don-t stop people from makfng contributions.  Please don-t you."

The cmpafgn was desfgned by volunteers fn consnunicatfons: The Minnesota Advertising Federation; Fallen, Mckllfgott and Rfce and Dorn Public- Relations. The HfreAbflfty Consortium fs comprfsed of Projects wfth Industries fn Mfnnesota and Wisconsfn and the Mfnnesota Division of Vocational Rehabflitatfon.

For mOre information, contact: Susan Benjamfn at [phone] or Sara Gavfn at [phone]

MANY ISSUES STILL UNRESOLVED, " COURT MONITOR REPORTS

In a fourth semiannual report to the U.S. Dfstrfct Court (Mfnn. Fourth Divisfon) regardfng compliance with Welsch vs. Levfne consent decree, Lyle Uray, ,court monltor~ suamarfzed:  "Despite progress fn a number of areas over the past year, substantial fssues remafn concerning:

--The adequacy of indfvfdual programs and sewfces of habflftatfon fn state hospitals;
--The adequacy with whfch plans are developed for comsunffy lfvfng; and
--The adequacy of the monftorfng efforts of class -ers once placed fnto the coamunfty to assure programs and servfces corresponding to the dfscharge plan."

In 1983, the census fn the seven state hospftals servfng persons wfth mental retardation declfned by another 118 fndfvfduals, brfn fng the total at the end      ! of the year to 2, 11. The largest overall reductfon was found at the Farfbault State Hospftal with a net decrease of 39 persons.

Overall admfssfons fncreased fn 1983 wfth many of those befng for parental respfte for chfldren. Compared wfth the ffrst 11 months of 1982, the number of total adafssfons reported was up from 200 to 235 for 1983. Atifssfons for respfte care reported almost doubled, from 58 to 103. "It would appear appropriate for the Department of Publfc Welfare to revfew the use of state hospftals as a major respfte resource fn the state and to revfew alternative possibilltfes," the court monftor recommended.

Because many chfldren (5% to IO% of the total population) stfll remafn fn Mfnnesota-s seven state hospftals, the court monftor called for "a greater focus upon strategies to dfrect chfldren from state hospftal placement and for a more tfmely development of coassunf~ alternatives for chfldren currently placed fn state hospftals.  The report stated that ft was hoped that current dfscussfon would clarffy the dfscharge plannfng process and evaluate the appropriateness ofcoasnunfty placements.    \   -6-

Off ICE OF COURT MONITOR RELOCATED

The new address and telephone number f, the offfce of the court monftor for the  Welsch VS. Levfne consent d&rew-fs: Lyl{ Thy, Ph D  Court Monftor, c/o Legal Edu- catfon C&&, Room 106, 40 N. Mflton St., St. Paul, Mfnn. 55104. Tel. [phone]

MARVIN TRITZ RECEIVES OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER AWARD

In recognftfon ofhfs dedfcatfon and ctiftment as a parent volunteer, Marvfn Trftz, Dumont, Mfnn. was recently presentec an award by Comn. Jean Elder, Admfnfstra- tfon on Developmental Dfsabflftfes, Dept. of Health and Human Servfces. Mr. Tritz fs a current member of the Mfnnesota Governor-s Plannfn Councfl on DD. Comm.      f Elder stated fn a etter to Trftz: "You are an excellent example of how one person can make a difference.  I comnend you on the generous manner fn whfch You have shared your expertfse and expressed your concern as an advocate on behalf of cftfzens who are developmentally dfsabled throughout the State of Mfnnesota.

DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES/McKNIGHT  GRANTS AWARDED

The Developmental Dfsabflftes (DD) Program of the Mfnnesota State Plannfng Agency announced approval of ffve grants for projects to assfst developmentally dfsabled persons who are not mentally retarded. Monfes are derfved from the McKnf,ght Foundation through the DD Program. A total of $70,000 fn grants wfll be awarded to:

--Accessible Space, Inc. and Comprehensive Services for Dfsabled Cftfzens for the development of an independent lfvfng skflls trafnfng prograis;
--Arrowhead Regional Development Consnfssfon" for fmprovfng the utflfzatfon of the Supplemental Security Income program;
--Minnesota Epflesy League for addressing employment problems for persons wfth epflepsy outsfde of the Metropolitan Area;
--Comprehensfve Epflepsy Program, University of Minnesota, for the development of a model educatfon program about epflepsy for people wfth epflepsy and their families;
--Twfn Cftfes Socfety for Autfstfc Chfldren for establfshfng a crisfs intervention program.

For further fnformatfon, contact: Ron Kalfszewski.  Tel. [phone].

ADDITIONAL POLICY ANALYSIS STUDIES RELEASED

The Developmental Disabflftfes Program recently added three new publfcatfons to the Polfcy Analysfs Serfes, Issues Related to Uelsch vs. Levine:

--No.19: Cost Function Analysfs of Minnesota Intermediate Care kacflftfes Tor Mentally Retarded (IW-FIR) Per Di ems:   981 (A n Update toP Olfcy Analysis Serfes Nos. 4 and 15).     ~s s tudy provfdes statfstfcal analvsfs of cost factors  relatfng to Inte-mdfate-Care Facilftfes for Mentally Retarded accordfng to three broadly deffned categories: locatfon, organfzatfonal structure and resfdent characterfstfcs.  The hfghest average per diem rate was found fn the Mfnneapolfs- St. Paul .regfon ($55.90) while the lowest average rate was found fn Regfon,6E ($33.90). The hfghest average per dfems were associated wfth facflftfes servfng 17 to 32 resfdents fn sfze ($58.50), 33 to 64 resfdents fn sfze ($55.80), and fewer than 6 resfdents ($52.20). Class B facflfties had an average per dfem of $67.20, nearly 44 percent hfgher than the Class A facflftfese average of $46.80. These ffgures are for 1981.

--No. 20:  Respite Care: A Supportive and Preventive Servfce for Famflf es:  Polfcy out-of-home placements. Varfous models of respfte care services are presented and suggestions made for the provfsfon of an array of famfly support services fn Mfnnesota, of whfch respfte care can " be an fmportant part.

--No. 21:  Sunmnary and Analysis of Flfnnesota Developmental DfsabflT                       tfes Respl te Care Demonstration Projects Dederal  I'1 seal Years MIT.   Thfs paper contfnues the dfscussfon of resDfte  care servfces and shares the results of 16 demonstration projects that were funded through developmental dfsabilftfes grants over a three-year duration. Respfte care servfces were provfded to over 200 indfvfduals fn a varfety of settfngs, most occurrfng fn the fndfvidual"s own home. Another 850 people recefved information and referral servfces.  In order for respfte care services to become a stronger element withfn the socfal servfce system fn Mfnnesota, several tasks are seen as needed:  deffnfng respfte care; establfshfng a solfd fundfng base; desfgnfng standards and methods for monitoring and evaluating; and coordfnatfng vfa a case management system.

These documents wfll be sent to those on the Serfes maflfng lfst. Others may requ~pies by contacting: Developmental Dfsabflftfes Program, 201 Capftol Square Bldg., 550 Cedar St., St. Paul, Mfnn. 55101.  Tel. [phone].

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
The Amerfcan Assocfatfon on Mental Deficiency (AAMD) wfll hold fts 108th annual meetfng May 27-31 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel fn Mfnneapolfs.

Volunteers are needed to monftormeetfng rooms, assist convention staff, type, and staff a T-shfrt booth. Volunteers who work one full day of the conference or two half days wf-11 qualffy to attend the conference free of charge.  Regular registration fees for the conference vary from $40-70 for one day to $75-105 for the full conference.

To volunteer or for more fnformatfon, call  [phone], or wrfte: Develop~~~~                      Dfsabflftfes Program, 201 Capitol Square               . -7 Bldg., 550 Cedar St., St. Paul, Mfnn. 55101.

YEARNING FOR LEARNING
The state Develop~ntal Disabilft~es (DD) Program Offfce has acquired several education, training and resource materials. They may be borrowed from each of the regfonal 00 offfces and from the state program office fn St. Paul.  Each month, selections from these resources are highlighted.

In-Home Respfte Care Program Development: Background, coordinator s manual, Trainiq Manual.  Texas Tech Unlverslty  198A   me ~nrorwatfon contafned fn thfs ~ree-~art manual fs fntended to help a consnunfty plannfng body detennfne local needs and how to organfze fn-home respfte care servfces. "Respfte care provfdes a vftal support to afd famflfes fn thefr attempt to retafn a handicapped member fn the famfly unft and should be part of a comunfty"s human servfce system," the author states.

Thfs selectfon may be borrowed from the State 00 Program at [phone], or may be purchased from the author for $15. Contact:  Research and Trafnfng Center fn Mental Retardation, Box 4510, Texas Tech Unfversfty, Lubbock, Texas 79409.

For this Respite Much Thanks...Concepts, Guidelines and Issues in the Development of community respite Care Services, United Cerebral Palsy Association, Inc. 1981.  This book ecplores various models of respite care services throughout the country and provides guides for developing local programs.  Respite care (providing relief for the caregiver/parent) can be effectrively reduce stress in families where there is a dependent, developmentally disabled memeber.

Available from both regional and state DD offices.


 INFORMATION EXCHANGE
Published monthly by the Developmental Disabilities Program of the JIecropolican Health Plarmmg Board
Metropolitan Council
300 Metro Square Building
St. Paul, Minnesora 55101
Toni Lippert: 291-6364 T
Terrence Kayser: 291-6356

METRO DD PROGRAM NEWS

Developmental Disability Definition

The term "developmental disability" is frequently misused as a synonym for mental retardation, or as referring to four specific disabil i ties: cerebral pal sy, mental retardation, autism and epi 1 epsy.  In order to arrive at a correct understanding of the term, the fol 1 owing definition, as defined by P, L. 95-602 is provided:

"severe, chronic di sabi 1 i ty which -- (a) is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of mental and physical impairment;
(b) is manifested before the person attains age 22;
(c) is likely to continue indefinitely;
(d) results in substantial functional 1 imitations in three or more of the foil owing areas of major life activity: self -care, receptive and expressive language, learning, mobility, self- direction, capacity for independent living and economic sufficiency, and
(e) reflects the person-s need for a combination and sequence of special, interdisciplinary, or generic care, treatment, or other services which are of lifelong or extended duration and are individually planned and coordinated."

A more concise description is: "a physical or mental disability that is severe and chronic, appears before age 22 ~gnificant]y T imits a person-s basic life functions".  Vol. 9. No. 4. April 1984

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

Cost of Care Care Legislation Sought

In response to problems with the wide disparity among counties in paying parent fees for children in out-of-home placement, the Association for Retarded Citizens Minnesota (ARC) has developed legislation that would require the Department of Public Melfare to establish one fee schedule for out-of-home placements of children regardless of disability or type of placement, A maximum contribution would also be established of no more than 10 percent of the cost of care, or no more than five percent of the parents- adjusted gross income, whichever is less.  In addition, parents would not be required to make a resource contribution on top of an income contribution.  For parents of children receiving services under the Title 19 waiver, such as in-home family support services, respite care or homemaker services, the state is asked to take into account the room, board and services provided by the parents in determining the parental contribution to the cost of care.

LEGISLATION PROPOSED FOR EARLY INTERVENTION

A bill has been drafted to mandate education for handicapped children from birth through three years. The current state education law mandates education from four through 21 years. Education before four is permissive only. The bill  changes the permissive language in the current statute from "may provide" to "shall insure that" special education and services "are provided" for handicapped children "under the age of four".  This is followed by language that makes it clear that, while education is the lead agency, services can also be given by health, welfare and other appropriate agencies, and that school districts may enter into contractual, co-funding and co- sponsoring relationships with other child- servtng agencies, such as developmental achievement centers.

A notable feature of the bill is the repeated emphasis on the necessity of including parents in the chfld-s program of training and educat~on, acknowledging that parents are the young child-s primary teachers.  The bfll requires establishment of an Interagency Early Intervention Planning Cornnittee in each school district or special education cooperative to assure the interagency collaboration and cooperation so vital to the development of a coordinated array of services.

To insure that transpiration cost associated with serving infants and their parents in home-based programs are reimbursed, a subdivision has been added that requires the state to pay 50 percent of the costs of necessary travel by early education staff.  It is the aim of this proposed legislation to support both home- based and center-based programs in order to meet the individual needs of children and families, and to use, whenever possible and appropriate, services that are already in place.

TARGETED JOB TAX CREDIT: FINAL REGULATIONS

In November, 1983, the Department of the Treasury published two sets of regulations relatlvfio the five year old Targeted Jobs Tax Credit program. This program is meant to provide tax incentives for employers to hire targeted individuals.  The proposed regulations provide the public with information and guidance needed to participate in the program.  A second set of regulations, issued tn final form, provides taxpayers and businesses desiring to qualify for the credit with specific guidelines to comply with the law.  These guidelines focus on what types of businesses may claim targeted jobs tax credits and how such credits should be calculated and disbursed within the business.

Among those groups targeted as eligible for the tax credits are: vocational rehabilitation referrals, Supplemental Security Income recipients and youths participating in cooperat~ve education programs.  Many DD people are eligible under these targeted groups.  In most cases, the state employment security agency is responsible for certifying an individual as a member of a targeted group.

The amount of credit allowable for any taxable year is 50 percent of the qualified first year wages up to $16,000 plus 25 percent of the qualified second year wages up to $6,000.

HUMAN SERYICES INSTITUTE SEEKS  INFORMATION

The Human Services Research Institute, (HRSI) has received funding from the Department of Health and Human Services to collect information, cofmnission papers and sponsor a conference on family support of developmentally disabled persons.  HSRI requests assistance in locating pro ram examples of suggestions    ! designed to ncrease family involvement with developmentally disabled or otherwise handicapped family members.

HRSI is especially interested in obtaining information on programs that provide family support through any of the following strategies:

--family self-help or advocacy training,
--estate planning and/or trust arrangements,
--publicly financed cash subsidies,
--family support services (e.g. parent training, respite care and foster care), and
--federal and/or state tax policies.

Information Required (Continued)

Program descriptions or suggestions will be accepted in any formatv Send sumnaries to:  Valerie J. Bradley, Human Services Research Institute, 120 Milk St, 8th floor, Boston, Mass. 02109. Tel. [phone].

"AGING OUT" INFORMATION SOUGHT

The editor of New Directions, a publication of  the National Association of State Mental Retardation Program Directors, Inc. (NASMRPD) is seeking program models,  initiatives and legislation related to the "aging out" problem.  The term is used to describe mentally retarded and other developmentally disabled individuals who attain an age (around 22) which makes them ineligible for continued special education and other child-oriented services.

Send background materials, black and white photographs and/or draft articles for use in future issues of New Directions to: Ruth E. Katz,  NASMRPD, 113 Oronoco St ., Alexandria, Va. 22314.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES  Administrator/Program Director Needed  The Brighter Day Residence in Mora, Minnesota, is seeking a Qualified Mental Retarded Professional (QM!7P) to serve as administrator and program director for their various services and programs, Experience preferred.

Applicants should send a resume to Rita Opsahl, Brighter Day Residence, 620 N. Wood St. Mora,  Minn.  55051.

Camp Positions

The Association for Retarded Citizens Minnesota is seeking qualified people for the following positions in a camp located 2 miles from Minneapolis.  An experienced camp director for a full- time position to operate a camp for people who are mentally retarded. Winter and summer camp sessions for approximately 2000 campers annually. Experience in camp administration, fund raising and programming for people with mental retardation is required. Must have good communication skills. Salary range:  $20,000 to $30,000.

A full-time camper services coordinator needed.  Experience in programming, management skills and working with mentally retarded people.  Responsible for registration and organizing camping sessions.  Salary range $15,000 to S20,000.

Applicants should send resume to: Association for Retarded Citizens of Minnesota, 3225 Lyndale Av. S., Minneapolis, Minn. 55408.

WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES

April 7
The fifth annual $letrowide Conference for Consumers will be held from 11 a.m.-9:3O p.m. at the Inver Hills Conxnunity College in Inver Grove Heights, Minn.

The conference is for people who are developmentally delayed or mentally retarded who want to learn more about the community in which they live.  The associations for retarded citizens from Anoka, Dakota and !+ennepin Counties, and the St. Paul Association for Retarded Citizens are co-sponoring the conference with the Division of Handicapped Student Services of Inver Hills Community College.

Tuition is $7 and registration deadline is March 7.  For more information contact:  St. Paul Association for Retarded Citizens, 65 E. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul, Minn. 55101. Tel. [phone].

April 13, 14
A workshop, sponsored by the Minnesota Epilepsy League, the Comprehensive Epilepsy Program, the University of Minnesota-Duluth and the Arrowhead Epilepsy League will be held at the University of Minnesota-Duluth.

A variety of subjects related to epilepsy will be covered, including, medication, parent/teacher relationships, employment, learning disabilities and quality of life.

For information regarding credits, registration and fees, contact Department of Special Education, 209 Bohannan Hall, University of Minnesota-Duluth, Minn. 55812. Tel. [phone].

April 27
"Mental Retardation and the Family: A Workshop Exploring Family Systems, Coping Strategies and Abuse" is a workshop sponsored by Planned Parenthood of Minnesota for professionals who work with mentally handicapped people in health, educational andjor social service settings.

The workshop will be held at 1965 Ford pw~y., st. paul. The fee is $30. TO register, or for more information, call [phone].

May 14
Parents Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights (PACER) will sponsor a presentation on "Microcomputers for the Special Child" at Mayflower Church, intersection of Diamond Lake Road and Hwy. 35W in Minneapolis.

The presentation will demonstrate the uses of microcomputer technology for students who are either blind and visually impaired, learning disabled, deaf and hearing impaired, non-vocal, physically handicapped or mentally disabled.

Advance registration is requested. The workshop is free for Minnesota parents of handicapped children, but there is a $S fee for professionals which must be paid in advance.

For a registration form, or for more information, contact PACER, 4701 Chicago Av., Minneapolis, Minn. 55407. Tel. [phone] voice or TTY.

May 27
The 108th annual meeting of the American Association of Mental Deficiency (AAMD) will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Minneapolis.  Copies of the preliminary program, including housing and registration form may be obtained by writing the AAMD at 5101 Misconsin Av. NW., Washington, DC 20016, or by calling toll-free, [phone].

Speakers include many nationally recognized experts representing a wide array of services and strategies.  Some of these include:  Jean Elder (Administration of Developmental Disabilities of Health and Human Services), Dr. David Braddock, Dr. Robert Bruininks, Dr. Frank Menoloscino, Dr. Richard Scheerenberger and b. Mary Tjosvold.  Sessions address concerns across the whole range of DD services and the most current professional theory and technologies extant in this country. Readers are urged to call the toll-free number listed above to get more specific information on the agenda and to receive registration forms.

Volunteers are needed to monitor meeting rooms, assist convention staff, type and staff a T-shirt booth. Volunteers who work one full day of the conference or two half days will qualify to attend the conference free of charge. Regular registration fees for the conference vary from $40-70 for one day to $75-105 for the full conference.

To volunteer, or for more information, call Terry Kayser, [phone] or write:  Developmental Disability-es Program, 300 Metro Square Bldg., St. Paul, Minn. 55101.

INFORMATION EXCHANGE
Developmental Disabilities Program
201 Capitol Square Building
550 Cedar Street
St. Paul, Minnesota 55101

Minneaota State Planning Agency
Roger Strand   612/2964018
Editor

AGENDA FOR ASSURING "FUTURES OF QUALITY" PUBLISHED

"Services that assist people to build futures of quality in the community must ensure that people with disabilities are not only present in the community, but live, learn, work and participate with other citizens who are not disabled. " This is the challenge presented in a new publication of the Governor-s Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities, entitled Toward a Developmental Disabilities Policy Ag enda:  Assurin~ Futures of Quallty.   Increasingly," the text continues, "public policy supports  the idea that the-place for people' with `inabilities to build their future is in che community."

The reports calls for a vision of the future where communities act responsibly, and develop the competency to recognize and support citizenship of Minnesotans with developmental disabilities.  Future  visions should include several goals:

--A statewide prevention agenda should developed and implemented.
--Early intervention services (birth thrcugh age three) should be availab' for children with disabilities.  be       e
--Services should support, not supplan< families.
--Special education should ultimately prepare students for independent living.
--Developmental achievement centers and sheltered workshops should emphasize conwnunity integration and opportunities for competitive employment.

April 1984

Policy Agenda (Continued)

--An array of comnunity residential alternatives must be developed in addition to intermediate care facilities and semi-independent living facilities.  Each new option must be flexible and responsive to individual needs.
--All persons with developmental disabilities should have access to applications of technology which could improve their quality of life.

Besides outlining several steps for achieving each of these goals, specific examples of program innovations from around the country are described. Emphasis is on what is already possible to accomplish, given the utilization of current technology, some imagination and reordering of values and resources.

"Our achievements and our aspirations for the future need to be combined in a state policy agenda that increases both equity and access to services through comnunity- based systems," the report states. By redirecting the focus from facilities to clients, guided by a policy agenda, "we can move toward futures of quality for all Minnesotans," it concludes.

Copies of this new report will be sent to those on the Developmental Disabilities Program mailing list. Others may place their request by contacting:  Developmental Disabilities Program, 201 Capitol Square Bldg., 550 Cedar St., St. Paul, Minn. 55101. Tel. [phone].

FEDERAL "COMMUNITY AND FAMILY LIVING AMENDMENTS" MEET WITH CONTROVERSY

On Nov. 4, 1983, Sen. John Chafee (R. I. ) introduced S. 2053, the "Conanundty and Family Living Amendments of 1983." S. 2053 is intended "to promote the ful 1 participation of severely disabled individuals in conwnunity and family life."  The proposal attempts, as a national policy preference, to transfer Medicaid funds from `institutional settings to community settings." As of 1981, the ratio of government fundin ! between the institutional and consnun ty services sectors was 5:1.  The proposed bill attempts to switch this skewed financing pattern in favor of conmwnity services.

On Feb. 27, 1983, over 500 people attended a hearing that was chaired by Sen. Durenberger, Minnesota, in Washington, DC.  Sen. Chafee opened the session by saying:  "Since I introduced this bill last November, I have received questions about the stability of group homes, the advisability of the 10-15 year shift of federal funds to comnunity programs from larger facilities.... We all have a tendency to fear the unknown. That is why we are here today. Me should not deny our retarded and disabled citizens the opportunity to grow and participate in the conmwnity because of our own inability to grapple with the unknown."  The following two sumnaries provide only a small sample of the opposing views offered in testimony at the hearing.

From Virginia, Peter Kinzler (father of an institutionalized, severely and prof~undly retarded son) was representing the Parents" Network, an informal organization of 60,000 parents of mentally retarded children who live in institutions.  "We vehemently oppose enactment of S. 2053," he stated. "Most of today-s institutions for the mentally retarded are well-run places that provide quality care and training for the residents." Kinzler continued. "While we are well aware of the need for more community living arrangements--and fully support additional funds for their creation--we believe they are needed "to supplement, not replace, institutional care."  Concerns were raised about consnunity services- continuity and quality:  "How would the many services (e.9. therapists and medical care) now provided at institutions be provided? Would bad apples among the staff be weeded out rapidly? Could Medicaid monitor one hundred times the number of living arrangements they now monitor with any reasonable assurance of maintaining quality?" he asked.

John Clarke (clinical psychologist and father of a 20-year old son in a Colorado state institution) spoke out in favor of S. 2053. Mr. Clarke had had several occasions to visit exemplary programs in the country (e.g. Macolm-Oakland Regional Center in Michigan) and to attend ` seminars and workshops conducted by such authorities as Dr. Lou Brown and the-late Marc Gold.  He asserted that, "they have clearly demonstrated to me that anyone can have his/her needs appropriately met in the community.  I do not want my son dumped into just any kind of program." Mr. Clarke called for congressmen to arise above the emotionalism and vested interests and leadership necessary for public policy setting. At the same time, however, he asked that the congressmen listen to the oppositions- concerns and provide the necessary safeguards to ensure continuity of funds and services during the transition.

Copies of the complete testimonies of Chafee, Kinzler and Clarke may be obtained from:  Developmental Disabilities Program, 201 Capitol Square Bldg., 550 Cedar St., St. Paul, Minn. 55101.  Tel. [phone].

IDEAS NEEDED FOR COMPUTER CONFERENCE

In preparation for a national conference on computer technology for handicapped persons to be held in Minneapolis in September, suggestions for presentations or program ideas are requested by May 30. For more information and proposal  form, contact:  Paula Barnhart, Computer Technology for Handicapped People, Closing the Gap, P.O. Box 68, Henderson, Minn. 56044.  Tel. [phone] or [phone].

PUBLICATIONS

1973 Directory of Licensed and Certified Realth Care Facllltles. Minnesota  Department of Health. `Hospitals and related institutions that are licensed and/or certified by Minnesota Health Department are listed in this new directory.  Nursing homes, board and care homes and supervised living facilities are among those listed. Cost of the directory is $9, plus $.54 tax and $1.50 for shipping and handling. Available from the Documents Center, 117 University Av., St. Paul, Minn. 55155. Tel. [phone], or [phone] (toll-free).

Foster Care Journal is a new perodical `hat is published by American Foster Care ~esources (AFCR).  It is the first of its kind to address the needs and interests of foster parents, foster care workers and supervisors, and foster parent educators.  A subscription rate of $8.50 will purchase nine issues per year. Contact:  AFCR, P.O. Box 271, King George, Va. 22485,

1982 National Census of Residential  Facili ties:  Surmnary Report (8 rief #21), Fall. 1983.  A re~ort that presents a  brief summary of the 1982 national census of residential facilities serving a total of 243,669 mentally retarded residents in diverse settings ranging from family care to state institutions. One-half of the 15,633 facilities studied were opened since Jan. 1, 1978.  Most of these recent additions were small group residences whose growth parallels the sharp decline in admissions to large public institutions.  Copies may be obtained from:  Center for Residential and munity Services, University of mesota, 207 Pattee Hall, 150 SE. " Ilsbury Dr., Minneapolis, Minn. 55455.

What Do I DO When I Meet a Person in a Wheelchair? is a pamphlet that suggests certain etfquette and procedures for able  bodied peopie.  For a free copy, send your request with a long, self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Public Relations Office, Schoitz Medical Center, Kimball and Ridgeway Aves. Waterloo, Iowa 50702.

Vinland Training Manuals Available

Eight training manuals are available from the Vinland National Center. The cost per manual is $7.50 which includes postage.  All manuals relate to persons with disabilities:

--Pulk Skiing and Ice Sledding,
--An Introduction to Adventure: A Sequential Approach to Challenging Activities,
--Health Promotion, Hellness and Medical Self-care,
--Introduction to Relaxation Techniques.
--Fitness Courses,
--Cross Country Skiing,
--Introduction to Kayaking, `
--Horseback Riding  Contact:  Vinland National Center, Lake Independence, Loretto, Minn. 55357. Tel. [phone] (voice or ITY).

EVENT

April 27, 28
"An Advanced Techniques Workshop on Systematic Behavior Change of Developmentally Delayed Children (Autistic, Mentally Retarded and Emotionally Disturbed)" is the title of this two-day event to be held at the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City, Mo. Featured presenters are O. Ivar Lovaas, Ph.D., and Patricia J. Almond, Ph.D. For registration and more information, contact: Behavior Change Workshop, P.O. Box 14068, Portland, Oregon 97214. Tel. [phone].

YEARNING FOR LEARNING

The state Develop&ntil Disabilities (DD) Program Office has.acquired several education, trafning(and r?source matertals. some my be borrowed from each of the regional offices and all from the state program office in St, Paul. Each month, we h~gltll'ght. selections from these resources. State program tel: [phone])

Multiregional Conference on Institutional Child Abuse and Neglect, C. Washburne. J. VanHull and N. Rindfleisch (Eds) \Columbus, Ohio, May 1982.  A compilation of presentations at a conference on the issue of theprotection of childreri in residential institutions. The ultimiite purpose is to inspfre and equip effective advocates and program managers, both in and outside the systems that administer residential institutions for children.  "It is only through individual cofmnitment that systems can be held totally and constantly accountable for the care and safety of the children for whom they are responsible," summarizes James A. Harrell, Director of National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, Children-s Bureau, Washington, DC.

Residential Teaching Communities: Program Development and Staff Training for Developmentally  Disabled Persons, R. Wetzel and Foresman and Co., 1984.  A book that provides a framework for observing, understanding and developing residential teaching environments.  Its contents were created in response to a crisis situation and a resident-s aggressive behavior, The solution was not behavior modification. It was environmental modification instead.

HOW TO BORROW
These two selections are available from the STATE OFFICE only. Call (612) 296- 4018, or write: Developmental Disabilities Program, 201 Capitol Square Bldg., 550 Cedar St., St. Paul, M'inn. 55101.

INFORMATION  EXCHANGE
Published monthly by the Developmental Disabilities Program of the Metropolitan Council

Metropolitan Council
300 Metro Square Building
St. Paul, Minnesota   55101
Toni Lippert: 291-6364
Terrence Kayser: 291-6356

METRO PROGRAM NEWS

Comnunity Work Training Program ( CWTP) News

The CWTP relies on two different types of staff who work directly with the developmentally disabled (DD) persons pl aced into employment or training positions.  Two resource developers are responsible for finding employers or agencies interested in working with `n persons and for developing the JffIfIIg program for each trainee.  Once they have successfully placed the person into the setting, the resource developers then direct training assistants who continue the one-on-one training.

Training assistants (TAs) play a major role in the CWTP.  Not only do they teach the basic skills needed for the job the trainee is engaged in, they also serve as a "coach" in additional areas.  For example, several of our trainees required direct instruction in using buses to get to and from their job site. TAs carry out the training program that might include observing landmarks on the bus route and conducting oneself in socially appropriate ways on the bus. This type of instruction is direct and continuous since the instruction occurs in the functional environment with the TA close at hand.

The same type of instruction, or coaching, is used at the training site. v- have found that the trainees can :eed to a great extent in performing the basic skills, but often need training on specific parts of the tasks. Sometimes they require coaching in social situations, or need tips on grooming or hygiene. Training assistants provide immediate and timely remedies on an individualized basis.

What does it take to function as a training assistant? It varies since there is no single, postsecondary program to teach persons to perform these duties.  Perhaps the very few requirements would include, 1) having worked in some capacity with persons who are developmentally disabled, and 2), some experience in an educational or training setting.  Other factors that are desirable include good judgment, conmtitment to work continuously with the trainee until fully trained, and the ability'ti get along with people. In future issues of the InformationExchange we will spotlight some of our tralnlng assistants and tell you of their backgrounds and what they do in their jobs.  See "Employment Opportunities," page two.

Additions to Curriculum Library

--Evaluation of Sheltered Enmloyment Programs and Evaluation of Special Education,       issued by the Program Evaluation Division, Office of the  Legislative Auditor; State of Minnesota.  For reviews on both these documents, see page six of this newsletter.

Library Additions (Continued)

--"Camnunity Health Education Network (CHEN) Materials Lending Libary. " A recent listing of resources required for DD persons livfng in the community. For more information, see page sfx of thfs newsletter.

--The Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps,  volume 8, winter edit ion.

Publications and materials in the curriculum library may be borrowed by Metropolitan Area residents for a period of three weeks.  Materials must be picked up and returned to the Metropolitan Council.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Training Assistants Needed

Persons interested in becoming training assistants for the Community Uork Training Program of the Metropolitan Council are invited to call Terrence Kayser at 291-6356, or leave a message with the program secretary. (See article on page one of this newsletter). The work hours and days are qufte varied; from two or three days of part-tima work to a full-time 40-hour work week. An information sheet with details of the job responsibilities may be obtained by calling Dr. Kayser.

The Departnmt of Public Uelfare (DPH) seeks applicants for the following- positions.  Resume5 and applications should be sent as quickly as possible.

Mentil Health Prooram Advisor

Duties include:  providing assistance to county social services agencies fn planning service arrays for the mentally retarded/developmentally dfsabled or mentally ill;  assist in developing community alternatives to long-term care and conducting policy and program planning analysis in the mental health field

Employment Opportunitfes (Continued)

Mental Health Program Consultant

Duties include:  provfding specialized technical assistance, training and guidance on a statewide basis to managers and administrators of service delfvery systems for the mentally retarded/ developmentally disabled and mentally fll, providing consultation on the application of rules, polfcies and procedures and assist fn the development of conmmity based mental health programs.

For a full description of the positions, educational requirements and salarfes, contact: Department of Employee Relatfons, 3rd floor, Space Center, 444 Lafayette Rd., St. Paul, Minn. 55101. Tel. [phone].

Fundraiser Needed

Advocating Change Together, Inc. (ACT) is seekfng a fundraiser. Interested people, send resume-and cover letter by May 7, 1984 to ACT Hirfng Team, 1509 Nfcollet Av., Minneapolis, MN 55403.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

The Multfple Sclerosfs (MS) Society fn Minneapolis needs volunteers for MS Camp 84, Sept. 2-7 at Camp Courage in Golden Valley.  Volunteers wfll assfst adult campers with MS in their daily livfng activities and participate tn recreational activftfes.

For more information, contact: The Multiple Sclerosis Society, 2344 Nfcollet Av. S., Minneapolis, Mfnn. 55404. Tel. [phone] or toll-free, 1-800-582-5296.

CAMPING, RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

Mfnnesota Sports Games Set

Registration is open for the Minnesota Sports Games sponsored by United Cerebral Palsy of Minnesota and other agencies, to be held at Park Center High School in Brooklyn Center on May 19, 9-5 p.m. competition in track and-field, swimuing and slalom (wheelchair obstacle course) is open to children and adults, ages 8 and older, with cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosfs, muscular dystrop~ or closed- head brain injuries.

Entry fee is $5.  For registration materials, contact Joan Vanderpool, meet coordinator, Courage Center, 3915 Golden Valley Rd., Golden Valley, Minn. 55422. Tel. [phone].

Opera Performance at O"Shaughnessy Auditorium

On Tuesday, May 22, from 11 a.m. to noon, the Metropolitan Opera of New York will once again present a benefit performance for mentally retarded people of all ages.

The performance will be held at O-Shaughnessy Auditorium on the campus of the College of St. Catherfne in St. "Iul. All persons attending are .sponsible for providing their own transportation.  Groups are encouraged to consider bringing lunches to picnic in a nearby park after the performance.

Reservations are required. Local arrangements are being handled by the Associations for Retarded Citizens in St. Paul and Hennepin County. Call 224- 3301 or 874-6650.

Camping Information

The second annual camp for children with epilepsy will be held June 18 - 23 at YMCA Camp Ihduhapi near Loretta, about 22 miles west of Minneapolis. Camp Ozawizaneba is accredited by the Amerfcan Camping Association and features arts and crafts and recreational and instructional activities.

Children between the ages of eight and 13 years, whose primary diagnosis is epilepsy may register for the six-day session.  Cost is $145, with payment and some finanncial assistance available.  The camp is a not-for-profit corporation formed with joint sponsorship and support of the Minnesota Comprehensive Epilepsy Program, Gillette Children's Hospital and the Minnesota Epilepsy League.  For more information, contact Camp Ozawizaneba, 2701 University Av. SE., Suite 106, Minneapolis, Minn. 55414. Tel. [phone].

Local Camp Offers Variety of Programs

Indian Chief Camp, owned and operated by the Association for Retarded Citizens (ARC) of Hennepin Coun& offers unique themes that are the focus of its one-week overnight sessions. Kid-s Week, Family Camp and Leisun Specialities Camp are new program features for the 1984 season. Returning favorites include Theater in the Moods with the Flying Carpet Theater Company, Sports and Health Camp and R, R & R--Rest, Relaxation and Recreation.

The camp is located on Birch Island Lake in Eden Prairie and offers outdoor therapeutic recreation experiences both on and off-site for children and adults who are mentally retarded and who may also have p~sical disabilities.

Other programs include canoeing and backpacking trips in a wilderness setting.

For further information on programs and registration procedures, contact Kim Keprios; director of consnunity services at ARC of Hennepin County. Tel. [phone].

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

BURIAL EXPENSES CHANGED

The Health and Human Services Department has ublished a regulation allowing ! peep e to own burial plots or set aside up to $1,500 for other burial expenses without losing their benefits under the Supplemental Security Income (SS1) program. The value of burial plots and burial funds up to $1,500 will not be cwnted in detmmining an individual's assets.  Under existing rules, the SS1 program, which provides aid to the aged, blind and disabled, applies a ceiling on tangible assets of $1,500 (or $2,250 for a couple).  Hospitai and-the-Minnesota Epilepsy League.

"AGING OUT" INFORMATION SOUGHT

The editor of New Directions, a publication of the National Association of State Mental Retardation Program Directors, Inc.  (NASMRPD) is seeking program models, initiatives and legislation related to the "aging out" problem.  The term is is used to describe mentally retarded and other developmentally developmentally disabled individuals who attain an age (around 22) which makes them ineligible for continued special education and other child-oriented services.

Send background materials, black and white photographs and/or draft articles for use in future issues of New Direction to:  Ruth E. Katz, NASMRPD, 113 Oronoco St., Alexandria, VA  22314

WORKSHOPS, CONFERENCES

May 6, 7, 8
The Association of Residences for the Retarded in Minnesota (ARRM) will hold its annual conference at the Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington, Minn.  Theme of the conference Is "Together...Toward the Future."

For more information, contact the ARRM office at 459 Rice St., St. Paul, Minn. 55103. Tel. [phone].

May 7, 14, 17, 21, 24
A "Sexual Abuse Prevention Seminar" will offer participants an opportunity to explore the role of healthy sexuality in adulthood.

The direction of the seesions will include a combination of education about our bodies as well as support for preventing sexual abuse and victimization.

Young adults, age 16-30, who are mainstreamed half of the school day, competively employed or employable are invited to attend.  The sessions will be held Monday andThursday evenings, commencing May 7, from 7-8:30 p.m. at West Hennepin Community Center, (WHCC) 1001 W. Hwy. 7, Rm. 206 in Hopkins.

Facilitators are Mary Perkins from WHCC and Jim Kodacek from ARC hennepin county.  There is no fee.  To register, call WHCC at 9330-9105

May 11
A one-day conference on "Gentle Teaching" will be held from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. at the Earle Brown continuing Education Center located on the St. Paul campus of the University of Minnesota.  The wrolshop will assist staff in worki8ng with persons with mental retardation and who also exhibit severe behavioural problems such as aggressive or self-injurious behaviors.  the main focus of the workshop will be to give participants practival information on techniques that can be used in classrooms, workshops and home settings.

The workshop will be conducted by John J. McGee, Ph.D., University of Nebraska.

For a registration form, or for more information, contact:  Mary Kay Wood, M.S.W., Program Director, continuing Educaiton in Social Work, University of Minnesota, 107 Armory Bldg., 15 NE. Church St., Minneapolis, Minn. 55455.  Tel. [phone].

May  23
The annual meeting and dinner of the Minneapolis Association for the Hearing Impaired will be held at the St. Paul Technical Vocational Institute, 235 Marshall Av. St. Paul, starting at 6:30 p.m.

The speaker is Bob Lauritsen, who will discuss on "The Future and the Hearing Impaired Child--Some Thoughts and Observations."

For further information, contact: Sandi Karnowski at [phone].

 INFORMATION EXCHANGE
State Supplement
Developmental Disabilities Program
201 Capital Square Building
550 Cedar Street
St. Paul, MN  55101

Minneeota State Planning Agency
Roger Strand 612/296-4018
Editor

"GOVERNMENT SPENDING HAS FAVORED INSTITUTIONAL CARE OVER COMMUNITY SERVICES," BRADDOCK TESTIFIES

"Over we past eight years, federal and state governments combined spent more than twice as much money in institutions (for persons with developmental disabilities) than in the conrnunity. " This finding was shared by David Braddock on Feb. 27 at the Senate Finance Comnittee hearing on-The Community and Family Living Ainendments of 1983"(S. 2053) in Washington, DC. Braddock is the director of the Evaluation and Public Policy Division, Institute for the Study of Developmental Disabilities, University of Illinois at Chicago. "...The states ave themselves financed the vast majority of the federal-state iniatives fn comnunity services developed since Fiscal Year (FY) 1977, "  Braddock continued.

Between FY 1977 and FY 1984, $12.9 billion of federal money was spent on reimburse- ments for Intermediate Care Facilities for the Mentally Retarded. "Eighty two percent of these monies was deployed in support of state institutions; only eighteen percent was reimbursement.for connnunity services," Braddock stated.

"In my personal view," said Braddock, "S. 2053 will make a major contribution to the well-being of developmentally disabled people and their families if it accomplishes one thing: the adoption of a substantial fiscal incentive for states to enhance comnunity services."

In order to facilitate the relocation of thousand of developmentally disabled persons and to phase down institutions, Braddock presented a recently drafted set f facility phase-down/relocation guide- lines, developed by the Evaluation Division project.  These guidelines are intended to assist states to be "particularly sensitive to the interests and needs of developmentally disabled individuals, their relatives, and also of affected employees."

"Finally," Braddock concluded, "I unequivocally support a major intermediate- term or long-term fiscal incentive to spur the development of community services in the United States.  Around this single concept, a consensus can and must be forged, bringing together parents, unions, associations, professionals, and lawmakers who, through responsible reinstitutionali- zation policies, seek simple justice and more appropriate services for people with developmental disabilities."

Copies of Braddock-s testimony and guidelines may be obtained from the Developmental Disabilities Program, State Planning Agency, 201 Capitol Square Bldg., 550 Cedar St., St. Paul, Minn. 55101. Tel. [phone].

NOTE :  David Braddock will be speaking at the 108th Annual Meeting of the American Association on Mental Deficiency, May 27-31 in Minneapolis.

CALL FOR PROPOSALS AND EXHIBITORS AT  DISCOVERY  '84  CONFERENCE

A call for formal presentations, demonstrations and exhibits has been announced by the University of Hisconsin- Stout, which is sponsoring "Discovery '84: Technology for Disabled Persons." This national conference on computers and other technological products will be held in Chicago, Oct. 1-3, 1984. For more information, contact: Office of Continuing Educat~on, University of Wisconsin-Stour, Menomonie, Wis. 54751.  5

SHELTERED EMPLOYMENT STUDIES BY THE  LEGISLATIVE AUDIT COMMISSION

In 1983, the Legislative Audit Commission directed the Progream Evaluation Division of the Office of the Legislative Auditor to study sheltered employment programs for handicapped person.  On March 28, 1984, an evaluation report was published that made the following recommendations with repsect to sheltered employment and the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) of the De3partment of Economic Security, who oversees these programs:

--The current system of subsidies should be replaced by one in whfch sheltered employment is a service that DVR purc~~s on behalf of handicapped, persons.
--DVR should be a prudent buyer of services and should pay for sheltered employment programs on the basis of measures of quality and effectiveness.
--me funding system should provfde financial incentives for workshops and other servfce vendors to place handicapped persons fn conpetftfve jobs and should pay for efforts by mrkshops to support a worker-s transition to competitive employment.
--The state should increase the availability and use of training programs that teach actual job skills fn a work setting.  At the same time, the state should spend less money on training programs that predictably result fn a sheltered work placement.
--DVL should develop an ongofng system to monftor and evaluate sheltered employment programs.  It should measure program effectiveness from the state-s perspective as a purchaser of services and from the worker-s point of view, as ~ ~onsu~r.  Cog s of the report may be obtafned from: Off~:e of the Legislative Auditor, Program Evaluation Dfvfsfon, Veteran-s Service Bldg. St. Paul, Minn. 55155. (612) 296- 4721.

LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR EVALUATES SPECIAL EDUCATION IN MINNESOTA

An evaluation report was recently released by the Legislative Auditor that shares the results of a study of special education in Minnesota.  "There is ...general legislative concern about the effectiveness of the special education programs that now require approximetely $125 million in state categorical aids annually," the report states.

Besides developing more specific definitions or elfgibilfty crfteria for handicapping conditions, the Minnesota Department of Education "also needs to show mon leadership and provfde more guidance to school districts regarding the monitoring of student progress and the evaluation of instructional methods and programs in special education," the report continues.  Improved policies and practices were recommended particularly for students with learning disabilities, emotfonal/behavioral disorders, speech- language impairments, and for early childhood special education programs.

For further information and copies of the report, contact: OffIce of the Legislative Audftor, Program Evaluation Division, Veteran-s Service Bldg., St. Paul, Minn. 55155.  Tel. [phone].

LENDING LIBRARY ADDRESSES HEALTH NEEDS, PLUS

The Community Health Education Network (CHEN) has recently published a new directory of resources availbale through its lending library.  Although specializing in health needs, (e.g. medical, dental and mental health), a number of other areas are addressed, such as:  socialization and sexuality, living skills, cooking and nutrition and employment.  A publisher's list of catalogues is also provided.  Materials may be borrowed up to three weeks at a time.  CHEN staff also provide consutlation, research and referral services.  Contact:  Sally Swallen or nan Puelston, CHEN, Association for Retarded Citizens of Minnesota, 3225 Lyndale Av. S., Minneapolis, Minn.  55408.  Tel. [phone] or 1 [phone], toll free.

 DURENBERGER INTRODUCES VOTING RIGHTS BILL

In March, Minn. Sen. David Durenberger, Minnesota, testified befor the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration regarding the Voting Rights for the Handicapped and Elderly Act (S. 1676).  This proposed legislation will require that voting facilities be accessible in federal elections.

More specifically, the major features of the bill would provide the follow:

--Polling place and voter registration sites for federal elections that are not accessible must be located in facilities providing temproray access by ramps or other means to individuals in wheelchairs;
--Supplemental voting and registration aides must be available to handicapped and elderly person;
--Individuals who require assistance in casting their votes may disignate persons of their choice to assist them;  and
--The inconviniences and expenses associated with absentee ballot procedures would be eliminted.

In his testimony, Durenberger said, "(The bill's) provisions are simple and inexpensive, yet offer a real chance for thousands of disabled and elderly voters to participate in the electoral process."

WILDERNESS INQUIRY II PROMISES SUMMER ADVENTURES

A number of wilderness excursions are scheduled this summer by Wilderness Inquiry II, a nonprofit group that believes wilderness trips are enriching and rewarding experiences for all people.  Camping and canoeing adventures will be conducted in Boundard Waters Canoe Area, other wilderness areas in the Midwest and in Northwestern Ontario.  Camping gear, food and transportation between Minneapolis and the wilderness are provide.  Fees range from $40 to $225, (except Yukon trips), and special financial assistance is available.  For more information, contact:  Wilderness Inquiry II, 2929 4th Av. S., Suite 0, Minneapolis, Minn.  55408.  Tel. [phone].

TRAINING SESSIONS SCHEDULED ON WAIVERED SERVICES

The Minnesota Department of Public Welfare (DPW) has scheduled one-day training sessions during May in various regions of the state.  The training sessions will discuss the ecisting waiver for elderly persons and the proposed waiver for mentally retarded persons under the Title XIX program.  The locations and dates are as follows:

--Duluth, May 7;  Brainerd, May 9;  Fergus Falls, May 11;  Rochester, May 21;  Mankato, May 22;
--Metro Area:
Maplewood Holiday Inn, May 14;  Minnesota Zoo Lodge, May 16;  Hennepin County Government Center, May 18;

A registration fee of 6-8 is anticipated.  For preregistration, call:  Julie Greenberg (DPW), [phone].

EVENTS

May 30
"Being in community:  Creating Caring Congregations and Neighborhoods" is the theme of a conference featuring Dr. harold Wilke and Robert Perske to be held at Westminister Presbyterian Church, 12th St. and Nocillet mall, Minneapolis.  The conference fee of $20 includes lunch.  Contact the Association for Retarded Citizens--St. Paul.  Tel. [phone].

June 21-23
The National Prader-Willi Syndrome Association will hold its annual conference at eht Thunderbird Motel in Bloomington.  Prader-Willi Syndrome is characterized by mild mental retardation and an instaible appetite coupled with weight gain on a normal calorie diet.  Volunteers are needed to conduct planned activities with children of parents in attendance at the conference.  To volunteer, call:  Robert J. Carlson at [phone].  For registration information, call:  Marge Wett at [phone].

YEARNING FOR LEARNING

The state Developmental Disabilities (DD) program Office has acquired several education, training and resource materials.  Some may be borrowed from each of the regional DD offices and all from the state program office in St. Paul.  Each month, we highlight selections from these resources.

Boating for the Handicapped:  Guidelines for the Physically Disable, Eugene Hedley, Human Resources Center, Albertson, New York, 1979.  The purpose of these guidelines is to maximize recreational boating opportunities for persons with physical handicaps.  The text is in print and braille.  Content includes boating safety, emergency procedures, and accessibility problems.  "Boating is an opportunity to experience unexcelled pleasure of functioning independently," the author states.

Planning, conducting and Evaluating Workshops:  A Practitioner's Guide to Adult Education, Larry Nolan Davis, Learning Concepts, 1974.  The purpose of this book is to provide a practical aid for those who are part-time adutl educators with limited preparation for the job.  Learning theories are interwoven with sound adult educaiton practices.  It is a useful reference, for the chapters are organized chronologically according to task.

HOW TO BORROW

These two selcetions are availbale from the STATE OFFICE only, Call [phone], or write:  Developmental Disabilities Program, 201 Capital Square Bldg., St. Paul, Minn.  55101.

INFORMATION EXCHANGE
Published monthly by the Developmental Disabilities Program of the Metropolitan Council

Metropolitan Council
300 Metro Square Building
St. Paul, Minnesota  55101
Toni Lippert: 291-6364
Terrence Kayser: 291-6356

METRO DD PROGRAM NEWS

The Metropolitan Councils Developmental Disabilities (DD) Program has heard interest expressed on establishing a Metropolitan Area clearinghouse for information on innovative, comnunity- based, employment training programs that are provided outside traditional facilities such as sheltered workshops, developmental achievement centers, secondary schools, etc.  In order to initiate some action, the DD Program is willing to begin to collect and share this information.  Any agency or organization currently providing this kind of program or service is asked to send a brief description (limited to two typewritten pages) to Toni Lippert, DD Pro ram, 300 Metro Square Building, St. 7 Pau , Minn. 55101.  Send by June 30, 1984.

Summary descriptions that you have on hand will be accepted, but we request that you add,the following information:
1. Agency/Organization, address, contact person and phone number.
2. Description and number (if limited) of clients served.
3. Types of referrals (open? sources?).
4. Funding source(s).
5. Ultimate client outcomes expected. (One sentence).
6. Approach used (type of staff, staff responsibilities, and procedures used to achieve client outcomes).
7. Geographic area served (cities, counties).

This  information will be compiled and made available to interested individuals and organizations.

Vol. 9 No. 6.
June 1984

 On a separate page, please let us know if yu would be willing to make a ten minute presentation on your program. We are considering sponsorship of a Work Fair where a series of programs would be presented to an audience of social workers, parents, residential service personnel, and other interested individuals.  The Work Fair is tentatively scheduled for the last week of July.  If you send a program description, please indicate your interes in the "Work Fair" idea.

Special Education Seminar Tour

A study-travel tour of  England, France and Spain, Aug. 9 to Sept. 3, 1984, has been specially arranged by Dr. Antusa Bryant, professor of special education at Mankato State University and Mrs. Marion Maertens, director of REM-Mankato, Inc.  As co-directors, they will es ort and instruct the group while inEngland and on the continent.  The course is based at Castle Priory College in Wallingford near Oxford, England, and will include visits to schools and toher facilities, and time with British professionals.  Travel arrangements have been made by All Seasons Tour and Travel and Ray S. Johnson, senior tutor at Castle Priory College

The cost of the tour is $1988 and includes roundtrip airfare and tour (transportation, lodging and some meals).  Tuition for four hours credit is extra.

For more information:  Dr. Antusa Bryant, Dept. of Special Education, Armstrong Hall, Makato State University, Mankato, Minn.56001.  Tel.  [phone].

Community Work Training Program

In last month's Information Exchange, it was stated that there were no slnqle  post-secondary wograms for developing training assisunts for conauunity-based work training programs. Me have since "discovered that the competency-based program (Associate of Arts) at St. Mary's Junior College in Minneapolis includes course work and planned experiences directed to preparing graduates to work with developmentally disabled or severely/profoundly handicapped persons. Graduates ofSt. Mary's work in developmental achievement centers, work activity programs for adults, community residential programs and sheltered workshops.

While the program does not prepare its graduates for special education certification, it has been credited by tts graduates with providing the practical and academic foundation necessary to promoting the careers of persons interested in serving persons with severe handicaps.

For more information, call the admissions office at 332-5521, ext. 305.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Part-time Occupational Therapist Needed

A modern, residential facility for 48 mentally and physically handicapped adults is seeking an energetic and creative occupational therapist for 16 hours a week.  Would prefer someone with experience in working with developmentally disabled people.

Send resume' and salary requirements to: Program Director, Phoenix Residence, Inc. 135 E. Colorado St., St. Paul, Minn. 55107.

Court Monitor Needed

A person is needed for the position of monitor for the Welsch v. Levine Consent Decree.  The salary is $36,933 and applications will be accepted through June 15.

Court Monitor (Continued)
To apply for the position, send a statement of qualifications and a resume'to one or both of the following individuals:  Luther A. Granquist, Counsel for Plaintiffs, Room 222 Grain Exchange `Bldg., 323 4th Av. S., Minneapolis, Minn. 55415, (612) 338- 0%8 or Oeborah L. tfuskins, Counsel for Defendants, Special Asst. Attorney General, 515 Transportation Qldg., Saint Paul, Minn. 55155, [phone].

Graduate Assistanceships Available

Teachers are needed who are interested in Master's level wrk in Early Childhood Special Education. Assistantships available for full and part-time students.

For more information, contact: Dr. Marci J. Hanson, Department of Special Education, San Francisco, Cal if. 94132. (Tel . [phone].

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

Rural Employment Model

The Exceptional Child Center of Utah   State University was funded by the Utah   State Developmental Disabilities Council   to develop the Productive Employee   pmj=t (PEP), a rural employment ~del   in the8righam City area. The aim of the   project is to test the model's   replicability and train people to . --fnitiate similar programs in other    states.  As a result, high school    students who are disabled can be trained   and prepared for jobs before they   graduate and placed insnediately upon   graduation.

PEP's rural employment model was the    subject of a presentation at the     Annual Conference of the Council for    Exceptional Children in April. Materials    are currently being developed for    repli~ation of the model. For more    details, contact: Joseph Stowitschek,    Director of Outreach and Development, UIW    68, Utah State University, Logan, lkah     84322.

 Nominations Sought for Phillips Awards

Courage Center is now accepting nominations for the 1984 Phillips Awards.  Five awards are presented each year to honor individuals with physical disabilities who have achieved financial and vocational independence, and to stimulate and encourage the employment of persons with disabilities. To be eligible, nominees must be vocationally and financially independent and have. phys~cal disabilities severe enough that " their continuous employment during the past three years is considered a significant achievement.

Deadline for nominations is July 1. For more information and nomination forms, contact;  William B. Hopkins, Public Affairs Director, Courage Center, 3915 Golden Valley Rd., Golden Valley, Minn. 55422. Tel. [phone].

SERVICES

Corporate Recycling Begfns Operation

A new service, Corporate Recycling, plans to match corporations wishing to donate furniture, equipment or surplus goods to nonprofit organizations that need them. The service is scheduled to start on June 4.  The Connection, a commercial service ~sed by area theaters and other businesses will be the contact point for ]oth corporations and nonprofit organizations.  The telephone number is 612) 941-2501.

Corporate members will pay $50 annually to join the service, but will be able to receive tax deductions for charitable - ontributions.  There will be no charge o nonprofit organizations calling orporate Recycling for information about mated goods.  ~formation Sharing Network Established  Ie Alternative Living Manager's isociation (ALMA) has been formed as a tional not-for-profit association to ide a network for information- al"ing between managers of small  -2-  Information Network (Continued)  comnunity~based residences for persons with developmental disabilities. All group homes are included in the association which intends to serve as a medium for sharing information among comnunity residences throughout the country.  ALMA publishes a quarterly newsletter,  ALma Matters, that focuses on current- Ieglslatlon, book and program reviews and articles of general interest.  For more information, contact: ALMA, 1642 N. Winchester, Suite 100, Chicago, Ill. 60622. Tel. [phone].  PUBLICATIONS  The Minnesota State Council for the Handicapped is offering five pamphlets and brochures for use by individuals and organizations.  These informational documents include:  --Responding to Disability: A Question ot At tltude.  A pamphlet in questionnaire form that gives individuals  an opportunity to assess-and improve their attitudes about disabilities. The first two pamphlets .are complimentary, after that a S1 donation is requested for each pamphlet.  The following brochures are free: individuals may request 10 copies; organizations, 100 copies.  --Handicapped Parking in Minnesota. This brochure outllnes the provisions for  handicapped parking in" Minnesota, and may also be placed on the windshield of vehicles that are illegally parked in reserved handicapped spaces.  --1983-1992 - Decade of Disabled Persons. l%~s brochure Invites your conswnty to become an inteqral Dart of the Decade of  Disabled Perso~s to how you might  and gives suggestions as accomplish this.
 Brochures (Continued)  I  Conference (Continued)  --The Tfme to Begfn. A brochure expl alni ng the case for mandating early fnterventjon for handicapped chfldren fn Mfnnesota.  --A Decade of Progress. A brochure that gives a brier hi story of the Minnesota State Counctl for the Handicapped and explafns the work bejng done by the Council.                              , .                                            .  To obtafn the above publications, contact the Mfnnesota State Councfl for the Handicapped, $ufte 208, Metro Square Bldg., 7th and Robert Sts., St. Paul, Minn. 55101. Tel. (612) 2%-6785 or toll-free, [phone].  CONFERENCES, MORKSHOPS, CLASSES  June 12 - July 13  Sumner Sessfon Classes Offered Assessment and k valuatlon in~efsure Services for$pecfal Populations" (three credits), wfll be held from June 12 - JUIY 13, Tuesdays and Thursdays 8- 9:55 a.m. at 206 Cooke Hall, Unfversfty of Mfnnesota. Instructor wfll be Stuart J. Schlefen, Ph.D., assfstant professor. Thfs will be an fn-depth stucly and applfcatfon of approaches to therapeutic recreation assessment and evaluation.  For more information, contact: Dr. Stuart J. Schleien at [phone].  July 11-13 "Ac~fevfng a Balance" is the theme of a conference designed to incorporate the varfety of aspects that encompass wellness. The conference is sponsored by the Yfnland Natfonal Center, a trafnfng and educatjon center for healthsports wfth dfsabled persons of varying abilities. It will be held at the Oak Grove Jr. High School fn Bloomington, Mfnn.  The conference fee fs $7S, and the Unfversfty of Mfnnesota wfll award 1.4 Continuing Educatfon Unfts to parttcfpants fn the conference.  For more fnfonnation and regfstratfon materjals, contact: Vfnland National Center, Lake Independence, Loretto, Mlnn. 55357. Tel. [phone], vofce or TTY.  Guly 23-29  People Ffrst of Washington, a self-advocacy organfzatton of developmentally dfsabled individuals, along with ef ht other self-         ! advocacy groups fs organfz ng the "International Self-Advocacy Leadership Conferencern to be held at the University of Puget Sound tn Tacoma, Hash.  The registration fee of $175 fncludes conference regfstratfon, six nfghts lodging and all meals.  For information, registration materfals and pre-conference questionnaire, contact: People Ffrst of Washington, P.O. Box 381, Tacoma, Nash. 98401.  FUTURE EVENTS  Aug 17-19  "Explore '84" is the the theme of the 1984 state convention of the Assocfatfon for Retarded Cftizens Mfnnesota to be held at Southwest State Unfversfty at ?4arshall, Minn.  For more fnformatfon, or to regfster, contact ARC Minnesota, 3225 Lyndale Av. S., Mfnneapolfs, Mfnn. 55407, Tel. [phone] or [phone].  Sept. 24 ~  A free wrlcshop on computer use by handicapped students wfll be presented once again by Parents Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights (PACER).  Detafls have not yet been ffnalfzed. but    people interested- fn attending the ~rkshop    are urged to call PACER now to get on the    regfstratfon lfst.  Tel. [phone].    -4-
 liiiii?-     INFORMJYI?ION EXCHANGE W&mm %       MoP-M Dla,biUtiaa Rogram     Minnasota s-to Plaaalo             201 Capitol Squara Building                 8 AS@=Y                560 Cadar Straat      ~~:~d   612/2964018 10                         T" -                                              o o %-.              %. Paul, "    h 55101                9)?-?'  . . ,.  CITIZENS LEAGUE STUDIES ~ATIONS  The Citizens League recently completed a report that concludes:  "Minnesota-s public system of caring for institution- alized populations is facing a crisis of stzeable human and economic proportions." lhe purpose of the stu~ was to examine the question of relying more on conventional living arrangements in coming years or continuing the same level of reliance on institutions to provide care for people.  The needs of five different populations were included in the study: the disabled elderly, the mentally retarded, the mentally ill, the chemically dependent and children involved fn the juvenile justice and child velfare systems.  Several cross-cuttfng issues were found b be common among all populations studfed:  --Dehumanization of residents is the result of the current resfdentfal mode of providfng `treatment" {the medical model), which only fosters dependency rather than encouraging independence and %llness."  As the report states, "Caregivers often deprive residents of the will to regain independence."  --Public and private reimbursenwnts (ffscal dfsfncentives to counties) are skewed toward the delivery of servfces fn institutional settfngsi "We are seeing the first indications of a potential mfgration of people back fnto institutions because inadequate funding fs available at the local level to pay for care outside the institution," the report states.  -5-  June 1984  --Then are limited servfce delfvery options for clfents. "In all of the servfce delfvery systems, people can only recefve "service" if they lfve in a resfdentfal facflfty,n the study documented.  A major finding of the stu@ was that "Minnesota makes more use of residential placement than most other states." (The term "residential" was deffned for the purpose of the report as fncluding both state and consnuniw-based facilities with ten or more people). "This is especially troubling," the report continued, "because of the high costs and limited benefits of many of the placements."  The report then concluded "Residential care must become our last optfon rather than our ffrst. Unless controlled, it fs clear that the financial crfsfs inherent fn the costs of these systems wfl.1 be of `budget-busting- prbportfons."  In an effort to control costs, five basic steps were recommended:  --State and local governments should take steps to assure that alternatives to residential care are vigorously pursued prfor to admission into any treatment facility.  --Payment for the housing portfon of care should be separated from payment for the service portion of care.  --Public funding should follow people-s chofces in order to give consumers leverage over the systems that serve them and place non-residential providers in coq)etftlon with each other.  .
 ~:,;,~ns League Report (Continued)  --To give people inore choices about the physical environment fn which they lfve and the care program whfch fs provfded them, SO= publfc regulations must be selectively removed.  --Reforms are needed fn the way that Mfnnesota pqys for resfdentfal care. Specfffcally, government should begfn to move towards prospective refndwsement, provfde bonuses to provfders based on thefr performance and gfve consumers incentives to use high-quality, low cost "preferred providers. "  For copfes of the report, contact Citfzens League, 530 Syndfcate Bldg., Mfnneapolfs, Mfnn. 55402. Tel. [phone].  NATIONAL STUOY GROUP RECOMENDS MASSIYE  In a recently released report, "Restructuring Medcafd: An Agenda For Change, " the !iatfonal Study Group on State Medfcafd Strategies recoasnended that Medfcafd be fiindamentally restructured fnto tm separate systems of care.  --A federally ffnanced and administered latlonal Primary Health   1s program wou 1  care beniiffts for all low income fndfvfduals and familfes without elf fbflfty tfes to categorical cash !! ass stance programs. Benef~ts wul d be provfded through prepafd, capftated ffnancfng and delfvery systems.  --A state adminfste?%d Contfnufng Care %ng% %% ~ZIXV%& term care servfces to dependent indlvfduals wfth demonstrated functional fmpalrments.  Federal funds for the continuf ng care servf ces WOU1 d be made avaf Iable to states through an indaxed capf tatfon payment to prov~ de needed services withfn broad fede-"q crfteria and gufdelfnes.  The stu~ group fncluded nfne state Medfcafd, publfc health and human servfce admfnfstratirs. After thoroughly revfewing  Medicaid Report (Contfnued)  the Medfcafd program, they reported that there was "no conceptual, practical or polftfcal justfffcatfon for malntifnfng the current combfnatfon of acute health care and long-term care semfces fn one program. "  Copfes of the "Executfve Sumnary, the "Sunsnary Report, " and "Background papers" are avaf I able from The Center for the Study of Socfal Policy, 236 Massachusetts Av. NE., Mashfngton, X 20002.  Grocery Cards Help Non-Readers to Shop  The Conmunfty Health Educatfon Netwrk (CHEW of the Assocfatfon for Retarded Cftfzens of Mfnesota has created pictorfal cards to assfst non-readers to do thef r shopping.  There are 28 cards contafnlng 168 pfctums of food, household and personal products found fn grocery stores. Each card also contafns the name of the product so that some people may f n tf me learn to read the product name. Cost of the cards fs $5 per set for Mf nnesota resfdents, and $10 per set for people Ifvfng outsfde of Minnesota.  To order, send check to CHEN/ARC. of Mfnnesoti, 3225 Lyndale Av. S., Mfnneapol is, Minn. 55408.  PUBLICATIONS  Rehabilftatfon Research Reviews are state- ot-the-art suaanaries of research                             ---- literature and annota~d- bibll~graphfes on key rehabflftatfon topfcs produced by the Nat+onal Rehabflftation lnformatfon Center (NARIC) and the National Council on Rehabilf - lftatfon Education. The 1983 serfes, containing 20 works fs now avaflable. Contact:  NARIC, 4407 NE. 8th St., The Catholfc Unfversify of America, Washington, OC 20017. Tel. [phone].  ,
 Newsletter Will Address Natfonal Human Services   tl vlt~es  .,   I  The publishers of the Mfnnesota Congressional Revfew have announced the creation of another newsletter called The  Human Servfces cong~ssfonal Revfew. ~ be PUDllShed Xl times eacn year,  It Wfll fnclude legislative fssues affectfng the human services ffeld, such as summarfes of regulations and grant'announcements. The cost wfll be $50 per year for organizations and $35 for fndivfduals. Contact:  Mfnnesota Congressional Review, P.O. Box 690, Wfllmar, Mfnn. 56201. "  The Volunteer Path to Employme nt, M. J. Owen. Is a  3-DacIe booklet that qfves  advfce on how ati-use volunteer e~perfence to move toward a pafd job. It offers tips on posftfve action on personal goals by makfng meaningful contacts and deve?oplng a resume: Available from the President-s Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, Washington, D.C. 20210.  The Handicapped Drfver-s Mobflfty Gufde 1s a tree  15 -page booklet publisned by the American Automobile Association (AAA). It fncludes advice on selectfng vehfcles and adaptfve equfpment and hfqts on drfvfng techniques.  The gufde fs avaflable from the local AAA clubs or from the Trafffc Safety Department, AAA, 8111 Gatehouse Rd., Falls Church, Va. 22047.  Minneoti Physical Therapfst and 7Jccupatlonal Therapist Di rectory, 1983  This directory is a joint effort of Gillette Childrens Hospital, the task force on Children with Disabilities, and the Minnesta Department of Educatfon, special education sectfon. The dfrectory lfsts specfalfsts fn both physical and occupational therapies located in each county in Mfnnesota.  Thfs resource can be particularly he?pful to educators and parents in preparation of a chfld-s educational plan.  To obtafn a copy of the PT/OT Dfrectory, contact Joseph Manfon, Gfllette Childrens Hospftal, 200 Unfversfty Av. St. Paul, Mfnn. 55101. Tel. [phone], ext. 105.  -7-  . . . .., ,.,., .    EVEHTS   s   June 21  "Sexualfty and Self Concept" is a free workshop that wfll dfscuss sexualfty as part of the "total you," the relatfonshfp of body fmage and self-esteem fn persons wfth dfsabflftfes. Contact: The Center for Independent Livfng, 1306 NW. 7th St. Rochester, Mfnn. 55901. Tel. [phone].  June 22  A hands-on workshop, "Introduction to Mfcro-Computers for Dfsabled Persons" wfll be held for personnel who work in developmental achievement centers fn the southern half of Mfnnesota.  The workshop wfll be at the "Closing the GapW trafnfng center (the old hfgh school], Henderson, Mfnn. The fee fs $15. Contact Closfng the Gap, P. O. Box 68, Henderson, Mfnn. 56044.                         . FUTURE EVENT Sept 21-22  "A Conference on Building Comnunfty Supports for Famflfes of Children with Developmental Specfal Needs" will be held at the Earle Brown Center for Continuing Educatfon, Unfversfty of Minnesota, St. Paul campus.  It wfll provide a statewfde fnformatfonal exchange on what fs available, possible, and what it will take to build a family support system in this state.  For further fnformatfon, contact: Nancy Frfeze, Assocfatfon of Residences for the Retarded fn Mfnnesota, 459 Rice St., Suite 302, St. Paul, Minn. 55103. Tel. [phone].  . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .      ,, . . . . . ,.
 ..-.                       .  YEARNING FOR LEARNING  , The state Developme&lDf sabflftfeS (DO) Program Offfce has aqufred several educatfon, && fning and resource materials. Sqne may be borrti from each of the regional 00 offfces and all the sta~ program offfce in St. Paul .  Each wonti,wehfghlight sektfonsf rom theseresources.  Managing -Physical Handfcaps: APtictfcal ~fde for?a~nts,. Ga re Providers and kducam.rs% 0.A~ i=raser .anaf?.?i; Hensfnger, %uJ. H. Br60ks,' 1983: ,lhfs book Isa  practfcil guick far p.eop?e *O ati - - fnvolved "on a `day -ti-day basfs with chfldren and young adults havfng serious" physfcal handfcaps. Focus fs upon neuroanisculary involved indfvfduals and persons who are severely impafred with nultfple handfcaps.  Emphasis fs placed on viewfng handicapped individuals as "persons" not "patfents. "  How To BOWOW  These two selections are avaflable from the STATE OFFICE only. Call (612) 296- 4018, Or write: Developmental ~ Disabilities Program, @l Capitol Square Bldg., 550 Cedar St., St. Paul, Mfnn. 55101.  ,. *, +,-. !,>. .                  . %rfi: !..*, ,:         ,. . -= .=  ..."-.,. . . ., . ~ .     . .                     . .          . .: Metropolitan Council 00 Program 300 Metro Square Bldg. 7th and Robert Sts. St. Paul, MN 55101  (TIMGDATED MATfRIAlj                   . .  Co~etitive ~ Ioyment:  New Horizons for  addresses the problems that young adults with severe dfsabflftfes usually face upon raduatfon from school: 7 unemp oyment, underemployment, and non- particfpatfon fn comnunfty actfvftfes. The author mafntafns that, "It fs clear that a prftaary barrfer to coinaunfty integration fs not skfll deffcfts, but the lack of sufffc~ integrated communf#y vocational, nsfdentfal, and recmatfonal opportunftfes and the absence of appropriate programs to trafn them fn the skflls necessary to gafn access to those opportunf tf es. n  Bulk Rate U. S~A~;stage St. Paul, Mlnn. Permit No. 7029  MR. i?OGER STI?ANO STATE PLAN OEV OZSA8 PRO 201 CAPITOL SQUARE U ST PAUL MN 55101     /" . .
 n                         O*-QC r    INFORMATION   o                         #   j `id EXCHANGE            $+ ~                ~ qdlo                                              ""a =                                                                      54                                                       %4                                                                            W.," ~,+ *"+'r  Published monthly by the Developmental Disabilities Program of the Metropolitan Council  Metropolitan Council 300 Metro Square Building St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 Toni Lippert: 291-6364 Terrence Kayser: 291-6356  METRO DD PROGRAM NEWS  New Brochure Develot)ed  A new brochure has been published by the regional developmental disabilities program.  In addition to facts about developmental disabilities, it provides information on the purpose of the program, its five basic activities--planning, coordination, nmitoring and evaluation, advocacy and demonstration--major program efforts and new directions for the future.  7* obtain a copy, call the developmental stabilities program of the Metropolitan Councfl at [phone].  SERVICES  Child Care Offered  Child Care Services, Inc. offers in-home care for chilcfren, including those with disabilities, who are sick and unable to attend school or day care while both parents wrk.  The servfce, which has been operating for eight years, provides a trained health-care worker who comes to the home for the day.  Chfld Care Services is a subdivision of St. Paul Children-s Hospital. If questions arise in the care of a child, the health-care workers have quick access to health care professionals at Children-s Hospital. The sewice is available throughout the seven-county Metro Area.  Rates are flexfble, rla~endlng On family size and income.  Vol. 9 NO. 6. July 1984  Motorfzed Shopping Carts Available  Rainbow Foods of West St. Paul is provfding motorized shoppfng carts that allow persons with restricted walking abilfty to shop on thefr own.  Customers will be able to shop while seated in the cart, which has a front-mounted basket that can hold three bags of groceries.  Placement Servfce  HireAbility is a consortium of five Minnesota and Wisconsfn agencies worl(fng with the Minnesota Divfsion of Vocational Rehabilitation to help disabled people find jobs.  At no cost to the employer, HireAbility placement professionals recruit and pn-screen job applicants, counsel employers on reducing archi- tectural and attitudinal barriers, provide comprehensive on-site placement and follow-up servfces, and explafn how employers can qualffy and apply for Targeted Job Tax Credits.  The new toll-free number for this service iS 1-800-328-9095.  Information and Referral Service Transferred  The Developmental Servfces Organization, Inc. announces the transfer of its information and referral services to the (Wl]ette Chfldren-s Hospital in St.     o  As of July, 1984, the system will expand statewide to include information and referral not only for respite and residential care, but for other services for developmentally disabled persons.  For more fnformatfon call Chfld Care Sewices at [phone].
 FOR YOUR INFORMATION  .       .  FUTURE EVENTS  Transportation Grants  Sept. 21, 22  Section 16(b)(2) of the Urban Mass Transportation &t (lMTA), offers capital assistance grant funds to private, non- profft corporations and associations for the purchase ofequfpment and facilities for use In transporting handicapped and elderly persons for whom exfstfng mass transportation servfces are unavailable, fnsufffcfent or inappropriate.  The 16(b)(2) program restrfcts grants to capftal ftems.  No operatfng funds are avaflable under th Mfnnesota flepartme~tp~~%sp uses 16(b)(2) funds solely for the purchase of lfft-equfpped buses. Grants are made to prfvate, non-profft corporations and assocfatfons for replacement of vehfcles, expansfon of current servfces, or fnftfatfon of new sewfces.  Applfcatfons ane due July 27, 1984. To request an applfcatfon, wrfte or call Dennfs McMann (16(b)(2), program coordinator, Offfce of Transft, 815 Transportation Bldg., St. Paul, Mfnn. 5515. Tel. [phone]. -  EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY  Executfve Dfrector Needed  Green Haven Hefghts Development Achievement Center (DAC) fs seekfng an executfve dfrector.  Requirements fnclude a masters degree plus ffve years- experfence fn admfnfstration, personnel and ffnances. Salary negotiated dependfng upon experience.  Applfcatfons wfll be accepted untfl July 150 APPV to personnel Consnfttee, c/o Cynthia LaCoeur, Green Haven tfefghts DAC, 2169 $tfllwater Av., St. Paul, Mfnn. 55119.  Bufldfng Comnunfty Supports, fs a state conference on respite care and famfly supports for famflfes of chfldren wfth developmental dfsabflftfes.  The purpose of the conference fs to create an awareness of the need for a variety of comnunfty supports for famflfes of chfldren wfth developmental specfal needs and fdentffy ways that famfles and local communftfes can act together to bufld them.  Thfs two day conference may be attended for one or both days. Itwfll be held from 1-9 p.m. on Sept. 21, and from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. on the Sept. 21 at the Earle Brown Center for Contfnufng Educatfon on the St. Paul campus of the Unfversfty of Minnesota.  Regfstratfon fee fs $25; Frfday only, $17 and Saturday only - $12. Free chfld care is avaflable wfth advance regfstratfon.  For further fnformatfon, contact Nora 3 Smfth, Contfnufng Educatfon fn Socfal Work at [phone] or Nancy Frfeze, ARRM/McKnfght at [phone]. Regfstratfons should be recfeved by Sept. 10.  Oct. 28- Nov. 3.  The Assocfatfon for Retarded Cftfzens (ARC) Natfonal fs holdfng its 1984 convention fn Nashvflle, Term., home of the Grand 01- Opm and heartland of country musfc.  Pre-convention actfvftfes are scheduled from Oct. 28-30. The Opryland Hotel fs headquarters for the convention whfch concludes Nov. 3.  Acost-savfng round-trip flfght fs befng planned for those wfshfng to depart the Twfn Cftfes on Saturday, Oct. 27 and return on Nov. 3.  For more fnformatfon, contact Dfck Rothnnmd, ARC Hennepfn County at [phone] as soon as possfble.  2
 ** REPRINTED FROM sp~c 1 s J~'E N~SLETTER pfJRENTAI,~    SUMMER CAMPS AND RECREATION OP~IES  Camp Friendship - Amwndale, MN Ages 5 and up, all levels of FIR  Sessions of 5+ days and one 11 day session cost:   $170 per session Contact:,Georgann Rumsey       Rt. 3 BOX 162      Annandale, MN 55302      [phone]  Indian Chief Camp - Eden Prairie, MN Ages 5 and up, all levels of MR  Sessions of 6 days Offering? include Theatre in the Woods,    Sports & Health Camp, Boundary Water&     Canoe * cost:  Contact:  trips and Day-Camp - $160 for" residential camp session $85 for 1 week day camp Kim Kaprios ARC Hennepin County 2344 Nicollet Av. S. #370 Mpls., MN 55404 [phone]  Camp COura~e - Maple Laku, MN Acea 8-12  Mild rctardatiun and spcccI1/l~laguagc/lacurlllg   impairment One week - Aug. 7-12 Speech/language services provided    t cost:   $200    #iO 4 Contact: Bob Polland      Courage Center      3915 Golden Valley Rd.      Golden Valley, MN 55422      [phone]  Camp Courage also offers a full camp program for physically disabled and speech/ laiiguage/hearing impaired people who are not mencally handicapped.  CamP Buckskin - Ely, MN Ages 6-17, learnlng disabled, mild MR Two sessions of 5 weeks each Intensive reading and self-development programs Contact: Ralston "Duffy" Bauer                     .       3811 W. Broadway      Robbinsdale, MN 55422      [phone]                            .      [phone] (Camp)  camp Confidence - Brainerd, MN For groups of all ages and ability levels.                          Must bring own staff and food % - McGregor, MN                  cost:    None  Camp New Ages 6 and up, all levels of MR Sessions of 5-6 days Offerings include regular camp and Exceptional Theatre Workshop cost:   $165 for regular camp session Contact: Greg Lais     2929 4th Av. S. Suite O      [phone]      [phone] (Camp)  camp Winnebago - Caledonia, MN Ages 6 and up, all levels of MR Sessions of 6 daya Coat:   $175 per session Contact: Karen Murray      Rt. 1, BOX 44      Caledonla, MN 55921      [phone]  CamP Hand In Hand - Marine-on-St. Croix Ages 7-21, autistic & similar disabilities  l% one-week sessions Contact:  Julie Brown Twin Cities Society for Autistic Children 1729 Carroll Ave. Se. Paul, MN 55104 [phone]  Contact: Dick Endres     East Oak St.     Brainerd, MN" 56401      [phone]      [phone] (CSUlp)  camp Knutson - Brainerd, MN For handicapped children, adults and their   families  Sessions Contact:  of one week, one for families too Mike Muehlbach  Lutheran Social Service 2414 Park Ave. S. Mpls., MN 55404 [phone] [phone] (camp)  camp for Children with Epilepsy - Lake   Independence  Ages 7-12, primary diagnosis of epilepsy One week session - June 20-25      #  cost:   $125    j@d d  Contact: Tish Martinez  Comprehensive Epilepsy Program 2701 Uni.versity'Av. SE #106 Mpls., MN 55414 [phone]  "3
 LOCAL DAY CAMPS  Roseviile Day Camp  Ages 16 and up, ambulatory Located at Central Park Shelter, Roseville August 1-26 Coet:   $35 resident, $75 non-reeidenc Contact: Gloria Johnson (738-7894)  Dakota County ARC - Recreation Unlimited Various progrause offered during the eumor  end year-round for mentally retarded   Individuals. Contact: Suzy Zender (457-2588)      Dakota County ARC  Sunahine Connection Dey CamP AgeS 4 and UP, autiatlc -d e~iler    diaab%llties Located at Armetage Neighborhood Center, MpIs. One month (August) Transportation provided Contact: Mary Key Carney (560-5330)      Alternatives for Autistic People  MeplewoodDayCamp AgiBs 8-20, moderately retarded  Four weeks (during August) " Contact: Pauline ~taples (770-4574)     Maplewood Puks 6 Recreation  St. Paul Adaptive Recreation Physically and mentally handicapped  children end adults Variety of wsekly recreation and social   progrema Contact: Ev Senty or Mere Toupel       771-6336  CAMP FIRE DAY CAMP - Chisa60 City Mildly to moderately retarded 8irls -d  .  bo~s meinatremd with other camper8 Grades 1 through 6 TWO four-day sessions: June 21-2S and 26-X " cost:   $75 per session Contact: Cemp Fire (771-0313)  Wilder Forest - Merine-On-St. Croix, MN Outdoor program resources tor grotip crimping   and environmental education.  Includes a working far% hiking trails, 6rouP campground, cabins and a central meeting and food .building. Families and groups welcome for day vieits, weekend trips or weekly programs. .Fees are minimal Contacg: Wilder Forest      14189 Osclund Trail N.      Nerine@n-St. Croix.m 55047       433-5198  Camp du Nerd - Ely, NN YMCA camp open to all families and groupe. Contact: YMCA (645-2136)  Camp Northland - Ely, ~ YMCA camp serving familiee and groups.  Possibly some progreme designed for people and familiee with special   needa. Contact: YMCA (645-2136)  Tours Exceptlonale" Travel tours in a notor home for mentally  retarded people. Deetinetiona Include Grand Ole Opry, WiSCOUSin Dells, Michi6= and -re" Froa 3 days to 8 days. Coet:   variable Contact: Mel and Ploy Christianson      P.O. Box 1      Cheska, m 55318      448-5503      448-5538  Search Beyond Adventure Wildernean trtps for groupa. Special  programs for mntally retarded people includtig WCA cenoein8D ~ke Superior Sailing, baclmsckim =d *ter trlPs" "Coet:    variable Contact: Steve Anderson      P.O. BOX 18403     ~lS-, W 55418      788-7634  4
 lit INFORMATION EXCHANGE %%A4WT Ed       Developmental Diaabiiltiee Rogram    Minnesota State Planning Agency        MwKt Of              201 Capital Square Build&g                550 cedar street         17                        ~; "&~:,a              St. Paul, Minneaota 55101       Roger Strand   612/2964018                                        Editor          pl%s'"n'  Minnesota Legislature Mandates State liosDital PI an  One outcome of the last Minnesota Legislative session was the creation of an "Institutional Care and Economic Impact Planning Board" that is to study the feasibility of using state employees in community based services. The legislature stated its policy intent in the law, "It is recognized that closure and consolidation of state hospitals have negative economic effects upon public employees and conwnunities.  It is the policy of the state that reinstitution- alization policies shall be carried out in a manner that ensures fair and equitable arrangements to protect the interests of employees and communities `fected by reinstitutionalization of state hospital s."  lle interagency board is to consist of commissioners of Human Services, Administration, Employee Relations, Economic Security, Energy and Economic Development and the director of the State Planning Agency.  The Developmental Disabilities Program of the State Planning Agency has been delegated the responsibility for conducting the study and coordinating the plan.  The comprehensive study will address: costs, economic impacts, state employees, state hospital residents, public process, energy efficiency of buildings, and state- operated services.  The plan must be submitted to the legislature for its 1985 session.  To be included in the state hospital study mailing list, or for more information, contact: Developmental Disabilities Program, 201 Capitol Square Bldg., 550 Cedar St., St. Paul, Minn. .01.  Tel. [phone].          JU?Y 1984  Willmar-s West Central Industries Receives National Recognition  West Central Industries (WCI) of Millmar received the 1984 outstanding Rehabili- tation Facility Award on June 24 at the National Association of Rehabilitation Facilities annual conference held in Orlando, Florida.  Starting out in a church basement in 1962, WCI today serves a client population of approximately 125 people with an operating budget of S1 million in a 30,000 square foot facility.  In the mid-1970s and early 1980s, WCI went through a period of philosophical change and program expansion that focused on the movement of clients into community jobs.  As a result, during the last nine years, over 300 people with disabilities have been placed into competitive jobs in this rural community.  Several program innovations have led to successful job placements. For example, public school teachers have been assisted in helping students fn the process of school-to-work transition.  Projects with industry provide the opportunity for people with handicaps to work in a competitive environment under supervision of WCI staff.  It was discovered that several people wre losing jobs because of unacceptable social and behavioral skills. For these individuals, socfal and vocational training was provided through visual aids, handouts, role playing, rehearsing, tele-trainers and actual experience.  Most recently, WCI has developed a project called "Polestar". Its purpose is to identify and train mentally retarded state hospital residents who have been unable to succeed in the traditional service system because of behavioral difficulties.  5
 Iftllmar Industries (Continued)  For further Information, contact: West Central Industries, 711 Hillmar Av. E. Wlllinar, M~nn. 56201. Tel. [phone]o. (Adapted from the Newsletter, Mtnnesota Association for Rehabilit atfon Facilities, Spring 1!?84).  study Compares Institutional wfth tonsnunity care Costs in Pennsyl vanfa  "The average percapfta costs of providfng resfdentfal servfces for a matched group of retarded clfents fs less fn connnunf~ facflftfes than fn a publfcly-operated fnstftutfon. The gap between commun+ty and fnstftutfonal costs fs even wfder ff measured fn costs per hour of dfrect staff-clfent fnteractfon."  These are just two key ffndfngs of a comparative analysfs of resfdentfal and day servfce costs recently completed by Human Servfces Research Instftute, a Boston-based ffrm. Thfs analysfs fs part of a ffve-year, federally ffnanced study of court ordered defnstftutionalfzatfon at Pennhurst State Center fn Southeastern Pennsylvania.  The stu~ revealed that resfdentfal servfces for Pennhurst class members of simflar age, adaptfve behavfors and medfcal needs cost an average of $90.06 per day fn comnunfty facflftfes durfng ffscal years 1981-82 compared to $122.14 for Pennhurst resfdents. For some clfents, however, communfty-based resfdentfal servfces were more expensfve.  Per dfem costs for communfty residential servfces ranged from a low of $19.64 to a high of $252.66, whfle costs dffferentfals were somewhat narrower at Pennhurst ($80.26 to $211.881.  While the average unft cost of consnunfty residential servfces was 74 percent of comparative Pennhurst costs, the average costs per hour of staff-to-clfent contact was only 39 percent of simflar Pennhurst costs.  Each hour of staff fnteractfon with a clfent cost $13.24 fn the community and $34.04 at the fnstftutfon.  Differences fn costs wew attributed to: --The hfgher staff salaries and beneffts pafd to state employees;  pennhurst Study (Contfnued) --The use of generfc servfces by communfty resfdentfal clfents, such as transportatfon, religfous servfces and recreational facflftfes.  The cost of provfdfng day programs was only slightly less fn community settfngs, agafn due to hfgher salarfes and beneffts of publfc employees. The authors warn that thefr ffndings are not generalfzable to instftutfonal and consnunfty programs fn other parts of the country.  For further details, write: John Ashbaugh$ 120 Mflk St., 8th floor, Boston, t4!ss. 02109.  PACER Center Helps Launch Surrogate parent Program  Through a contract wfth the State Department of Educatfon, PACER Center (Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rfghts) is conducting workshops throughout the state to assfst school administrators fn begfnnfng and fmplementfng their dfstrfct"s surrogate parent program.  Personal representation for handicapped students who do not have parents to advocate on thefr behalf has been provfded under Mfnnesota-s new specfal educatfon rules that went into effect thfs year.  School dfstrfcts must recruft, provide trafnfng for, and appofnt such surrogate parents. PACER fs also preparfng a manual that can be used fn provfding training to potentfal surrogate parents.  For more fnformatfon, contact PACER Center, ~701 Chfcago Av. S., Mfnneapolts, Mfnn. 55407.  Tel. [phone] O-Brien to Gfve PASS Workshop in Mfnnesota John O"Brfen of Responsive Systems Associates fn Atlanta, Ga., will facilitate NfnnesotaOs first "Normalization Through PASS" workshop, NOV. 26-30, 1?84. PASS (Program Analysfs of Servfce Systems) fs a value-based evaluation system that examines the complexity of normalization and the need for a full examination of the process of'devaluation.  5
 OASS Workshop (Continued)  A list of PASS participants developed.  There wfll be a participants. To be placed  is being maximum of 63 on the waiting  list, contact the Association of Residenc& for the Retarded, 1885 University Av., St. Paul, Minn. 55104. Tel. [phone].  University of Minnesota Offers Special Sumner Institute  A special sumner institute of five workshops for professionals working with persons with severe handicaps will be offered by the Department of Educational Psychology of the University of Minnesota:  --Workshop on Social Skills (two credits, July 9-13   a.m.-l2 noon, Luanna Meyer Voelt~, instructor).  --Workshop on Augmen~tive Communication (two credits. JUIY 16-20. 8 a.m.-l2  noon.  .  Joe Reichle, -inst~uctor); --Workshop on Motor Intervention (two credits, July Zd-z/      Z noon, Phillippa Campbell, 'ins~#~~r). Workshop on Vocational Education (two credits, July 30 - Au?.  3  0  a.m.  -12 noon, Paul Wehman, instru~tor). --PsyS 5306 Behavioral procedures with ~everely and Profoundly Handicapped m (f our credits, July 16-2/, 1-5 p.m., Paul Bates, instructor).  Questions concerning admission should be directed to Admissions Office, Special Education Programs, University of Minnesota 2!53 Burton Hall, 178 Pillsbu~ Dr. SE., Mlnneapolfs, Minn. 55455. Tel. [phone].  PUBLICATION  Hiahliuhts of Developmental Disabilities  tokii Activities in F iscal Year 1983: ~e Influencing of Publi c Policy and Xervlce Capacltles In the State Assoclatlon of Developmental Df Councils,                ~tional                  =il i ties       1984.  This-study gives examples of state Developmental Disabilities Councils- initiatives during federal fiscal year 1983 throughout the United States. P report demonstrates various techniques used by states to effect systems change, such as:  working on state legislation, developing common agenda coalitions,  Publication [Continued)  coordinating services and developing private sector par.tnerhsips. Copies of the report may be obtained from the National . Association of Developmental Disabilities Councils, 1234 Massachusetts Av. NW., Suite 203, Washington, DC 20005. Tel. [phone].  EVENTS  Aug. 17-19  Association for Retarded Citizens, (ARC) state convention will be held at Southwest State University, Marshall, Minn. The theme will be "Explore `84," with Dr. Alan Abeson, executive director of the ARC/US as the featured speaker. A parallel consumer convention will also be held. Contact ARC Minnesota, 3225 Lyndale Av. S., Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minn. 55408. Tel. [phone], or toll -free, [phone].  Sept. 14-16                      ,, The Epilepsy Foundation of America (EFA) will hold its national conference at the Amfac Hotel at the City Center in Minneapolis.  The theme is "Special Needs: Meeting the Challenge". Registration fee prior to Aug. 15 is $100, ($85 for EFA members). Contact: Carol Mallonee, National Conference Manager, EFA, 4351 Garden City Dr., Landover, Maryland 20785. Tel. (301 ) 459-3700.  Sept. 24  Computer Workshop  Because some people had to be turned away from the last workshop, PACER has arranged with Budd and Delores Hagen to conduct another workshop on computer use by handicapped students.  For more information, contact: PACER Center, 4701 Chicago Av. S., Minneapolis, Minn. 55407.  Tel. [phone].  7
 o  ?  YEARNING FOR LEARNING . . . . .      .  ,1 The @Ite Developmental Disabilities [DD] Program Office has acauired   ~ se!@ral edMCatfon, trainlng~nd resource materials. Some may be borrowed ~.from,e?ch of the mgi~al DO offices and all from the state program office in ~ ., : Ist. Paul.  E@ month, ~ highlight sel~tions from these resources.  .,-    !. ,,..           . . . . .                       This trainfng p~kageg contafn?ng a manual and two videQ cassette tapes, *S developed undw a grant from the Admlni$traion on Dew ~ n~mental disabilities. Content ref"~ ` % the materials and procedures deve~ped durfng the first two years of oper~tlon of the Georgia Parent to Parent Program.  The program fosters mutual support between parents of chtldren with handicapping conditions, particularly during times of crisis. The two 120- minute tapes are recorded in one-half inch VHS format and must be viewed on VW format equipment.  The Pilot Parent Program: A Design for IhWelopimg a Program for Parents of ~andicapped ChiJ dren, k. Porter, Chnaha, ~ebmsks, 1978.  Th is manual is written  for people interested in developing a Pilot Parent Program similar to one that originated in Cbnaha, ?Jeb. It provides a systematic approach designed to enable parents to reach out and be available to talk with other parents as soon as they learn that their child is handicapped. This approach encourages parents to share experiences, joys and frustration, and to provide invaluable support to each other.  Metropolitan Council 00 Program 3(30 Netro Square Bldg. 7th and Rob%rt Sts. St. Paul;GW 55101            . .  (TIM~ATEQ M#7ER!AL)   . . .  JUN 27 19tM  ?lR, ROGER STRAND STATE PLAN DEV OISAB PRO 201 CAPITOL SQUARE BL ST PAUL MN ?5101  Bulk Rate U.S. Postage   PAID St. Paul, hlinn. Permit No. 7029  8  .....-.- - ".-. .-             ~~



 ---- . . . . . . .                   . . . .-   c! r    INFORMATION `# EXCHANGE  Published monthly by the Developmental Disabilities Program of [he Metropolitan council  Metropolitan Council 300 Metro Square Building St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 Toni Lippert: 291-6364 Terrence Kayser: 291-6356  METRO DD PROGRAM NEWS  Volunteers Needed for Regional l)eve 1 opmenta 1 Dlsabllltles Conrnittees  The Metropolitan Council is taking applications from Twin City Metropolitan Area residents interested in serving on its Developmental Disabilities Advisory Conxnittee.  The volunteer comnittee advises the Council on the needs of developmentally disabled people and helps coordinate planning to meet those needs.  The 25-member comnittee is made up of developmentally disabled people, their parents, service providers and the general public.  Members serve either-one-, two- or three-year terms. All 25 positions are to be filled.  The cormnittee us~ally meets the second Tuesday afternoon of every other month. Members also serve on subcommittees. Members volunteer their time, but are reimbursed for travel and miscellaneous expenses.  For applications or more information, call Sandi Lindstrom of the Council staff at 291- 6360. Applications are due Sept. 7.  Developmental disabilities refer to chronic and severe physical or mental handicaps that are manifested before age 22.                  .- Additions to Curriculum Library  Proactive Vocational Habilitation, Eric H. Rudrud, Jon P. Ziarnik, Gail S. Bernstein, Joseph M. Ferrara.  -1-  August, 1984 vol. 9 No. 8.  This helpful book describes the questions to be asked and process to be used in designing successful vocational habilitation programs for adults with handicapping conditions. Examples of field-tested, proactive alternatives to problems and difficulties encountered in vocational training are provided, and community-referenced programming is emphasized.  Minnesota Physical Therapist and ilccupatlonal Therapist Directory for Young People with Disabilities, produced by Gillette  hlldren s Hospltaf's Task  Force on Children with Disabilities and the Special Education Section of the Minnesota Department of Education: A state directory of physical and occupational therapists experienced in working with children.  The following resource articles related to teaching methods for severely . handicapped learners have also been added to the DO library:  --The Individualized Curriculum Sequencing Model (I): Implications from research on massed, distributed, or spaced trial learning; --The Individualized Curriculum Sequencing Model (11): A teaching strategy for severely handicapped students; --The Individualized Curriculum Sequencing Model (III): Small group instruction; --Effects of Concurrent and Serial Training on Receptive Labeling by Severely Retarded Individuals; --Comparison of Single Instance and General Case Instruction in Teaching a Generalized Vocational Skill;
 Articles (Continued)  --Applications of Environmental Psychology in Programing for Severely Handicapped Persons; --Teaching New Skills to the Severely Handicapped; --Development of Generalized Concept by Severely Handicapped Students; --Comparison of Two Prompting Procedures to Increase Response Fluency Among Severely Handicapped Learners; --Generalization of QuestIon-Asking by Severely Retarded Individuals; --A Review of Interactions Between Severely Handicapped and Nonhandicapped Students; --Applying Time Delay Procedure to the Instruction of the Severely Handicapped; --The Use of Time-Based Data in Instructional Programs for the Severely Handicapped; --Comparison of Single Instance and General Case Instruction in Teaching a Generalized Vocational Skill; --Comparing Natural and Artificial Environments in Training Self-Care Skills to Group Home Residents; --A Comparison of Three Strategies of Reinforcement on Two-Choice Learning Problems with Severely Retarded Children; --The Function of Imagery in Sight Word Recognition Among Retarded and Non- Retarded Children.  These materials are available at the hktrOF !itan Council ONLY.  Materials in the DO Curriculum Library may be borrowed by Metropolitan Area residents for a period of three weeks. Call Marjorie Segell (291-6363) to check on the availability of materials.  VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES  Volunteers needed for Transition conference  Volunteers are needed for the first statewide conference on Transition to be held November 15 and 16 at the Ramada Inn- South in Bloomington. This year-s theme is "Transition:  Bridging the Gaps from Home to School to Work." The conference  Transition Conference (Continued)  will be jointly sponsorer by the Minnesota Association for Persons wth Severe Handicaps (MNASH), the State Planning Agency:  Developmental Disabilities Planning Office; the Department of Economic Security:  Division of Vocational Rehabilitation and the Governor's Job Training Office; the Department of Education:  Special Education Section; and the State Board of Vocational Technical Education:  Instructional and Student Support Section.  The purpose of the conference is to present speakers who can provide comprehensive views and inform participants about the diverse dimensions and issues in transition.  Persons who volunteer for one day will be given free admission for conference sessions both days.  Volunteers are needed to monitor meeting rooms, assist with registration and hospitality, and to serve as session moderators.  Interested persons should send a postcard with their name, address, phone number, job title and place of employment (or major area of study if a student) to Dr. Terrence F. Kayser, Developmental Disabilities Program, Metropolitan Council, 300 Metro Square Bldg., 7th and Robert Sts., St. Paul, Minn. 55101.  Cards should be received by September 15, 1984.  For persons interested in being a moderator for a session, please include the area of your interest or expertise in relation to the conference theme. Confirmation of assignments will be made in October. For additional information, please call Dr. t(ayser at [phone]. More information on this conference will appear in our September issue.  Multiple Sclerosis Society Needs Volunteers  The Multiple Scleros<; (MS) Society still needs volunteers for MS Camp '84, September Z through 7.  For more information, contact Sandy Johnson at [phone], or toll-free, [phone].  -2-
 `OR YOUR INFORMATION  Cotmnunication Aid (Continued)  EHA Amendments Include 0-3 Year Olds.  Children from birth to three years of age will be added to the age kange of children who may receive special education and related services under the Education of the Handicapped Act (EHA) Incentive Grants program, according to a notice of proposed rulemaking published in the March Federal Register.  The authorization for changing the age range of children served under Section 619 of EHA to birth through five was granted by P.L. 98-199, the Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1983.  Research studies of the past decade confirm that early identification, diagnosis and treatment of handicapping conditions can significantly reduce the number and severity of handicaps in later life.  Early efforts to reduce the limiting effects that physical and cognitive impairments have on major life functions increase the potential benefits of the educational system.  States may expand services to children from birth to age three at their discretion;  Section 619 does not require. services to this group. However, states that elect to serve such children will need to amend their approved applications for fiscal years 1984-86.  New Deaf-Blind Communication Aid  Telesensory Systems, Inc. (TSI), a world leader in the design and manufacture of sensory, conmwnication aids for visually impaired people, has announced the manufacture of TelBraille, a revolutionary connunication system that could unlock communication with people who are both deaf and blind.  A deaf-blind person who knows braille can learn to operate the Telebraille system in a few minutes. The person "talks" by keying in his message on a braille keyboard and "listens" by reading a braille display consisting of  -3.  several rows of pins that are mechanically raised and lowered to display 20 cells of braille.  A sighted partner "talks" by keying his message on a typewriter keyboard built into a second unit connected by a cable to the braille unit. This second unit also contains a 32- character visual LED display and a telephone acoustic coupler.  Information from either keyboard appears simultaneously on the visual and braille displays. The system is battery operated and portable, and can also be used for communication over the telephone.  For more information, contact: TSI, 455 N. Bernardo Av., Mountain View, Calif. 94043-5274. Tel. [phone].  PUBLICATIONS  Educational Materials Catalog Offered  A Spring 1984 Educational Materials cataloq has been Published by Applied  System;:  Instruction Evaluation" Publishing (ASIEP), a listing of computer software and materials for health professionals who are assessing, developing educational plans and evaluating progress for autistic, severely handicapped or developmentally disabled students.  The catalog is available from ASIEP Education Co., Dept. A4, 3216 27th Av. NE., Portland, Oreg. 97212. Tel. [phone].  Instructional Guide to be Published  Metro Deaf Senior Citizens, Inc., is preparing an instructional guide for nursing homes and long term care facilities. The guide will assist administrators and direct care staff in developing adequate policies, procedures and guideline for the care of thei~ hearing-impaired residents.  For further infromation, contact Jocelyn Ancheta at Metro Deaf Senior Citizens, Inc., 1298 North Pascal Av., St. Paul, Minn. 55108. Tel. [phone] (voice) or (612( 647-0328 (TDO).
 Publications (Continued)  That All May Read:  Library Service for the Blind and Physicall y Handicapped is a 518-oaae volume intended to Provide  studenb, professionals and others in the field with a practical guide to programs and resources. The book describes how a number of agencies, including the Library of Congress, have changed and expanded their programs and developed standards over the years.  A review of federal legislation evaluates the effectiveness of various laws designed to enhance the lives and educational opportunities of visually and physically impaired individuals. The book includes chapters on reader characteristics, reading aids and devices, state programs, the National Library Service network, school library and media services, public libraries, training and research, and international activities. An extensive bibliography is included.  The book is available without charge from: Publication and Media Section, National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20542.  CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS  National Conference of Epilepsy Foundation to be held in Minneapolis  The Epilepsy Foundation of America-s national conference will be held at the Amfac Hotel in the Minneapolis City Center from September 14-16.  The primary focus of the convention wil 1 be on the special needs of people with epilepsy whose disorder is resistant to treatment, or who have associated handicaps.  These are the people whose seizure disorders and/or difficulties in personality, behavior, or psychosocial adjustment constitute a major barrier to self-support and independence.  The theme of the conference will be `Special Needs: Meeting the Challengen and includes numerous worksheps dealing with various issues relating to epilepsy, such as the use of epilepsy as a defense in court and funding sources for programs serving special needs.  Conference (Continued) America, National Conference Planning Department, 4351 Garden City Dr., Landover, Md. 20785.  Statewide Conferences Planned  Consumer groups, service providers and the State Council for the Handicapped will sponsor conferences to inform disabled citizens about the new provisions of the 1983 Minnesota State Human Rights Act which strengthens the law forbidding discrimination based on disability.  For more information, call the Minnesota State Council for the Handicapped, [phone] or [phone], toll-free.  Aug. 13-14  "Sexuality and Mentally Handicapped People", a workshop sponsored by Planned Parenthood of Minnesota, will be held at 1865 Ford Parkway in St. Paul.  Registration is $50 which does not include lunch.  For more information, call Planned Parenthood at [phone].  Aug. 22  `IEP Process, Programing and Practice: State of the Arts Strategiesn will be held at the William Mitchell College of Law, Room 111, 875 Summit Av. St. Paul, from 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. and will be repeated on Aug. 29.  Conducted by Dr. Luanna Meyer Voeltz, Associate Professor in Educational Psychology at the University of Minnesota, and Director of the Minnesota Consortium Institute for the Education of Severely Handicapped Learners, this workshop is designed to provide special education teachers, specialists and staff with state-of-the art strategies in the preparation and implementation of individualized education programs for students with severe handicaps. The workshop is free of charge and also open to other interested persons.  For more information, contact Ralph J. McQuarter, assistant director, at [phone].  Conference registration forms are available from Epilepsy Foundation of
 CALL FOR PAPERS  STATE CONFERENCE ON TRANSITION  "BRIDGING THE GAPS FROM HOME TO SCHOOL TO WORK"      November 15 and 16, 1984        RAMADA HOTEL, 1494 and 78th St. Bloomington, Minnesota  Sponsored hy  Minnesota Department of   Minnesota Department of  Economic Security:   Education:  Special  Division of vocational Rehabilitation and Governor-s Job Training Off~ce.  Education SectIon.  Minnesota State Board for Vocational Technical Education: Instructional and Student                          Support Section.  Minnesota State Planning Agency:  Developmental Disabilities Planning Office.  Minnesota Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (MNASH).  The purpose of the Minnesota Conference on Transition and the involvement of the above sponsors is to present a comprehensive view of the diverse issues in transition.  We invite presentations on the following perspectives or other transition issues that you feel are important:  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  pre or post school periods rural or urban areas needs of mildly, moderately or severely handicapped individuals needs of persons with handicaps at various ages or stages of life medical/health issues life-long planning approaches interagency linkages, networking, coordination changes in agency roles and organizational structure changes in consumer, student and parental involvement changes in legislation, regulation, policies, fiscal practices changes in staff roles, responsibilities and competencies preparing the comnunity to become the new (natural) learning sites. preparing the consumer/student for comnunity interaction, etc. specially designed vocational education programs, secondary or post-  secondary.  Please fill out the information on the other side and mail by August ?0, 19(!4 to:  Dr. Colleen Wieck, State DO Planning Office, State Planning Agency, 550 Cedar St., St. Paul, MN 55101. [phone].                   or Toni Lippert, Metropolitan Council, DO Program 300 Metro Square Bldg., 7th and Robert Sts., St. paul, MN 55101.  [612) ?91-6364.
 RETURN THIS FORM AS DIRECTED ON THE OTHER SIDE  Nam of  Address     Name of  Presenter (or Panel Chair)  .  Phone  Other Presenters or Panel Members  Title of Presentation  Presentation:  Provide summary description of presentation. Selected presenters        must provide one typed copy of presentation (including copies of         forms (described in presentation) for dissemination at conference.  Approximate length:  1/2 hour;      1 hour     1 1/2 hours      2 hours  Please check any time you cannot make the presentation:  Thursday a.m. ;   Thursday p.m. ;   Friday a.m. ;   Friday p.m. ;  Audiovisual Equipment:  Screen;     Overhead Projector;     Slide Projector;  Markers;       Other  -6-
 INFORMATION EXCHANGE :%$;&,  F     Developmental Disabilities Rogrem    Mimeeote StiIte Planning Agency         Ueuuool        201 Capitol Square Building       1P                                  v.   *.110994         550 Cedar Street           Roger Strand   612/296AO18    ? o c::. L       St. Psd, Minnesoh 56101          Editor          t~ %%::'  FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A MINNESOTA        tk IL~ 1 kD BE STUDIED  The Administration on Developmental Disabilities (ADD) has awarded a grant to the University of Iowa-s University Affiliated Facility (UAF) to serve as host and technical advisor for a study to determine the feasibility of establishing a UAF Satellite Center in Minnesota.  Key missions of Satellite Centers related to developmental disabilities are interdisciplinary training for personnel, demonstration of provision of exemplary services, dissemination of findings related on exemplary services, and roviding researchers and government dgencies with information on the needs for further servtces-related research. ADD is seeking to establish new satellites in areas with population of more than two million that do not have UAFS or Satellite Centers.  The proposed Minnesota Satellite would be a cooperative endeavor of the College of Education at the University of Minnesota and Gillette Children-s Hospital. A two- month feasibility study is now being conducted to identify specific training and service needs of client and service agencies in Pinnesota, to assess existing resources for traininq and service. and  to determine the feas~bi' establishing a Satellite help provide needed serv. training.  For further information.  fty of " in Minnesota to ces and    contact: Martha  Thurlow, 350 Elliott Ha~l, 75 E. River Rd., Minneapolis, Minn. 55455. Tel. [phone]. `                                            7  August 1984  TRANSITION FROM SCHOOL TO WORK A NATIONAL  Madeleine Will, Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), announced that her agency has established a national priority on improving the transition from school to working life for all individuals with disabilities.  In a preliminary policy paper entitled "Bridges from School to Working Life," she stated that "Youth with disabilities face an uncertain future when they leave the natton-s public schools. Between 50 and 80 percent of working age adults who report having a disability are jobless." "The cost of disability joblessness is high and rising," Will continued. "Approxi- mately eight percent of the gross national product is spent each year in disability programs, with most of this amount going to programs that support dependence," Will declared.  She conc?uded that, "The public-s investment in special education can do much to prevent this dependence and lead to full community participation, if systematic attention is now given to the transition of youth with disabilities from school to work and adult life."  The full text of this preliminary policy paper may be found in the March/April 1984 issue of Programs for the Handicapped, Office of Information and Resources tor the Handicapped, Washington, DC 2020?. Or, copies may be obtained from: Developmental Disabilities Program, 201 Capitol Square Bldg., 550 Cedar St., St. Paul, Minn. 551016  Tel. [phone].  SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT INITIATIVE ANNOUNCED  The Office of Specfal Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) has received support in the President-s Fiscal Year 1985 budget for an initiative
 Supported Employment `?ntinued)  t. provide emPloYIIIent  ~portunitfes and wlated services to individuals whose physical or mental disabilities are so severe that they do not qualify for transitional vocationa rehabilitation services.  This OSERS initiative w+I1 assist states implement supported employment programs as an alternative to day activity services. Supported employment combines the ongoing support typically provfded in day activfty programs with remunerative work opportunities.  An initial discussion relating to this program initiative is contained in a report entitled, "Supported Employment for Adults with Severe Disabilities," whfch may be obtained from the Developmental Disabilities Program, State Planning Agency, 550 Cedar St., St. Paul, Minn. 55101.  Tel. [phone].  TOWN VEETINGS SCHEDULE!) TO DISCUSS  In conjunction with the study of state hospitals that is befng conducted by the State Planning Agency, town meetings will be held in each of the state hospital catchment areas.  These public forums wI1l provide people the opportunity to speak out on tssues relating to reinstitutionalization, its possible effects on conmwnities and other related concerns.  The following dates and locations have been scheduled by local planning committees:  Aug. 22--  Aug. 29--  Sept. 6--  Sept. 13-- Sept. 14-- Sept. 17-- Sept. 25--   Oct. 3-- Oct.  Cambridge, 7-9:30 p.m. at the elementary high school; Faribault, 7-9:30 p.m. at the junior high school; Anoka, 7-9:30 p.m. at the Anoka Cfty Hall; Willmar, afternoon; Brainerd, evening; St. Peter, evening; Detroit Lakes, on behalf of the Fergus Falls State Hospital, afternoon and evening; Moose Lake, afternoon; 14etro Area meeting to be arranged.  Town Meetings  The exact times and locations of the September and October meetings will be announced in next month-s issue of The Information Exchange - State SuppleiiiEiit.  NEW SERVICE TO MATCH CORPORATE DONORS AND NONPRO~~AT IONS  A new service, "Corporate Recycling," aims to make matches between corpora- tions wishing to donate furniture, equipment, or surplus goods, and non- profit organizations who need them. Once the service has made a match, it ts up to the nonprofit organization to contact the donatfng corporation and pick up the donated materials. There will be no charge to nonprofit organizations calling Corporate Recyclfng for information about donated goods.  Admtnfstering the ~~ject fs Non-Profit Assistance,    directed by John Clfnchy. The act;;l service is provided by The Connection, a commercial service currently used by area theaters and other businesses.  For more information, call: [phone].  PUBLICATIONS  Effectfve Microcomputer Assisted Instruction for the Vocational ~ducatlon of Sp ecfa]  Needs fs a manual  tor persons concerned wfth  vocational and career education of handicapped and disadvantaged. youth.  The manual contafns the actual microcomputer programs, and articles wfth ideas for using the microcomputer in vocational classes, resource rooms, and prevocattonal settings.  Further descriptions of the products and prices are available from: Vocational Studies Center, Unfversfty of Wfsconsfn-Madison, 964 Educational Sciences Bldg., 1025 W. Johnson St., Madison, Wis. 53706. Tel. [phone].  8
 Publications (Continued)  Events (Continued]  . ~rent-Professional Partnerships in Developmental Olsabil Ity Services, a new book edited b  A  M 1-  &   d~ Puescbel, is inte~de~ ~ ~~sc~!s t{e working relationship between parents and professionals in developmental disabilities to examine some of the circumstances that promote cooperation and trust, and to look seriously at the future of services and collaborative child intervention. The book is divided into four parts: Counseling Perspectives, Services and Service Providers, the Family and the Community, and Societal Perspectives. This 240-page hardcover book is available at $19.95 from: Academic Guild Publishers, 28 Hurlbut St., Cambridge, Mass. 02138.  The College of Living, E. J. Ackler, J     dG  M  Rooln Ceds.), i~;;s~~ate~ b; M..Perske.  This booklet provides guidelines for replicating the pilot progra~ itiated in Denver and since estab- ihed in 25 cities throughout the ~untry.  Colleges for living provide continuing education courses for developmentally disabled adults. Chapters cover funding, volunteer management, curriculum development, publicity and evaluation. Copies are available for $1 from College for Living, Metropolitan State College, 1006 Ilth St., BOX 92, Denver, Colo.  80204.  EVENTS  Auq. 15 -- Nonverbal  Cormnunication  Au~. 16 -- Imaging: Programming the        Mind for Success  The two workshops listed above will be at the University of Minnesota-s Friedell Building, 1200'S. Broadway, Rochester, Minn.  Each wrkshop will cost $38, which includes all materials. For further information, contact: "'ymond T. Fitzpatrick, University of IVI, nesota, Rochester Center.  Tel. ,C 7) 288-4584 or [phone].  Sept. 21, 22  A conference on "Building Conmwnity Supports for Families with Developmental Special Needs: What-s Available? Mhat-s Possible?" will be held at the Earle Brown Continuing Education Center on the St. Paul campus of the University of Minnesota.  The conference is designed to create an awareness of the variety of conxnunity supports needed by families and to identify ways to develop support services. For further information, contact: Continuing Education in Social Work at [phone], or the Association for Residences for the Retarded of Minnesota at [phone].  FUTURE EVENTS  Nov. 2, 3  "Training for Independence" is the theme of the 16th Annual State Conference of the Minnesota Association for Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities (MACLD). Betty B. Osman will be the featured speaker.  The convention will be held at the Thunderbird Motel, Bloomington. Contact MACLD, Griggs Midway Bldg., Suite 494-N, 1821 University Av., St. Paul, Minn. 55104.  NOV. 8, `, 10  "New Life in the Comnunity" will be the theme of the llth Annual TASH Conference.  TASH is the acronym for The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps. The conference will be held at the McCormick Center Hotel in Chicago. Robert Perske, author of a recently released novel, Show Me No Mercy, will be the keynote speaker.  For registration and other  information, contact: TASH, 701O NE Roosevelt Way, Seattle, Wash. Tel. [phone].  9
 YEARNING FOR LEARNING  The state Developmental Disabilftfes (DD) Program Offfce has acqufred several education, tralntmg and resource mater$als. Some may be borrowed f~m each of the ~gional 00 offices and all from the State program OfffCe fn St. Paul,  Each month, we highlight selections from `khese resources.  `BORROWED FROM THE STATE "OFFICE ONLY, LOCATED                                              .  Proacti~e Vocationa~''""kabi'l it&on, ~. H. Rudrudi J;!?+"Li arnfk4.S. "Bernstein, J. M..Ferrara,. Paul,,.Hl.8~ok s..,. .1984. The content$~;,@fR~m'.      fsb@bk~re ba.s.ed. both on ttie.wor~''~d?;..cen:t:t. `p~f:meers tn'::vocational - habilitat~ti,i~d:.on tl@'&@ior~O experiti~<e,s'. ':h,h, cbfi$ul.tation wit!'': iarious connnuntfy-bi!~ed h?b~ll'$ation p"i%gram~. The intended, audfefic,e ~for this "t:xt ,,. . ~~~~ consists of persons' responsibile `for      andlor providing vocational `"       on services to adults with      ng conditions.  The authors are      that competitive employment is a      goal for most persons currently      vocational habilitatlon and day training-services, and that nearly all other service recipients can exuect at a  des~gning habilitat handicappa convinced realistic receivinq  minimum to obtafn well-paid supported work.  Metropolitan Council 00 Program 300 Metro Square Bldg. 7th and Robert $ts. ` St. Paul, MN 55101  A Guide for Developing Early Childhood and }amfly Education Programs ,.compiled by o O  Kristensen and edl ted by L. E.  Engstrom, Minnesota Council on Quality Education, 1984.  Contained in a three- ring notebook format, this guide is intended for consnunity developers when establishing early childhood and family education programs, as set forth in Minnesota Law (Chapter 334). Early childhood and family education is designed for parents and their children from birth to kindergarten age. The programs are based on a recognition that the home is a child-s first learning environment, and that the parents are the child-s primary and most influential teachers.  Bulk Rate U.SbA;:stage     I St. Paul, Minn. 1 permit No. 7029  I  Ml?. R13GER STRA~~ `jTATE PLAN OEV DISAB PRO 201 CAPITOL SQUARE BL ST PAUL M 55101  10
 ~]         ,: .,,. .                                      o>ita~ , +< INFORMATION                         @       .0              46 ~ ~ >09 , `~ r `.- ~ ~~~~AN~~           nlll                 $@'_&                                                                       -.<          .-   . . _ ...:                                               *.,*     #"                                                                            #                                                                       -IN ctf~ Published monthly by the Developmental Disabilities Program of the Metropolitan Council  Metropolitan Council 300 Metro Square Building St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 Toni Lippert: 291-6364 Terrence Kayser: 291-6356         September, 19.!24          Vol . 9 No. 9  Free Registration for Transition conference  METRO DD PROGRAM NEWS  Statewide Conference on Transition  One of the "hot" topics in the education and human service field wil 1 be the focus of a multiple-agency conference to be hel d on BI oomington on November 15 and 16. "Transition" refers to both the act of moving from one stage, pl ace or activity to another, and the period at which this process takes pl ace.  This first statewide conference will be addressing both of these aspects i n terms of moving from home to school and school to work.  Several well-known speakers are scheduled to present their views based on knowledge gleaned from around the country.  Also included will presentations by local practitioners, many of whom have had direct experience working with persons who have disabilities and who are moving from one major stage to another. Some presenta- tions will focus on young children as they move into the educational system.  Others will focus on an indivi dual-s moving into ~r~ or further education.  Recipients of the Information Exchange will receive program lnTormatlon and a registration form by the beginning of October.  Be sure to mark your calendar and plan to attend this year-s most stimulating conference.  See other articles in this publication on the conference.  If you are interested in attending the Transition Conference on November 15 and 16 and would like to barter some of your time for free registration, here-s how to do it.  Drop a postcard in the mail with the following information:   Your name, Address and day phone number, Jobtitle and employment. (Student . and school if appropriate).  Mail as soon as possible to:   Dr. Terrence F. Kayser   Developmental Disabilities Program   Metropolitan Council   300 Metro Square Bldg.   7th and Robert Sts.   St. Paul, Minn. 55101  Because there will be a limited number of these volunteer positions, (only 25 each day) cards will be recorded on a first come - first registered! basis. A deadline of September 30 for receipt of cards will be observed, however. Map/Directory Available  The Metropolitan Council-s Developmental Disabilities Program has published a map/directory listing the location and providing information on developmental achievement centers, rehabilitation facilitates, sheltered workshops, and licensed residential facilities in the seven-county l?etropolitan Area.  A free copy may be obtained hy calling the Metropolitan Council at (612) 291-6LG4.
 .  Deadline Near for Advisory Committee lbDl icatl ons  The deadline for making application to the Metropolitan Council-s Developmental Disabilities Advisory Committee is September 7.  Members of this committee are volunteers who meet every other month at the Metropolitan Council in downtown St. PaJ1l.  Twenty-five positions are open on this committee, which is comprised of people who are developmentally disabled, their parents or guardians, servfce providers, and the general public.  Applications and/or information can be obtained from Sandi Lindstrom of the Council staff at 291-6390. (Note: this ~s a correction of the phone number appearing in the August newsletter).  EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES  Job Trainer Needed  The Kaposia Developmental Learning Center fs seeking a job trainer to carry out the teaching of personal, socfal, vocational and community skills. The trainer will plan, prepare and supervfse on and off- location training stations and serve as a program manager for ten cllents.  Applicants must have a B.A./B.S. degree. Experience working with developmentally ally disabled adults fs preferred. Salary is dependent upon education and experience. Send resume-to Jackie Mlynarczylc, Kaposia Developmental Learning Center Inc., 179 E. Robie St., St. Paul, Minn. 55107. Tel. [phone].  Deadline for applications is September 14.  Director and Assistant Teacher Needed  The Roseau Developmental Achievement Center, a day habilitation program for mentally retarded adults, fs accepting applications for the following positions:  Director/teacher.   Responsible for the  direction of the daily operations of the nroaram and implementation of individual  Employment Opportunities (Continued)  and possess strong interpersonal and supervisory skills. A B.A./B.S. in education, psychology, social work, or related fields is required.  Assfstant teacher.  Responsible for assisting in the implementation of daily program plans for clients, including aspects of personal care under the supervision of director/teacher. This ia a 30-hour per week position. l!inimal educational requirements include a high school diploma with an associate arts degree, college experience, or experience in working with mentally retarded persons preferred.  Resumes-and requests for applications may be forwarded to:  Roseau DAC, P.O. Box 116, Roseau, Minn. 56751.  NEW PUBLICATIONS  The following publications are available for $1 each from The Center for Residentit and Comnunity Services, University of Minnesota. 207 Pattee Hall, Minneapolis,  Minn.  Brfef     Brief    Brief  55455.  22:     23:     24:  SERVICES  Stability of Residential Facilities for Mentally Retarded People: 1977-198?;  Trends in Residential Services for Mentally Retarded People: 1977-1982;  Classification of Residential Facilities for Mentally Retarded People.  Respite Care Offered  The Volunteers of America Bar-None program has added respfte care to its services for handicapped fndfv~duals. The program was made possible through a grant from the State Developmental Disabilities Planning Office.  ~------ client programining.  Applicants must have a basic understanding of budget management  -2-
 Respite Care (Continued)  The goal of the program is to give families some relief by providing respite care services in the family home for a child or young adult handicapped by autism, autistic- like characteristics and/or a developmental disability.  The care may be requested for an entire day or for a few hours.  Weekend am! overnight care is also possible. Families residing in Anoka, Ramsey, Hennepin, Dakota and 14ashington counties are eligible to receive the service.  To receive an application to apply for the service, call the project coordinator at [phone].  FOR YOUR INFORMATION  Volunteers Needed  The Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights (PACER) is seeking volunteers for training. .  Parents and others interested in improved attitudes toward children with handicapping conditions are invited to take part in the COUNT ME IN handicap awareness project.  A two-day training sessions for volunteers will be held in on Oct. 3 and 4. The sessions will provide information about disabilities and how to answer questions asked by children as they encounter people with handicaps.  Training will also be offered in puppetry techniques.  The COUNT ME IN project presents handicap awareness programs to schoolchildren, using life-size puppets who portray information about disabilities.  Through their dialogues, the puppets try to help children in the audience become more understanding and accepting of their classmates who are dfsabled.  The training session, scheduled from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day at the Sister Kenney Institute, will enable volunteers to help the COUNT ME IN staff give programs throughout the Metropolitan Area.  PACER (Continued)  Interested persons should contact the COUNT ME IN staff at PACER, (612) 827-2!?66, voice and TDD, for more information. Preregistration is required.  Awards Program to be Held  The public is invited to attend the 1984 Courage Awards program to be held on September 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the Courage Center auditorium, 3915 Golden Valley Rd., Golden Valley, Minn.  Highlights of the program will include the presentation of the national Courage Award and the 21st annual Rose and Jay Phillips Awards.  The Phillips Awards honor five men and wmen tho have achieved vocational success despite severe disability.  For more information, contact Bill Hopkins or Ellenmae Foslien at [phone].  Advocacy Comnittee Established  Minnesota Foundation for Better Hearing and Speech (MFBHS) has been awarded a grant from the Department of Human Services, Deaf Services Division, to coordinate efforts to improve telephone services for persons who are hearing-impaired in the state of Minnesota.  MFBHS has secured the services of two additional non-profit organizations to carry out project plans. Metro Deaf Senior Citizens (hiOSC), an organization involved with teleconmnication issues for the past five years, will provide research assistance in order to improve the Public Utilitfes Commission-s regulatory policies regarding telephone access for persons who are hearing-impaired. Deafness Education Advocacy Foundation, Inc. [D.E.A.F.) will develop and implement educational programs to inform persons who are hearing-impaired about telephone issues and regulations affecting them.  MFBHS executive director, Gerald Nelson, will coordinate the Hearing Impaired Telecommunications Advocacy Conmittee ...--- -.    IHITAC) project along with project    assistant Bill Lamson.    -4-
 .  Advocacy Consnlttee (Contfnued)  The comntttee was created to continue the efforts of the Governor-s Task Force on Telecommunications, which explored the affects of deregulated telephone service on Minnesota-s hearing-fmpaired population and the impact of fully subsidized Telecommuni- cation Devtces for the Deaf (TDDs) on persons who are hearfng-impafred and also on the telephone companies.  HITAC will he composed of consumer representatives who wfll provide direction to the three organizations with the ultimate goal of presenting uniffed recommendations for fmproving telephone  servfces to the Publfc" Commfssfon.   Conferences, Uorkshops  Oct. 4, 5  Utilf~fes -  "Pathways to Employment for the Deve~oDmentallv Disabled Adult" fs a  confer&ce to he held at Boston Unfversfty, Boston, Mass.  The focus of the conference wfll be on employment as a means of increasing degrees of economic self-support and the role of the developmentally disabled adult fn the decfsfon-making process.  The cost of the conference fs $70. For more fnformatfon, contact Katoncfra Murphy at [phone].  Oct. 20. 21 "Autism and Other Severely Handfcappin~ Conditions:  Research and Applications fs a conference designed for a wfde range of professionals in the ffelds of spec+al educatfon, vocational education, resi- dential servfces, social work, psychology and counseling and psychiatric and school nursing.  All conference sessions wI1l be held at the St. Paul Hotel, 350 Market St. fn downtiwn St. Paul.  The registration fee for the conference fs $150, whfch fncludes lunch on Saturday, refreshment breaks and fnstruct+onal matertals.  Autfsm Conference (Continued)  For further information, contact Gordon Amundson (612( 373-7839 or Paula Sanders [phone], at the University of Mfnnesota.  Oct. 26, 27  The fall meetfng of the Minnesota Association of Behavioral Analysts (MNABA) will be held at the Bloomington Ramada Inn, Hwy. I-494 and France Av. S. Awfde variety of topfcs wfll be explored, from behavioral marrfage counseling to reductfon of behavfor problems in severely develop- mentally dfsabled persons.  Pre-registration forms may be obtained from George Tetreault, Brainerd State Hospital, Brafnerd, Mfnn. 56411. Tel. [phone].   Nov. 26-30  Wflder Forest fn Marfne-On-St. Croix will be the sfte of 14innesota"s first five-day PASS (Program Analysfs of Service Systems) workshop.  The workshop will be limited to 63 participants; a waiting Ifst for future PASS trafnfng will be maintained for those who are unable to attend tfie November session. The cost of the trafning is $185, whfch includes all meals, lodging at Wflder Forest and training materials. Some financial assistance wfll be avaflable for those who wuldbe unable to attend without a tuftion scholarship.  PASS trafning fs an extensfve experience; sessfons are scheduled during the day and evenfng hours.  Participants wfll be expected to live at Wflder Forest throughout the week and must plan to attend every sessfon.  For addftfonal information, contact Jane Hells at the Association of Residences for the Retarded in Mfnnesota. Tel. [phone] or toll-free, (800) 551- 2211.  -3-
 INFORMATION EXCHANGE %%km  Developmental Dieabilitiee Program    Minneeota State Planning Ageney        Wwsol 201 CSpitol Square Building       11~                               v,   ".IW S60 Cedar Street           Roger S&and   612/296-4018    ** cn. St. Paul, Minneaota 55101          Editor          PI %Hxls  GOVERNOR APPOINTS ELAINE SALINE CHAIR                    ES COUNCIL  Gov. Rudy Perp~ch wcent?y appointed Elaine Saline to serve as Chair of the Governor-s Planning Council on Develop- mental Dfsabflitfes. The former chair was Richard Nelson who resigned this post in June.  Saline is currently the program director of Sharing Life in the Comnunity in St. Paul, which provides special assistance to chronically mentally ill adults to live more independently in conrnunfty settings.  When accepting this appointment, Saline stated her hopes for future accomplish- ments by the DD Council: "We need to establish a proactive approach to the many issues and problems identified in the research completed by the Council staff.  This wfll call for greater fnvolvementby the Council members. It wfll take a concerted effort of consumers, parents and providers--working together, communicating and taking action."  TWENTV MILLION AMERICANS DISABLED BUT  This slogan will be used nationwide prior to this year-s election. Among its proponents fs Gov. Rudy Perpich who recently remarked, "I want registering to vote and voting to be among the most accessible servfces provfded by state government.  Minnesota proudly enjoys the highest voter partfctpatfon rate fn the nation.  Nevertheless, more can and must be done--particularly wfth regard to population groups which have historically not participated fn the election process'.  Voter registration information and assistance is available from:  Carolyn Emerson, Minnesota League of Disabled Voters, tel. [phone], or 870-2624, (days), or Minnesota Councfl for the Handicapped, tel. [phone] (Metro         September 1984            . STATE COUNCIL ON DEVELOPMENTAL         ELKS NEW MEMBERS  Applications are being accepted by the Governor-so ffice ta fill antfcfpated vacancies on the Governor-s Planning Councfl on Developmental Disabilities. Applfcatfons are due Dec. 1, 1984, for appointments in January 1985.  The Mfnnesota Governor-s Plannfng Council on Developmental Disabilities represents a broadly based approach to planning and promotfng coordfnatfon of services for persons with developmental disabilities. The Council assists in the development of a three-year plan and advfses the governor on matters pertaining to developmental dfsabilfties.  The term "developmental disabilities" applfes to people who have severe, chronic physical or mental disabflitfes which appear in the early years of development and significantly limit a person-s basic ltfe functioning. People who have a developmental disability are encouraged to participate on the Council.  Other eligible applications tnclude:  parents or guardians (especially a parent whose son/daughter resides in a state hospftal), providers of services, and people who have a special fnterest in developmental disabilities. Representatives from central, western and northwestern areas of Mfnnesota are needed. $%5$$%#c; ~O~~~~~h~h~e~FFZ~~led, "Applfcatfon for Service fn State Agency. " Address:  State Of ffce Bldg., Rm. 180, St. paul, Minn. 55155. Tel. [phone].  area), or [~00) 652-!?747, vofce and TDD. -5-
 .        .  SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED TO COMPUTER    LKkNLk  "Computer Technology for the Handicapped" is a national conference to be held at the Radisson South Hotel in Bloomington on Sept. 13-16, 1984. The conference fs desfgned to provfde fnformatfon and demonstrate opportunities for independent lfvfng that exfstfng technology can provfde.  The Developmental Dfsabflftfes Programof the Mfnnesota State Plannfng Agency, wfth a grant from the McKnfght Foundation, has arranged ~ pay half of the $150 conference regfstratfon fee for handicapped persons or thefr parents or guardfans. Applicants should submft the conference registration form along wfth a cover letter statfng the desfre and need to attend, and that the applfcant fs handicapped or a parent or guardfan of a harw!fcapped chfld. No ffnancial disclosures will be requfred. Also, enclose a check for $75, which is the remafning amount of the conference fee. The schoTarshfp program is lfmfted and wfll be awarded on a ffrst-come, ffrst-served basfs.  Regfstratfon forms and additional informa- tion about the conference or scholarship ? rogram can be obtafned from Budd Hagen, c/o losfng the Gap, P.O. Box 68, Henderson, Mfnn. 56044.  Tel. [phone] or, fn the Metro area, [phone].  EXAMPLES ABOUT HOME ACCESSIBILITY NEEDED  Could Minnesotans benefft froma servfce that would encourage greater independence for handicapped persons bymakfng homes and apartments more accessible? Examples of how people could use financial and technfcal assistance for home improvements are befng collected by the Mfnnesota State Councfl for the Handicapped.  Such data fs needed fn order to fnterest the 1985 Legislature fn establishing such a service.  Please convey your personal experiences, needs and ideas to: Pattf Hague, Legislative Specfalfst, Mfnnesota State Councfl for the Handicapped, 208 Metro Square Bldg., St. Paul, Mfnn. 55101. Tel. [phone], or (800) 652- 9747, toll-free.  STATE HOSPITAL STUDY: TOWN MEETING   Plans for the remafnfng serfes of town meetfngs to dfscuss legfslatfon and state hospitals have been ffnalfzed. These town meetfngs are fntended to provfde people an opportunity to speak out on fssues mlatfng ti defnstftutfonalfzatfon and possfble effect  on comnunftfes and other have already taken place Farfbault.  The upcomfng as follows: --Sept. 6, Anoka, 7-9:30 City Hall; --Sept. 13, Wfllmar, 2-5  concerns. Meetfngs fn Cambrfdge and town meetfngs are  p.m. at the Anoka p.m. at the Central  Offfce Bldg., 611-W. 5th St.; --Sept. 17, St. Peter, 7-9:30 p.m. at-the St. Peter Hfgh School; --Sept. 24, Brafnerd, 7-9:30 p.m. at the Hfgh School cafeterfa; --Sept. 25, Detroft Lakes (ra ardfng the          ! Fergus Falls State Hospftal , 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. at the Vocational Technfcal School; --Oct. 3, Moose Lake, I-3 p.m. at the Moos Lake Hfgh School; and --Oct. 9, Metro area, 7-10 p.m. at the Prudential Lffe Insurance Bldg., 3701 Iiayzata Blvd., (~, Iz),mnneapolis.  PUBLICATION  Report of the Conmfttee on Agfng and Developmental  D isabiliti es,  New York State t rice ot Mental Retardation and  Developmental Dfsabflftfes (NYS OMRDD), 1983.  This report examfnes the fssues, problems and needs of older persons wfth developmental disabflitfes and outlfnes specffic reconwnendatfons for dealfng with these concerns. An annotated bfblfography fs also avaflable on the subject of aging and developmental dfsabflftfes. Forcopfes, contact:  NYS OMRDD, Bureau of Plannfng, 44 Holland Av., Albany, Naw York 12229. Tel. [phone].  -5-
 Transition Conference (Continued]  EVENTS  Sept. 21, 22  "A Conference on fiuilding Conwnunity Supports for Families of Children with Developmental Special Needs," will be held at the Earle Brown Continuing Education Center, University of Minnesota, St. Paul campus. Parents of children with developmental disabilities are encouraged to attend. For further information, contact: Nancy Frieze, Association of Residences for the Retarded fn Minnesota, 1885 University Av., St. Paul, Minn. 55104.  Tel. [phone].  Oct. 1-7, 1984  Look and plan for special events in your comnunity to recognize "Community Living Awareness Week,H which has been so proclaimedby Governor Perpich. For more information, contact: Sandy Schweich, Dungarvin, 865 Front Av., St. Paul, Minn. 55103. Tel. [phone].  Oct. 17, 18, 19  The Minnesota Developmental Achievement Association (MinnDACA) 1984 annual conference, "Models for the "80s," will be held at Maddens resort in Brainerd. Featured speakers will include: Dee Everitt, president, ARC National; Tom Bellamy, special consultant to the Under- Secretary of Education, Washington, DC; Robert Perske, author and advocate, Paul Wehman, director of Research and Training Center, Richmond, Va., and John McGee, Associate Professor of Medical Psychology, University of Nebraska Medical School. For further information, contact: MinnDACA, 1821 University Av., S-277, St. Paul, Minn. 55104.  FUTURE EVENTS  NOV. 15, 16  "Bridging the Gaps from Home to School to WorkH is the theme of a conference to be held at the Ramada Hotel in Bloomington. See other related articles in this newsletter.  This Minnesota Conference on  -7-  Transition will present a comprehensive view of diverse issues and the need for greater interagency coordination. Sponsors include: --Minnesota Department of Economic Security, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation and Governor-s Job Training Office;  --Minnesota Department of Education, Special Education Section;  --Minnesota State Board for Vocational Technical Education, Instructional and Student Support Section;  --Minnesota State Planning Agency, Developmental Disabilities Planning Office; and  --Minnesota Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (MNASH).  For further information, contact: Dr. Colleen Wieck, State DD Planning Office, State Planning Agency, 201 Capitol Square Bldg., 550 Cedar St., St. Paul, Minn. 55101. Tel. [phone] or Toni Lippert, DD Program, Metropolitan Council, 300 Metro Square Bldg., 7th and Robert Sts., St. Paul, Minn. 55101.  Tel. [phone].  Dec. 133 14, 15  "Comprehensive Approaches to Disabled and At- Risk Infants, Toddlers and Their Families; A National Conference," Sheraton Washington Hotel, Washington, DC. This conference is Intended for practitioners, parents, polf~akers, academicians, advocates and others concerned with the first three years fn the lfves of children with handicapping conditions and their families.  Regfstratfon fs limfted. Fee: $65 before Oct. 15; $75 the~after. For more information, contact: Louise Feigin, National Center for Clinfcal Infant Programs, 733 NW.15th St., Suite 912, Washington, DC 20005. Tel. [phone].  ..-.
 YEARNING FOR LEARNING  .  .  The state Developmental Disabilities (DD) Program Office has acquired several education, trafning and resource materials. Some may be borrowed from each of the regional DD offices and all the state program office in St. Paul.  Each month, we highlight selections from these resources. II+E FOLLOWING MATERIALS MAY BE BORROWED FROM THE STATE OFFICE ONLY, LoCAT_ LAUDWSS UN IHk t~kel             CJF ~ Nk~ .              . . .  The Melwod Manual: A Plannfng and - .:".. .--- . . .  ?lperattons Ma nual for HortlculturaT A   Training and Work Co-op Programsu    develoDed under a want from the  Admfnfktratfon on fievelopmental Disabilities, U.S. Department of Health and Human Servfces. Named after the, : ~ . Melwod Horticultural Trafnlng Center. fn +: . . Southern Maryland, this manual builds a ~,.,. ,, ~~ case for horticultural therapy based on.. -. the beneffts of engagfng in socially ;.' sanctioned activftfes that put clients " fnto a care-gfving role, as opposed to a care receivfng one.  It provfdes basic < " information for developing horticultural, trafning and contracting programs. ~~ Greenhouse operation and grounds maintenance prwductlon are described.       .  ..,.         .  Uetropolltan Council DO Program 300 Hatro Square Bldg. 7th and Robert Sts. St. Paul, MN 55101  If you no Ion erwfsh to receive this     7 newsletter, p qise call [phone], o+:wrfte to @ I%dgrmu, Metropolitan councfl, 300,1!etr6 Square Fildg., St. Psu1, " Wtiqlol.' ;           . .  .'..:.    ~ ,. ,,. ,", ,:..<',l "+-:. .:> ,                  . . .  ,. . . . . ,:, ,., .:          .,.        ,.." ,, ,.:, . . . .- -.. L `"                                      ,. . .    - . . . . . : . . . . . , .,,       ?IR, ROGER STRAND  .&a.+.:                      , ST. ATE PLAN DEV@lS+B PRO .   . .                 Zol' CAPITOL SQUARE 8L                    ST PAUL. ?IN..5.5.101 . . .-, - .. .... . . . . . .  Trafning Exercfses for Human Rfghts Colnnitt ee Volunteers, 1- Piccoll, Temple univers~ty~s19&!  trafning manual was prepared by the Consnunity Human Rfghts Committee Project of the Developmental Disabflitfes Center and Instftute on'Ag$Rg at Temple Unfversfty in .Phfladelphfa. It contains participatory exe@ses for practfce sessions when trainfng volunteers who serve on human-rights committees. Each exerdse presents a factual situatfon that rafses human rfghts fssues. Thfs type of trainfng presupposes that the trafnees have attended substantive training sessionson various topics. Adaptations to Minnesota laws, regulations and procedures are necessary.  ,.-. ~~.......:-:., ,.. ..;,.'?. *. ..,..                         . . .                  .                                                           . .                           ., . . . .                                                          .!.                                                           -.  . .                  -.. . . . .....* -  ;:.\.:""+: `-'"'""  .,  . . .  Bulk Rate ~ U.S~A;;stage  ~ St. Paul, Minn. i Permit No. 7029
 INFORMATION EXCHANGE  Published monthly by [he Developmental Disabilities Program of [he Metropolitan Council  Metropolitan Council 300 Metro Square Building St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 Toni Lippert: 291-6364 Terrence Kayser: 291-6356  METRO DO PROGRAM NEWS  Fiscal Year '84 was a year of change and chal 1 enge for the Metropol i tan Council developmental disabilities program (DD). During this time, the Council-s Chair, Gerald Isaacs, resigned, and Sandra Gardebring was appointed Chair by Governor Ru@ Perpich.  Gardebring is the first woman in the Council-s history to hold this position.  Her interest in the developmental disabilities program was evidenced in the first months of her appointment.  This year, the Council also reorganized its committee Structurec  It decided to vectly administer the developmental disabilities program. Thus the program-s eleven-year history of administration by the Metropolitan Health Planning Boarded ended.  The Council also changed the status of the Developmental Disabilities Task Force to a Council advisory cornnittee. Appointments of new advisory committee members are now made directly by the Council.  The developmental disabilities program continued its planning activities which resulted in review and cotnnent on several DD projects, publication of a new DD service map-directory for the Metro- politan Area and development of a draft for a revised DD plan for the area. The DD plan will go to public hearing in 1985 and, when approved, will become a component in the Health Systems Plan of the Council-s Metropolitan Development Guide.  The DD plan contains the Council-s policies, goals, guidelines and criteria for developing and supporting an at support an adequate, quality service system.  Another challenge in the past year was the DD program-s venture in research and          October, 1984         Vol. 9, No. 10  demonstration.  With federal and local grants, the Comnunity Work Training project was implemented. The goal of this project was to test a supported employment model for adults who are developmentally disabled. The goal of training 30 individuals on actual job sites was accomplished. The results of this project are currently being evaluated and more specific information will be reported in the next issue of this newsletter.  FY85, beginning October 1, 1984, will continue the DD program-s planning activities.  The research and demonstration project for supported employment will test a different strategy this year.  Funds to support the project have been received from the State Planning Agency-s Developmental Disabilities Planning Office, the Department of Economic Security-s Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, the Associations for Retarded Citizens of Hennepin County and St. Paul, and the Metropolitan Council. More information about this year-s project will be reported in the coming months.  This newsletter is another important planning activity of the Council. We thank our readers for their letters of support and commendation for this exchange of information.  We invite all readers to submit items regarding conferences and new resources and services for persons who are developmentally disabled. Metropolitan Area residents should direct correspondence to the Metropolitan Council address on the masthead of the yellow section.  Residents outside the Metro Area should send news items Roger Strand whose address is on the masthead of the state newsletter  supplement (blue section).
 Addition to Librarv  CEP Program (Continued)  The Council DD Program has added the following publication to its curriculum library.  Books and other publications may be borrowed by Metropolitan Area residents for three weeks.  They must be picked up and returned in person.  Work Stations in Industry, David haaner. Perry Como, s tout Rehabilitation  In~titute, W~s.  A-manual intended for use by vocational rehabilitation professionals and students interested in learning more about work stations in industry.  FOR YOUR INFORMATION  Colleen Wieck Nominated b TASH Board  The Board of Directors of the Minnesota Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (MNASH) approved a motion to support the election of Dr. Colleen Wieck, Executive Director, Minnesota Developmental Disabilities Program of the State Planning Agency, to the national board of directors of The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (TASH). Local TASH members are urged to support Minnesota-s candidate. Deadline for receipt of ballots is October 10, 1984.  New Treatment Program for People with Epilepsy  The University of Minnesota Comprehensive Epilepsy Program (CEP) has initiated a unique short-term outpatient treatment program for people with epilepsy.  The program enables people who wish to achieve better control of their seizures to do so without spending four to twelve weeks in the hospital.  Instead, patients receive a full range of testing and care from a team of phsyicians during an intensive five-day program while staying in a motel close to the University.  According to Florence Gray, coordinator of the CEP, th- program of its kind in the Anyone whose seizures need controlled is eligible for  especially people who have difficult diagnostic problems or unpleasant side effects from medication.  Patients may be referred by their physician, other health professionals or may apply themselves.  A final decision for admission is made jointly by the patient and the program staff after an interview. Further information on the program may be obtained by contacting Nancy Stalland or Susan Whalen at the University of Minnesota Box 389 Mayo, Minneapolis, Minn. 55455. Tel. [phone].  Evening Sessions Planned by Association ~or Retarded Cltlzens (A RC) of St. Paul  "Adolescence in the Child with Develop- mental Special Needsti is the focus of " three ARC St. Paul-sponsored evening meetings planned for October.  The sessions will focus on the changing needs and often baffling behavior of the adolescent with developmental special needs. The meetings will be held at Arlington Hills Presbyterian Church, 1275 Magnolia Av. E. from 7-30 - 9:30 p.m., October 2, 9 and 16.  The meeting topics are:  Oct. 1. "From the School-s Viewpoint:     Peer and Other Pressures on the     "Special- Adolescent." Myndal      Davis; Oct. 9  "Behavioral Concerns"; and Oct. 16  "Sexual Concerns."  To pre-register, call the ARC Parent Services Director at 224-3301. A $5 fee per family will be charged but can be waived for anyone unable to pay. A  recreational program for all-school-age children will be available during the meeting.  Holiday "Nutcracker" Performance ~ched uled  program        Save the date of December 13 when the s is the first    Association for Retarded Citizens (ARC) country.       of Hennepin County will sponsor an tobebetter the program,  -2-
 Nutcracker (Continued)  evening at Northrup Auditorium to see "NutcrackerF antasy" with a social gathering at the University YMCA beforehand.  This will kick off the Christmas Season and their annual fundraising event "Christmas for People who are Mentally Retarded."  Tickets will be available shortly.  Designs Wanted for Christmas Cards  Artists and photographers are invited ti submit their work for the 16th annual Courage Cards competition.  Courage Cards are original art Christmas cards sold b benefit Courage Center in Golden Valley, a rehabilitation and independent living center for people with physical disabilities and speech, hearing and vision impairments.  Courage Center is seeking religious and traditional themes, and winter scenes with skaters or skiers for the 1985 collection.  Selected artists receive a $50 honorarium, loan the use of their work and gain recognition from Courage Cards- nationwide popularity. Entry deadline is Feb. 15, 1985. For information and entry forms, contact the Courage Cards Department, Courage Center, 3915 Golden Valley Rd., Golden Valley, Minn. 55422.  [phone].  Organization Needs Members A national organization, Handicapped Organized Women (H.O.W.) is seeking members to join a Twin Cities chapter now being formed.  The organization serves as an emotional support group for handi- capped women, 18years and older. l%e group provides resources through which wmen can share experiences and solve problems.  Meetings will feature speakers, social activities, and tools for success in such areas as relationship skills, wtrition, wardrobe and living on a budget.  Interested wmen may contact Jaime Becker at 222-6783 or write: H.O.W., 1551 Ruth St., St. Paul, Minn. 55119.                   7-                                                -.  EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES  Training Assistants Needed for Year #2 of ConnIunlty Work Tralnlng ProJect  Persons interested in becoming training assistants for the Community Work Training Project of the Metropolitan Council am invited to call Terrence Kayser at 291-6356 or leave a message with the program secretary.  The work hours and days may vary; from two or three days of part-time work tn a full- time 40 hour work week. An information sheet with details of job responsibili- ties may be obtained by calling Dr. Kayser.  What does it take to function as a training assistant?  The main requirements include, 1) having worked in some capacity with persons who are developmentally disabled and, 2) some experience in an educational or training settin . Other           f factors that are desirable inc ude good judgment, conrnitment to work continuously with the trainee until fully trained and the ability to get along with people.  Advocate Needed by Legal Aid Society  The Legal Aid of Minneapolis seeks an advocate for the Client Assistance Program, a federally funded program. The advocate informs clients about rehabili- tation programs or their benefits under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and assists them in obtaining those benefits.  Qualifications include the ability to work effectively both with persons with disabilities and with personnel of public and private agences. Prior experience in the vocational rehabilitation system or as an advocate or legal assistant is helpful.  Minority, women and handicapped applicants are encouraged to apply.  Deadline for applications is September 24; however, late applications will be considered until the position is filled.  For more information contact Luther Granquist, Managing Attorney, Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis. 222 Grain Exchanae  Bldg. ,-323 4th Av'. S., -Minneapolis,  ---4-  Minn. 55415.
 Executive Director Needed  The Floodvmod Developmental Achievement Center, a non-profit corporation serving developmentally disabled adults has an opening for an executive director. Must have administrative experience, including budget and personnel management. Also desirable is knowledge of regulations regarding developmentally disabled persons.  Salary offered is $17.000. DIUS  benef~ts.  Send a res~me-~'Directir, FloodWood Developmental Achievement Center, Box 347. Floodwod, Minn. 55736. Tel. [phone]. Deadline for applications is October 20.  WORKSHOPS, CONFERENCES  Oct. 18  " The Changing Environment for Nonprofit and Philanthropic Organizations: Trends and Predictions" is the subject of the Seventh Annual Twin Cities Public Meeting of the Minnesota Council on Foundations.  It will be held from 1-5 p.m. at Anwatin Junior High School in Minneapolis.  This is an opportunity to meet and talk with wpresentatives of foundations and corporate giving programs.  For more information, including cost of registration, contact the Minnesota Council on Foundations, 1216 Foshqy Towr, Minneapol is, MN 55402. Tel. [phone].  Oct. 18, 19  The Minnesota Division of Early Childhood (DEC) Fall Conference wil 1 be held at the Holiday Inn in St. Cloud. The conference will focus on Birth-Three Interagency Programs, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Behavioral Disorders in Children.  For more information, contact Jill Haak, 1408 6th Av. S., St. Cloud, Minn. 56301. Tel , [phone].  -4-  Workshops, Conferences  Oct. 19  The fall meeting of the Minnesota Speech- Language-Hearing Association (MSHA) will be held at the Holiday Inn, St. Paul North, 2549 Cleveland Av. N., Roseville.  Audiologists, speech-language pathologists and professionals working with the developmentally delayed population will want to attend one of the tw tracks featured.  Gerald Popelka, Ph.D., associate and professor and head of audiology at Central Institute for the Deaf in St. Louis, will speak in Track I. Speaking in Track 11 is James McLean, Ph.D., senior scientist and professor, Bureau of Child Research at the University of Kansas.  To register, or for more information, contact the MSHA office at (612) 935- 5057.  NOV. 8, 9  "Violence in the Privacy of the Family" is a consnunity awareness conference presented by the Ramsey County Comnunity Human Services Department. Itwill be held at the St. Paul Holiday Inn, State Capitol, conanencing at 8 a.m. on Nov. 8. The conference includes twu workshop sessions relating to persons with handicaps-- "Sexual Assault Issues of People with Handicaps," presented on both days of the conference, and "Our Experience with the Vulnerable Adult Act," which is presented on Friday.  The cost of the conference is $30, which includes lunches and coffee breaks. For more information, or to register, contact Ramsey County Comnunity Human Services, 160 E. Kellogg Blvd. 8th floor, St. Paul, Minn. 55101.
 It INFORMATION EXCHANGE %#kmm cd       Developmental Disabiliti~ program    Minn=~ State Planning Agency         w-so!            201 Capitol Square Building                5s0 cedar street          Roger Strand   612/296-4018   yqm~k,.            St. Paul, Minnesota 56101         Editor      1 ~~ yg$gy  HECKLER PROMISES "GET TOUGH" POLICIES ON RESIDENTIAL SERVICES  Two Senate subcommittees met in Washington D.C. in early August to discuss the conditions in intermediate care facilities (ICF-MRS) for mentally retarded persons.  The quality of care across the country was characterized as substandard, with widespread incidents of neglect and abuse of residents.  This was the conclusion of Lowell Weicker (chair of both the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Human Resources on the Handicapped) and also the conclusion of Margaret Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).  ~th the Senate staff and HHS conducted ~eparate surveys this year evaluating the quality of care provided in a sample of ICF-MRS.  The HHS survey found that all of the 17 ICF-MRS reviewed were, according to federal requirements, providing substandard care.  In addition, nine of the 17 facilities examined were found to have had major deficiencies that placed the residents" health and safety in jeopardy. The Senate survey showed similar results. Both Weicker and Heckler placed the blame for these conditions on the states, which are primarily responsible for monitoring the facilities through survey and certification.  Weicker pointed out that regulations on the care provided in ICF-MRS were published in 1974, but that states had made only marginal efforts to improve conditions since then, despite large increases in Medicaid funding.  He also blamed HHS for not enforcing the regulations.  !eckler assured Weicker that the department would `get tough." When a new  October 1984  facility is found to have significant deficiencies, HHS will now notify the state of the problem and require the state to submit a corrective action plan within 30 days or the state will lose its federal funding for the facility. HHS will act more quickly in situations that pose an imnediate threat to the health and safety of the residents.  Finally, HHS will double the number of facilities surveyed each year, from five to 10 percent of the 2,500 programs.  (From This Week in Washington, Aug. 3, 1984, Am erlcan Publlc Welfare Association).  I STATE HOSPITAL STUDY CALL-IN:  On Tuesday, October 16, 1984, a one-day, call-in will be held statewide from 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. This   service is intended to provide opportunities for individuals to voice their opinions if they were unable to speak at the town meetings.  Callers who live outside the Metro Area should dial [phone] (toll-free) and ask to be connected to the `State Hospital Study."  In the Metro Area, the number is 297-2611. Callers will then be connected to the State Hospital Study staff.  McKNIGHT PROBLEM SOLVING GRANTS AWARDED Nine agencies in Minnesota were recently awarded grants with funds made available by the McKnight Foundation and administered by the Developmental Disabilities Program of the State Planning Agency.  The purpose of this grant program is to assist in the  -5-
 f14cKNIGHT GRANTS (Continued)  resolution of identified and resolvable service deficiencies or duplications through coordination, cooperation or modeling.  This is the third consecutive year that the McKnight Foundation has approved up to $100,000 for resolving problems of a regional nature that relate to the delivery of services to persons with developmental disabilities. Agencies receiving McKnight grants are:  --Jewish Conmunity Center of St Paul, to provide an integrated therapeutic recreation program;  --Lake County Development Achievement Center, Knife River, to improve work activity services;  --Mankato Rehabilitation Center, Mankato, to provide training and follow-up services to clients who are competitively employed;  --Polk County Developmental Achievement Center, Moorhead, to improve linkages between agencies providing preschool services;  --Reuben Lindh Learning Center, Minneapolis, to extend child development services to American Indian Families who have developmentally disabled children;  --Rural Enterprises for Acceptable Living, Marshall, to provide independent living skills training and to expand backup consultation services in surrounding counties;  --Traverse Des Sioux Council for Exceptional Children Chapter, " Henderson, to publish a regional directory of services for people with special needs;  --United Cerebral Palsy of Minnesota, St. Paul, to provide training workshops on nutritional needs and feeding problems; and  McKNIGHT GRANTS (Continued)  --West Central Industries, Willmar, to provide integrated vocational services to clients from a variety of living environments.  For additional information, contact: Ron ~~~i~~~~ki, grants administrator, (612)          .  RICHARD A. COHEN APPOINTED COURT MONITOR  On July 26, 1984, Federal District Court Judge Harry MacLaughlin (Minn. Fourth Division) appointed Richard A. Cohen to serve as Court Monitor for the Welsch VS. Levine Consent Decree. Mac-in was responding to a joint motion submitted by the plaintiffs and the defendants.  Cohen replaced Lyle Wray in this position on September 17, 1984.  The Court Monitor is a neutral officer of the Court who reviews the extent to which the defendants (Comn. Leonard Levine, Department of Human Services et al.) have complied with the Consent Decree. The Court Monitor also receives and investigates reports of alleged noncompliance with the provisions of the decree.  Cohen formerly served as director of the Institutional Law project, New.Hampshire Legal Assistance. He served as the attorney for the plaintiffs in Garrit           .4 vs. Gallen involving the Laconla School for persons with mental retardation.  He served on the Mental and Physical Disability Law Consnittee of the New Hampshire Bar Association and was also on the Governing Board of the New England Chapter of The Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps. (TASH).  The Court Monitor may be contacted at: Legal Education Center, Room 106, 40 N. Milton St., St. Paul, Minn. 55104. Tel. [phone].  +
 U.S. JUDGE SEES URGENT NEED FOR SKILLED .CHERS OF SEVERELY HANDICAPPED SiLIDENTS  U.S. Circuit Court Judge Edward R. Becker said in a speech before Philadelphia educators at Tem~le University (ADril.  1984) that for the past sever~l `years" has felt like Cassandra, the daughter the king of Troy who was endowed with gift of prophecy but fated by Apollo never to be believed.  Asserting that "these kids can-t wait," the federal  he of the  judge who presided over Penns lvania        + Association for Retarded Chl dren vs. the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania charged that educators are failing to provide severely  handicapped students with the one thing they most need:  specially trained teachers.  Not only have certification requirements reforms not kept pace, but the colleges have not changed their curricula to keep up with what he called the "revolution" in special education.  "I have seen all too many programs where all teachers know w to teach these kids is how to put the Pegs in the holes," he continued. "That-s not teaching them how to live independently."  It is "the middle ages," as far as special education is concerned. While Judge Becker addressed his comnents specifically to Pennsylvania, he said the problem exists in other states also. "This is not just a Pennsylvania problem,"he said. "It-s a national problem.... I must say that I-m distressed that there are those who, on the basis of the evidence, don-t think its an urgent problem and are just willing to let it languish for two years, three years.  These kids can-t wait."  (Adapted from an article in Education Week by Patricia Ford, April 18, 1981f.  PUBLICATION  Minnesota Guidebook to State Agency Services. The 19 84-85 edition of this  guide is now available at a cost of `13.25.  The Guidebook puts citizens in ouch with state agencies, financial assistance such as grants, low-interest  GUIDEBOOK (Continued)  loans and scholarship programs. It also lists fee charges, permits and licenses necessary for recreation and regulated professions.  Contact: Minnesoa State Documents Center, 117 University Av., St. Paul, Minn. 55155. Tel .[phone].  EVENTS  Oct. 4, 5  `Pathways to Employment for the Developmentally Disabled Adult" is a conference that will focus on employment as a means of increasing degrees of economic self-support and the role of the developmentally disabled adult in the decision-making process. The conference will be held at Boston University, Boston, Mass. For more information, contact:  Katondra Murphy, [phone], at Developmental Evaluation Clinic, The  Children's Hospital, 300 Longwood Av Boston, Mass. 02115.  Oct. 20, 21  "Autism and Other Severely Handicapp  Conditions:  Research and-Applicationsi will be held at the St. Paul Hotel, 350 Market Street in downtown St. Paul. This conference will bring together a unique combination of internationally renowned scientists and practitioners.  Contact: Gordon Amundson, [phone], or Paula Sanders, [phone], University of Minnesota, Department of Conferences, 204 Nolte Center, 315 Pillsbury Dr. SE., Minneapolis, Minn. 55455.  Nov. 2, 3  The Minnesota Association for Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities (MACLD) will hold its 16th annual state conference, `Training for Independence," at the Thunderbird Motel in Bloomington. For more information, contact MACLD, Griggs-Midway Building, Suite 494-N, 1821 University Av., St. Paul, Minn. 55104.    -7-       .  . . . .-
 .,                                 .x z                                                ` -4 -.                   YEARNING FOR LEARNING  1                                                    1  :4  The ~te Developmental Disabilities (DD) Program Office has acquired several educ on, tra~n!ng and resource materials.  Some may be borrowed from each of tfiti region~l tiD offices and all.from the state program off~ce in St. Paul. THE FOLLOWING MATERIALS MAY BE BORfMIWEO. FROM THE STATE OFFICE ONLY, LOCATED THE ADDRESS ON THE FRONT SHEET OF THE BLUE SECTION-OF THIS NEWSLETTER.                                   ,.. . . K -. .  . . . . . . -. . . . .                                               `.,,>. . . . .          . ,.                                                ."+.                               .,                                                   , . .  Transcending Boundaries, (1983) is a video tape production of the Rock Creek  Foundation located in.Silver Springs, Maryland.  The presentation focuses on the use of:an interdisciplinary approach in working with people who have a dual diagnosis of mental retardation and emotional problems.  The presumption made is that everyone wants to live in the comsnunity. The professional needs to assume the perspective of the client; rather than assuming that the client needs to wrk from the perspective of the professional. (One-half inch VtlS, standard play, runs for about half an hour).  distr+iiu%etby the American Association for the Education of the Severely/ Profoundly Handicapped. This book explains the need for specific competencies -of trainer and trainee alike, beyond those ord~narily required of the special. education profession. These guidelines are intended as a stimulus for program development and as a system of evaluation for the preparation of professionals.       .Metropolitan Council DO Program `!?%-''"'""' ":'.39, ~:,;~tno" Square Building .., ' .:.   lt~%hd Robert Sts.      $topdul, MN '55101          ..-     Ifyou.no longer wish to receive this     newsletter, please call [phone],    or write to the DO Program, Metropolitan     Council, 300 Metro Square Bldg., St. Paul, . ,-..   MN 55101.      .    . . . . . . . .    (TIME-DATED MATERIAL)          . . . . . .  .  YR. ROGER STRAN~ STATE PLAN OEV OISAfj PRo 201 CAPITOL SQUARE 81 ST PAUL P!N 55101  Bulk Rate U.S. Postage   PAID St. Paul, Minn. Permit No. 7029  1          I  -.          "b
 Published monthly by the Developmental Disabilities Program of the Metropolitan Council  Metropolitan Council 300 Metro Square Building St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 Toni Lippert: 291-6364 Terrence Kayser: 291-6356  METRO DD PIU)GRAM HEMS  The Metropolitan Counctl Ml Consnunity Work Training Project (CVfTP) completed its first year on September 30, 1984. The final evaluation report is still incomplete but some i nfonnation can be reported.  During the project year, the CNTP placed 43 developmentally disabled adults i n competitive employment and three individuals for evaluation while training in ccmsnunity businesses. Of those employed, seven were employed full - time and 36 part-time. T5ese jobs were provi deck by 17 different employers. TM employers wre in the public sector and 15 i n the private sector.  Of the private sector jobs, 12 were proprietary fi nns and three were non-profit corporati ens.  At the end of the project year, 31 adults *re still employed. Several reasons account for 1 oss of employment. Six held temporary jobs which wre accepted on that basis.  TW left when their positions were terminated because of funding cutbacks or new management. One person COU1 d not meet the employer-s standard for productivity. (This same employer retained another CNTP client on a full -time basis). One person Ieftto seek a full-time job on his own when he felt he had established adequate self- -confidence during the project placement. One person did not have the physical stam"na requi red by the full-time job. One person broke his ankle and had to stop working.  The types of jobs obtained included dishwashers in a restaurant and another in a college cafeteria, laundry wrker in  November 1984 Vol. 9, No. 11  00 Program News (Continued)  a hotel, several lawn maintenance crews, mail-sorting, custodial/inventory work in a beauty shop, production work using machinery in a light manufacturing industry, sorting in a recycling plan, custodial work in a public building and basic clerical writ in an office. Information on the wage range and number of hours wrked is still being determined.  Project experience indicated that the most compelling factor in obtaining employment for clients was the availability of extended training and supervision on the job site by project staff.  Wage subsidies and job tax credits wre secondary to the training assistance.  In the FY85 project year a more comprehensive approach will be attempted.  A methodology course specifically designed for teaching severely handicapped learners in a vocational context will be directed to four new agencies who are participating in the CWTP this year.  (continued over)  TRANSITION CONFERENCE: Conference participants are urged to allow ~mple travel time on the mornings of November 15 and 16 to reach the Ramada Hotel in Bloomington.  There are extensive construction areas on Highway 494 that cause daily travel delays.
 h  .  DD Program News (Contimued) $  Then a new employment-oriented pm~ram model will be introduced using a  training-the-trainer" approach. Staff of four agencies (developmental achievement centers and sheltered workshops) will be taught and shown how to provide supported employment and ccmanunity living skills training for their clients in natural comnunity settings rather than in their facilities.  They will practice these skills with clients at consnunity sites under supervision of consultants with experience in this methodology. This unique approach will result in the clients actually receiving new types of services that emphasize functional skill development.  Clients will be able to interact with morw non-handicapped than handicapped people on a daily basis. In addition a special informational series will be provided to Division of Vocational Rehabilitation personnel related to the latest state-of-the-art trends in providing amploynent o~portunities to severely disabled adults.  This project is funded by a federal grant from the Governor-s Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities, of the State Planning Agency and with local matching funds from the Divisional of Vocational Rehabilitation, of the Department of Econcmic Security, the Metropolitan Council, the Association for Retarded Citizens - Hennepin County and the Associat+ m for Retarded Citizens - St. Paul.  EKLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES  Acketnistrator-Program Director Needed  A full-time administrator/program director is needed at a 15-bed facility for retarded adults in Litchfield, Minn.  , Minim~ qualifications include: a bachelor-s degree in social mrk, psychology, education or sociology; three years experience in the field of retardation, one year of which should be  Employment Opportunities (Continued) Send reswn~ and salary requirements by November 9 to Patricia Kielty, Social Servfces Department, Court House, Litchfield, Minn. 55355. Tel. [phone].  Part-time Coordinator Needed  A family and consumer services coordinator is needed half-time by the Association of Retarded Citizens (ARC) of Olmsted County.  A bachelor-s degree in human services area or related field, and a minimum of two year-s experience wrking with mentally retarded persons and their families, or an equivalent combination of education and experience is desired.  Applicants should be experienced in organizin volunteers and have knowledge    ! and exper ence with mental retardation systems and services. Knowledge of techniques of advocacy is helpful. Send ns+sun~ by November 9 to ARC/Olmsted County, 903 U. Center St;, Rochester, Minn 55902. ~  ARC Olmsted County is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  FOR YOUR INFORMATION  Information and Referral Service Acquired by Gill ette Hospital  The Gillette Children-s Hospital in St. Paul has acquired the Developmental Services Organization Information and Referral Service for people who are developmentally disabled. The system has expanded statewide to include information and referral not only for respite and residential care, but also for other developmental disability services. The new telephone nunber is (f `t 297-3664.  in administration- and program development. Q. M.R. P. status desirable.                 -?-
 Resource List to be made Available  The Minnesota Foundation for Better Speech and Hearing (MFBHS) will soon be releasing a resource/outreach materials list and materials loan information for use by educators and parents of hearing- impaired students. Materials may be borrowed for up to two weeks (or longer for special needs) and may be picked up or ordered through the mail. They include audio and video cassettes (1/2" VHS), professional texts and journals and parent resources.  Topics and materials include deaf culture and sign language, adaptive equipment, mainstreaming issues, social-emotional development, language instruction and speech and auditory training.  For more information, contact Kathy Amoldi at MFBHS.  Tel . [phone] voice/TTY/TDD.  Metro-SPLISE - a Low-Incidence Plannin~ )raanlzation  In the fall of 1983. an organization  known at the Metro Area St~ategic Planning for Low-Incidence Services in Education (Metro-SPLISE) was formed. The organization consists of educational practitioners, directors of special education, lead administrators and related services" representatives, all of whom serve the needs of low-incidence handicapped individuals (vision-impaired, hearing-impaired, deaf/blind, physically and other health-fmpafred, severely/ profoundly mentally retarded and autistic).  The organization is fundedby a state dfscretfonary grant.  Further information about the activities of Metro SPLISE can be obtafned by callfng Ann Fox at [phone].  Epilepsy Foundation Requests Information  Information Request (Continued )  The goal of the Program Exchange will be to provide technical assistance to EFA affiliates and other organizations that wish to start programs for people with eptlepsy and need a proven model on which ta build. Working toward this goal, EFA is seeking information on successful programs in areas such as respfte care, independent lfving services, recreation and camping, education, self-help, famil$ support, vocational training and fund- , ~ raising.  Please send information to:  Epilepsy Foundation of America, Program Exchange, 4351 Garden Cfty Drive, Landover, Md. 20785.  Developmental Services Organization-s      ters New Service  Now that the Information and Referral Service on Respite and Residential Care has been incorporated into the family service program of Gillette Chfldren-s Hospital, DSO will be providfng support services to smaller advocacy organi- zations, particularly those with few or no staff..  The following services will be offered for a modest fee:  --Editorial and layout assistance with newsletters; --Assistance to boards of dfrectors in: --facilftiating conferences and   meetings; --developing effective conanittees- --conflict management; --o anfzing governmental affairs 7   ef orts; --Media public education campafgns; --Design and writing of educational brochures; --Training of volunteer lobbyists.  For mon information, call Jane Bfrks at [phone].  The Epilepsy Foundation of America (EFA) fs initiating a new service called the Prugram Exchange and is seeking informa- tion on programs that are successfully servin people with epilepsy and other   !                               -3- disabi ities.
 T  PUBLICATIONS                      9  "Everyone Can Vote" is the latest In a series of leaflets ubltshed by the       1' National Easter Sea Socfetyto promote hospitable, accessible envirorsnents for people with disabilities. It gives tips that will help electfon workers to make voting easier for persons with disabilities of various kinds. The leaflet suggests proper ways to greet those with severe vision loss, assist wheelchair users and consnunicate with persons with hearing or speech impairments.  It also lists ways for making voting sites accessible.  Fora free copy, self a self-addressed, stamped, business-size envelope to: National Easter Seal Society, 2023 W. Ogden Av., Chicago, Ill 60612.  WORKSHOPS. CONFERENCES  Nov. 13  An Informational Forumon Social Security Disability Payments will be held at the Bloomington Education Center auditoria, 8900 Portland Av. S., Bloomington, from 7-9 p.m.  Speakers will include Fran Chervensk, attorney with the Legal Aid Socie~ of Minneapolis; Kathy Elias, operations supervisor for the Minneapolis district office of the Social Security Admini- stration; and Wally Roers, assistant director for Operations for the Disability Determination Services unit of Minnesota DVR.  Cost is $2 per person.  For more information, contact Lynn Dennis, Learning Exchange, Bloomington Education Center.  Tel. [phone].  Nov. 13  "Physical Intervention Alternatives" is a program that teaches a philosophy of preservation of dignity, development of skills to avoid physical confrontation and humane approaches to minimizing physical outbursts.  Since this course is competency-based, all attendees are required to particiapte actively and must demonstrate their skills at the completion of the program.  Morkshop (Continued)  The program will be held at the Sheraton Airport Motel, Hwy. I-494 at the 16th Av. exit.  cost is $45.  For more information, contact REM Consulting and Services, Inc., tel. [phone].  Nov. 17  Free training on child care for children with special needs will be offered by the Association for Retarded Citizens/Dakota County at the Continuin Education         ? De artment at Inver Hil s Consnunity ! . Co lege fran 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.  Any person 14 years of age and older who is interested in becoming, or who already is a babysitter, respite care provider or daycare provider for children with developmental disabilities is eligible to attend.  Topics will include behavior management, overview of developmental disabilities and first aid.  Certificates of attendance will be presented upon completion of this training session.  Participants have the option of being listed on a respite care provider list to be compiled by the ARC/Dakota County Respite Care Program.  For mom information, contact the ARC/ Dakota County, 33 E. Wentworth Av., West St. Paul, MN 55118. Tel. [phone].    Dec. 1                            .     A Parent Advocacy Training WOI     *ill   be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.:      .Iver   Hills Comnunity College in Invt    Jve   Heights.  Participants will receive   practical help in evaluating program   plans, examining expectations, building   advocacy skills and learning about new   kinds ofwrk programs. A parent manual   will be given to each participant.   The workshop is free. Lunch may be   brought from home or purchased at the   workshop.  Preregistration fs necessary;   call ARC/Dakota County at [phone]. -4-
 R INFORMATION EXCHANGE R#&tm Cd       Duvelopmenti Disabilities Program    Minne80ta St8te Planning Agency         Waeu             201 Capitol Sq~ Building                550 cedar Streat                        v, "-                               Roger Strand   612/296-4018  ~1                                      ? o %St.              St. P8ul, rmlllla90h 66101          Editor          b~ %su'  DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ACT OF 1984 S GOALS FOR INC EASED I              R     NDEPkNDkNCE ,              .  On October 19, 1984, President Reagan signed the Developmental Disabi 1 i ties Act of 1984, extending developmental disabi 1 i ties programs for three more years and making significant revisions. The following paragraphs highlight certain features of the Act, specifically: 1) overall purpose and goals, 2) federally mandated priorities, and 3) stu~ of intermediate care facilities for persons with mental retardation (ICF-MR).  Purpose and Goals  e overall purpose of the D.D. Act tnbraces three far-reaching philosophical principles:  "increased independence, productivity, and integration into the conmnuni ty. "  The new legislation reads, "It is the overall purpose of this title to assist states to (a) assu~ that persons with developmental disabilities receive the care, treatment and other services necessary to enable them to achieve their maximum potential through increased independence, productivity and integration into the comnunity, and (b) establish and operate a system that coordinates, monitors, plans and evaluates services that ensure the protection of the legal and human rights of persons with developmental disabi 1 i ties. "  These concepts are defined in the law: "The term `independence- means the extent to which persons with developmental disabilities exert control and choice over their 1 ives. "  "The term `productivity- means: (a) ,ngagement in income-producing work by a person with developmental disabilities which is measured through improvements in income level, employment status or            November 1984  D.D. Act of 1984 (Continued)  job advancement, or (b) engagement by a person with developmental disabilities in mrk which contributes to a household or conmwnity." "The term `integration- means: (a) the use by persons with developmental disabilities of the same comnunity resources that are used by and available to other citizens, and the participation by persons with developmental disabilities in the same comnunity activities in which non- handicapped citizens participate, together with ~gular contact with non-handicapped citizens, and (b) the residence by persons with developmental disabilities in homes or in home-like settings which am in proximity to conmwnity resources, tagether with regular contact with non-handicapped citizens in their coimnunities."  Anong several findings by Congress, the law states that "generic service agencies providing specialized services to disabled persons tend to overlook or exclude persons with developmental disabilities in their planning and delivery of services."         Priority Services As in past practice, each state plan nust address at least one but not more than two of the four priority services, as defined in the Act by Congress. The four prioriiy services include: 1) alternative comnunity living arrangement services, 2) employment related activities, 3) child development services, and 4) case management services.  Number tm above, employment ~lated activities, is the major addition to the list of priorities which is defined as tt ...such services as will increase the independence, productivity, or integration of a person with deve~opmental disabilities                           . .    ffl wrk settings, fncludlng such services    as: 5
 DOD. Act (continued)  .  D.D. Act (Continued)  --employment preparation and vocational training leading to supported employment; --incentive programs for employers who hire persons with developmental disabilities; --services to assist transition from special education to employment; and --services to assist transition from sheltered work settings to supported employment settings or competitive employment." "Supported employment" is defined as II . . . paid employment which: --is for persons with developmental disabilities for whom competitive employmentat or above themininum wage is unlikely and who, because of their disabilities, need intensive ongoing support to perfom in a work setting; --is conducted in a variety of settings, particularly work sites in which persons without disabilities are employed; and --is supported by any activi~ needed to sustain wrk by persons with disabili- ties, including supervision, training and transportation."  Stu@ of ICF-MR Facilities  Congress stated in the D.D. Act of 1984 that "It is in the national interest to strengthen specific programs, especially programs that reduce or eliminate the need for institutional care, W meet needs of persons with developmental disabilities." In keeping with thfs statement, Congress mandated that the Secretary of Health and Human Services, within six months, prepare and transmit to Congress a report containing reconwendations for inproving services provided urwler Title XIX of the Social Security Act, including waivered services. The purpose behind ~his mandated stuc(y, stated in the Act, was ...s0 that the manner in which such services are provided can be inproved to increase the independence, productive@ and integration into the consnunity of mentally retarded persons and persons with developmental disabilities. "  Copies of the Conference Report, The D.D. Act of 1984 (H.R. 98-1074) w be ~quested from Developmental Disabilities Program Office, 201 Capitol Square Bldg., 550 Cedar St., St. Paul, Minn. 55101. Tel. [phone].  STATE AGENCIES JOIN FORCES TO IMPROVE EARLY                        ~ AG~       .  In late July 1984, the Commissioners of Health, Education and Human Services signed an interagency agreement to work collaboratively to improve availability, accessibility and quality of early intervention services and to promote the development of interagency systems. The objectives of the ag reement include:  --increasing public awareness of the rationale and need for early intervention;  --the cost-effectiveness of collaboration;  --encouraging and facilitating the exchange of ideas, plans, program models and resources across disciplines, programs and agencies at the state and local level;  --clarifying issues, defining problems and proposing alternatives related o - screening and assessment and p, I models; and  --identifying for the Department     alth, Education and Human Services, c~.figes in fiscal and program policies that may be necessary to improve coordination and comprehensive services.  Over the sunsnar, the Minnesota Department of Education, in cooperatim with the depart- ments of Health and Human Services, submitted a proposal for a Planning Grant to the U.S. Department of Education, Handicapped Children-s Early Education Programof the Office of Special Education. Notice of the grant award was received in September 1984.  The grant will -support and  enhance the activities described In the  6
 `-rly Intervention (Continued)  Interagency Agreement. This grant is the first year of a potential eight-year program by the U.S. Department of Education to support state efforts that plan, develop and implement a comprehensive delivery system of early intervention services. Future funding under this grant will support interagency early intervention demonstration and implementation activities.  For copies of the interagency agreement and other information, please contact one of the following:  Ann Bettenberg, Department of Education, [phone]; Nancy Okinow, Department of Health, [phone] or Steve Barta, Department of Human Services, [phone].  VIDEO TRAINING RESOURCE AVAILABLE  Tardive Dyskinesia:  Overview and Clinical hanfestations, Parts I and  I I: and Tardive        Workshop Components, Parts  I W  II  m Knight Foundation,  1904  3/ 4-inch #*pe).  Tardive Dyskinesia (TD) is a  variable combination of abnormal, involuntary movements affecting the face, mouth, tongue, litis and trunk associated with long-term major tranquilizer or antipsychotic medication use (American Psychiatric Association, 1979). This three- part videotape set defines, describes and illustrates the characteristics of tardive @ski nesia.  Drugs involved in the development of the condition are identified, and distinctions are made regarding conditions similar to and mistaken for tardive dyskinesia. The overview provided in the first videotape is followed by two tapes that illustrate the condition in individuals having varying degrees of tardive dyskinesia, diagnostic practices and legal implications.  Available on loan from:  Developmental Disabilities Program ffice, 201 Capitol Square Bldg., 550 Cedar St., St. Paul, Minn. 55101.  Tel. [phone].  SUPPORTED EKLOYMENT INFORMATION SESSION ` ANNOUNCED  The Governor-s Planning Council on         I Developmental Disabilities has arranged for ~ R. Tinm Vogelsberg @discuss the supported ~ employment model -"a"~ the program thathe ~ operates iti-Vermont.  This information session will be held on Wednesday, November ~ 14 at 1:30 p.m. in Conference Room "D" of I the Veterans Service Building, 20 W. 12th ~ St., St. Paul, just south of the State       1 Capitol Building.                               I  I  Vogelsberg works at the Center for Developmental Disabilities, Universi~ of ~ Vermont in Burlington. Work placements \ have been successfully demonstrated in both i urban and rural conmwnities.                                                  # For more information, contact: Ron    I Kaliszewski, Developmental Disabilities ; Program office, 201 Capitol Square Bid., 550 Cedar St., St. Paul , Minn. 55101. Tel . ! [phone].          !  EVENTS  Nov. 12, 13  "Wage and Hour Laws" will be discussed at a workshop sponsored by the Minnesota Association of Rehabilitation Facilities (mRF), Minnesota Developmental Achievement Center Association (MinnDACA), and the McKnight Technical Assistance program. Registration is limited. The fee is $55. Contact:  MARF/McKnight Technical Assistance Program, 1821 University Av., Suite 376 South, St. Paul, Minn. 55104.  tiov 26 -30  Wilder Forest in Marine-On-St. Croix will be the site of Minnesota-s first five-day PASS (Prmgram Analysis of Service Systems) workshop.  For additional information. contact Jane  Uells at the Association of Residences   for the Retarded in Minnesota. Tel. ~~~~) 644+181 or toll-free, (800) 551-          .    7
 1 LMKNINIa kUU LLMKNLNQ  The state Developmental Disabilities (00) Program Office has acquired Several education-, trainin and ~source materials.      &               THE FOLLOWING MATERIALS MAY BE BORROWED FROM THE  ATE OFFICE ONLY, LOCATED A_~               Cm TUKmmmm                                                  .  -.. .  Iowa  Thik~tralnt~g: boOklet is oheof a-series of't@vedevddpedas partoftheHuman Sew4e.e&Pm"gr*iof fend" through Ellsworth C6nmnTty College. Staff meinbers of sheltered wwkshops are provided with fnfbrmation about the basic fun~tion df the Office of Safety and Health Administration, as well as the standards set by OSHA for shel tared workshops.  Checklists are provided.  Meeting the Crisis in Institutional Care: ~oward Better Chol ces,  inancing and       Iti          Mf    li-   s s~~ e~~%~;d ~~e~~~ad~~  the institutional approach has been used in Minnesota.  Populations included in the study were people who were disabled and elderly, mentally retarded, mentally ill, chemically dependent, and children involved in the juvenile and child welfare systems.  A major fi riding was that Minnesota makes more use of residential placement than most other states.  Several cross-cutting issues surfaced, such as: dehumanization of residents, funding disincentives for counties, and limited service options for clients o  Reconaaendations for policy change are made.  Metropolitan Council CID Program 300 Netro Square Building 7th and Robert W. St. Paul, MN 55101  Ifyouino lq~ger wish b receive th~s newslWtwi"please call [phone], .x..o~writff' to; WE LX) Program, Metropolitan (%uadl'~ 300 Netro Square Bldg., St. Paul, ~.55:,~@g.  (Tlfi4E-DATEO MATERIA~  .,.        ..;  I    Bulk Rate U. S.p;;;tage I  I   St. Paul,"" ,   Permit No ` I
 Pubiished monthly by me Developmental Disabilities Program of Lhe Yletropoiiun Council  Me:roooli~an Council 300 iMetro Square Buiiding St. Paul, IMinnesota 55101 Toni Lippert: 2914364 Terrence Kayser: 291-6356  METRO DD PROGRAM NEMS  Introducing : 00 Advisory Conmittee ~mbers  This month launches the 13th year of the Metropolitan Council Developmental Disabilities (DO) Program.  The Advisory Committee (DOAC) advises the Metropolitan Council on matters pertaining to Metropolitan h~b~~idents who are developmentally      Me-d like to introduce you to our c;rrent 00 advisory consnittee. lhey are grouped by Council Districts and represent one of the following groups--general public (GP), provider (p) am consumer (C). See Council districts below:  --Mary Powell, Chafr, C, Metropol ftan Council Dfstrict 7. --Kathren J. Amth, P, Oist. 7. --Michelle G. Beach, C, Ofst. 10. --Karen A. Betts, GP, Dist. 6. --Mary K. Busch, GP, Oist. 4. --Patricia L. Cullen, P, Oist. 2. --Beth Dhennin, P/C, Dfst. 8. --Martha T. Owyer, C, Oist. 2. --Katherin A. Elhardt, P, Oist. 3. --Eleanor P. Field, P, Oist. 7. --Kay C. He fidrikson, P, Disk 1. --.James R. House, P, Dist. 9. --Evelyn Kamel, P, Dist. 6. +larijo Mc6ride, P, Oist. 15. --Shannon L. McCarthy Bfcha, C, Oist.2. --Gary R. Parsons, p, Dfst. 3. --Nancy M. Pflager, P, Oist. 11. --John Pokrzywinskf, P. Dfst.1. --Eileen Schmokel, C, Dist. 14. --Joan L. Schoepke, C, Oist. 12. --Virginia Spurr, C, Oist. 15. --Katherine A. Svanda, C, Oist. 8. -Judith A. Sweeney, C, Dfsta 5* --Ed A. Van Allen, P, Dist. 1.  Vol. 9. No. 12 December i984  Advisory Committee Members (Continued)  Council districts wpresented are: Dist. 1 -- northern half of St. Paul. Ist. Z -- southern half of St. Paul. Dlst. 3 -- southern Ramsey suburbs. Dlst.  4 -- south central third of Ffinneapolis. Ofst.5 -- southern ati western thfrd mneapolis. Oist.6 .- north and northeast Minneapo_  Dist. 7 -- northern Mashfngton and Ramsey Counties, plus Lfno Lakes and Centerville in Anoka County. Dist. 8 -- southern Anoka County. Dist. 9 -- northern Anoka County, fncluding the city of Anoka, plus Plymouth, Maple Grove, Champlfn, Dayton and Medfcine Lake in Hennepin County. Oist. 10 -- northern Hennepfn County. Dlst. 11 -- western Minneapolis suburbs ot St Louis Park, Golden Valley, Robbin~dale and Edfna. Dfst.12 --southern Mfnneapolfs suburbs Richfield and Bloomington. Ofst.14 -- Scott and Carver Counties, plus Burnsville and Lakeville in Oakota County. Oist. 15 -- northern Oakota County plu~ Hfghland Park section of St. Paul.  FY85 Work Proaram  Last month-s newsletter described the FY85 demonstration activity called the 00 Comnunfty Work Training Project (CWTP). The Council "s 00 program and its advisory consnfttee also engage in continuing planning activities. lhese =tfvities will be ta contfnue monthly publication of thfs newslet~r and will provide continuing &iucation sessions at its committee meetings scheduled for Oecenber 11, February 12, April 9, June 11 and August 13. Other planning actfvfties include provision of information, referral and technical
   FY85 ldork Program (Continued) - - . . . . . . . . .   , assistance, review and -consnent on ..--. . . . .         .-.-. -   propos&i_Taws, r@lations and `"'----pol Icies, and maintenance of a   cfrcul atlon library of DD curriculum   resourc . This year the DDAC will    presen:  draft of the new DD component   of the health Systems Plan for public   hearing and approval by the   Metropolitan Council. This ?9 plan   wil 1 state the goals, uide nes and          t   criteria by which the ounc~ and DDAC   wi 11 review DD projects, policies,   legislation, regulations, etc. It    should also serve as a standard of i   comparison for the regfon-s DO   constituency as it seeks, plans or `" "develops new services in the Metropolitan Area. It is a forward= `"-:----looking document that considers:    * current status of people who are     developmentally disabl ad and their     service system, emerging trends in     the various serv~ce subsystems, and    * a model service system and appropri-     ate status ot persons who are develop-     mental ly disabl ad that should develop     in the next three to ff ve years.   Additional notice of the Metropolitm   Council public hearing will be   published in this newslet~r.     Additions ti Librarv  The Council DD Program has added the following publications b its curriculum 1 ibrary. A series of nine books on mainstreaming preschoolers has been produced under a grant from the Head Start Bureau, Achnini - stration for Children, Youth and Families. Office of Human Development Services, U.S. Department of Health and Htanan `- Services; The titles of the books follow: --Serving Handicapped Children in Hane-   Based Headstart,  --chl 1 dren with --Children with --Children with --Children with --Chil dnn with --Children with --Children with --Children with Impairments.    .  -. .- .   `-. Visual Handicans.  Emotional Dist&ba~es, Health Impairments, Orthopedic Handicaps, Mental Retardation, Hearing Impairment, Learning Disabilities, and Speech and Language                                          ,  Lfbrary. Additlogs.-(Contf nued) . . . ! "  A Pro@dures Manual for Habtlitation of the Mentally Retardd prepared by the statf of th e coo~rative vocational  rehabilitation p.mgram at the Brainerd State Hospital.  Included are chap~rs on prevocational evaluation, socfal habflitation, industrial therapy and rehabilitation counsel fng.  These books and other publications may be borrowed by Metropolitan Area residents for three weeks.  They must be picked up and returned in person. Call 291-6363 for further information.  EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES  Program Dfrector Needed  Hawthorne House, a resfdentfal facflfty for mentally retarded adults is seekfng a full-tires pro ram director who fs a      ! Qualified Manta Retarded Professional (QMRP) to develop and inplement a program for house resfdents and one for staff in-service trafnfng.  Send salary requireinents and resum~ to Hawthorne House, Rt. 1. Box 189. W:y, Minn. 55709. Tel. (218) 245-     .  Hel D Mantec... .  "Person to assist with care of ambulatory resfdents in a group home. Special attention to male residents. Mrite P.O. Box 383, Arlington, MN 55307. "  SERVICES  CLIENT ASSISTANCE PROJECT  Federal legislation requires that each state receiving funds under the Rehabflftation Act of 1973 designate a Client Assistance Project to ensure that clients and potential cl fents of state and local rehabilitation programs receive the services and beneffts availabie to them under the Act. Effective October 1, the Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis became the  2
 Client Assistance Project (Continued)  designated Client Assistance Project for Minnesota.  Project staff is available on a statewide basis to assist indivichals who have difficulty obtaining needed rehabilitation services from an agency or program that receives funding under the Act. The 1 ist of services include: information, referral, review of eligibility decisions and rehabilitation service plans, problem solving and legal advocacy.  To contact the Client Assistance Project, or for mom information call or write the Minneapolis office: Client Assistance Project, Legal Aid Society of Minneapolis, 222 Grain Exchange Bldg. , 323 4th Av. S., Minneapol is, MN 55415. Tel. [phone] or toll -free [phone].  NEW PUBLICATIONS  "Title 19 Waiver - What It is and How to Get It: - is an informative brochure prepared by the Association for Retarded Citizens Minnesota, 3225 Lyndale Av. S. Minneapolis, MN 55408.  To obtain a free copy, contact them at the above address, or call [612) 827- 5641, or toll-free [phone].  FOR YOUR INFORMATION  Courage Center Offers Life Enrichment c1 asses  Life enrichment classes will comnence on January 14, 1985, for adults with physical disabilities. A variety of morning, afternoon and evening classes are offered, including tri-chem embroidery, art, ceram"cs, photography, radio drama, writing, crafts and cooking. A fee of $10 per course is charged.  Afternoon and evening sign language classes will begin on January 15 in Levels I and II.  The cost is $25 per person or $45 per family.  For IIKIre information, contact Cindy Raynor at [phone], ext. 137.  America-s Goals for the Decade of  ~lsabled Persons 1983-1992:  To foster" public understanding, full  participation and a~ceptance of disabled persons through:  --Expanded educational opportunity, --Improved access to housing, buildings, and transportation, --Expanded employment opportunity, --Expanded participation in recreational, social, religious and cultural activities, --Expanded and strengthened rehabili- tation programs and facilities, --Purposeful application of biomedical research aimed at conquering major disabling conditions, --Reduction in the incidence of disability by expanded accident and disease prevention, --Increased application of technology to minimize the effects of disability, --Expanded international exchange of information and experience ti benefit all disabled persons.  Director Named b National Council on the Handicamed  Lex Frieden, Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, has been appointed executive director of the National Council on the Handicapped in Washington, D.C.  Mr. Frieden is also Director of the Independent Living Research Utilization project at the Institute for Rehabilitation and Research in Houston.  The project i: a m~"or national resource center for disseminating information on how handicapped people can live independently.  The National Council on the Handicapped was established under the Vocational Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1984 as an independent federal agency composed of 15 members appointed by the President and confirmedly the Senate. The Council is charged with reviewing all laws, programs and policies of the federal government affecting disabled individuals, establishing overall policy for the Department of Education-s National Institute of  3
   .    -.  o ? "     New Director (Continued) .- -   Handicapped Research, and making   recoaxnendations to the President,   Congress and U.S. Rehabilitation    Services Administration and other   federal departments and agencies  serving handicapped people.  Events for People with Hearing lmpai nnents  Dec. 12--Children-s Theatre, 10     "lhe Little Match Girl"  a.m.  Dec. 16--Chinwa Theatre, 7 p.m.     " The Wizard of Oz" Dec. 21--Children-s Theatre, 7:30 p.m.     "The Little Match Girl" Dec. 23--Chimera Theatre, 2 p.m.     "Tin types"  MORKSHDPS, CONFERENCES  Dec. 5  A Quality of Life Congress will be              the Holiday Inn  --- Those who attend will receive credentials as delegates to write and adopt a major resolution concerning the quality of life for persons *o are mentally retarded.  All who are service providers or who support services for persons who am mentally retarded may attend. The cost of admissions is $20, which includes lunch.  For mom Information, contact members of the Quali~ of Life Task Force at the Association of Residences for the Retarded in Minnesota, 1S5 Universi&   St. Paul, MN 55104. Tel. [612) &fjM~, or outstate, till free (800)          .  Dec. 8  The Association for Retarded Citizens (ARC) of Hennepin will offer a Parent Advocacy Uorkshop b assist parents to advocate tor employment opportunities for their mentally retarded sons and daughters.  The topics of discussion will include what comnunity integration  workshop (Continued) -. -..- -.  really means, building functional skills, why the developmental model can stop development, and how training for real work increases the potential for independence.  Information about legal rights and advocacy strategies will focus on d~ programs and vocational training,  Each participant will be given a manual with ideas and - information on maximizing a child-s independence.  There is no charge for the workshop.  The mrkshop will be conducted at the Association for Retarded Cftizen office, 2344 Nfcollet Av. S., Suite 370 from 10 a.m. -3 p.m. ~  For reservations, call Bev Trotter at (612) 87406650. Partfcfpants are asked to bring a bag lunch. Coffee will be provided.  Dec. 12. .- . . . . . . . . ........ -.-. _j.... . .      roaches b Job Trainfng and    mployment is a wrkshop to be held at   the schoof for Socfal Development, 1915 .   Chicago Av., Minneapolis, from 7 - 9:30  p.m.  The wrkshop fs for consumers, parents, group homes, case managers and school personnel and will feature eight Hennepin County employment/vocational programs.  Carol Hood, Hennepin County planner, will discuss planning for the transition from schdol" to adult - vocational programs. Presentations will be made by Alternative Camaunity Systems, Dakota County Developmental `. ~~mfng Center, McDonell DAC, RISE,   School for Socfal' Development, Sou&ide Services and WAN. The programs include on-the-job training, assessments and follow-up, as well as co~~ni~ integration activities. . . . .                               .-.  The wrkshop fs fme but an RSVP b Bev - Trotter at [612) 874-6650 is needed to provide adequate materials for all participants.
 INFORMATION EXCHANGE %%!?  Developmental DiMbUltiee Progxam    Minneeote Stete Planning Agency        m-am 201 Capital Square Building S50 Cedm street        I k~                              7* "-                    Roger S&end   612/296-4018    ? o n&:. St. Paul, Mirmeeote S6101          Editor           91 %%%'  SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS ON  o . 94-142  The U.S. Oepartmnt of Education has released its "Sixth Annual Report to Congress on the implementation of P.L. 94-142 "The Education for All Handicapped Children Act. "  Among the findings of the report are:  --In 1982-83, 4,298,237 handicapped students received special ed~atlon and related services.  --Large increases occurred in the number of learning disabled children served.  -Increases in the nature and extent of programs for handicapped children between birth and age five have significantly decreased the need for services at a later age.  --l'he number of preschool-age handicapped children served continues ti rise, especially those aged three to five.  --38 states now mandate services b at least some portion of the preschool handicapped population from birth ti age five.  --Federal initiatives have played a critical role in encouraging preschool programs.  --Services to secondary and postsecondary age handicapped students have noticeably expanded.  --Between 1980 and 1982, the total number of special ed~ation and related services personnel has grow slightly.  --States am making a concerted effort to assure consistent application of eligibility criteria in the evaluation process.  December 1984  Copies of the report are available from Gary Burfoot, 35112 Switzer Bldg. , 400 Maryland Av. SW., Washington, DC 20202.  "VOTING ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE ELDERLY ANO  On Oct. 5, 1984, the President signed into law the "Voting Accessibility for Elderly and Handicapped Act" (P. L. 98- 435). The new law, which becomes effective on Jan. 1, 1986, requires that state officials make every effort b make federal voting places at least temporarily accessible so that persons with disabilities can exercise their rights to vote at the polls. Senator David Ourenberger, sponsor and advocate of the Act, said, "The provisions of the Act are sinple and inexpensive, yet offer a real chance for thousands of disabled and elderly voters to participate in the electoral process."  JANUARY 1985 DESIGNATED AS "NATIONAL                       --   ~LED  The President, at the request of Congress, has declared January, 1985 "National Cerebral Palsy Month.-" This is the first time that national recognition has been given to persons with cerebral palsy. The national telethon "Weekend with the Stars" is scheduled for January 12 and 13 (Saturday and Sund~).  In Minnesota, them will be twelve telethon phone centers: Stillwater, Hector/Bird Island, Glencoe, Litchfield, Faitmont, Montevideo, Faribault, Mankato, Cambridge and Little Six Bingo Palace at Prior Lake.  Volunteers are needed. Call (6121 646-7m8 for ~~ information.  5
 CALL FOR PAPERS  TESTS FOR LEAD IN DRINKING MATER UNDERMAY  The Minnesota Department of Health has begun collecting watir samples from buildings with new plumbfng. The &sts are befng conducted fn an attempt to detenaine ff the use of lead-based solder fn new pl@fng fs causfng water contamination problems.  About 50 comnunftfes will be tested over a three- month perfod.  Four states (Delaware, Oregon, Hashfngton and Wfsconsfn) have already banned the use of lead solders and solder flux. lhese states discovered hfgh levels of lead fn water drawn from new plumbfng. Fifty micrograms per liter is considered the acceptable 1 fmft for human exposure to lead fn drfnkfng water. Excessfve accumulation of lead fn the body over time can result fn mental retardation and other developmental problems, especially fn young children.  MICROCOWITER SYSTEM "READS" TYPED  A new microcomputer peripheral unveiled by Maryland Computer Systems, Inc. (MCS) can give blind people easy ~cess to typed letters, memos, or other documents.  The Rea@ Reader, an optfcal character recognftfon unft, translates typewritten characters f nto a fona readable by MCS"S Information Thru Speech ( I. T. S.) talking computer. The computer, fn turn, speaks the fnfonnation.  Text can be reviewed a MIrd, sentence, or a full page at a time.    The Ready Reader/I .T. S. system can also   produce braflle with the additfon of a   brafll e printer and translation software.   It can read nine coasnon typestyles. The \   unft reads at a rate of 145 to 250 pages   per hour.  As many as 75 pages can be   fnserted at one time.  For mom fnformatfon, contact: MSC, 2010 Rock $prfng Rd., Forest Hfll , Md. 21050. Tel. [phone].  A call for papers fs befng fssued by the Israel Society for Rehabilitation of the Disabled for the Intematfonal Symposium on Youth and Dfsabflfty to be held July 2, 1985. Deadl fne for abstracts of up to 200 words fsDecember 31, 1984. For mom infonnatfon, contact Dr. E. Chigfer, International Symposfum on Youth and ~~;~~;lfty, P.O. Box 394, Tel Aviv 61003,       .  PACKETS FOR PARENTS AVAILABLE  The Association for Retarded Cftfzens of Mfnnesota (ARC Mfnnesota) has produced packets of infonaation for parents of specfal needs children. lhe packets are intended especially for parents whose chfldren have been recently dfagnosed as havfng mental ntardatfon or developmental delays. Contents fnclude fnfonnation about developmental stages fn children, respfte care, dfagnostfc and health services, and emotfonal reactfons experfencedby family members. me cost fs $1.  Contact: ARC Mfnnesota, 3225 Lyndale Av. S., Mfnneapolfs, MN 55408. Te~i ~61~) 827-5641, or [phone],           .  PUBLICATIONS  The Rehabflitatfon Engineering Socfety of North Amerfca publ fshes a quarterly newsletter, RESNA that describes technologica-nces in the field of rehabf 1 f tation.  Annual subscription cost is $25. Full membership in the.- organfzatfon, including the newsletter, costs $45.  Contact RESNA, 4405 East-Uest Hfghway, Suite 402, Bethesda, Md. 20814. Tel. [phone].  Severely and Profoundly' Handicapped tu ents: ~                     s edfted by peter d. Valletuttt and 13emi & M.  Sims-Tucker, is designed to acquaint     fnservfce and preservice professionals   and paraprofessionals fn education and  5
 `publications (Continued)  rehabilitation with the nature and needs of severely and profoundly handicapped students.  Since there is much confusion surrounding terminology and other significant dimensions regarding these students, the editors saw a need to consider the specific needs and capabilities of each subgroup of this population.  Each chapter in the resulting text concentrates on a discrete segment of the severely and profoundly handicapped population; mentally retarded, physically handicapped, emotionally disturbed and autistic, language-impaired (developmental dysphasia), and auditorially/visually inpaired (the deaf/ blind population).  This 352 page soft- cover book is available at $17.95 from Paul H. Brookes Publishing Company, P.O. Box 10524, BaltinmR, Md. 21204. Tel. [phone].  SEARCH FOR ASSISTIVE DEVICES  The Rehabilitation Engineering Center of the Electronic Industries Foundation (EIF/REC) was established through a cooperative agreement wfth the National Institute of Handicapped Research b stimulate industry in the manufacture and distribution of assistive technology designed ti aid disabled individuals. The EIF/REC serves as a liaison between the developer and the manufacturer, providing assistance in the areas of patent and licensing agreements, market identification and technical evaluation. EIF/REC is in~rested in identifying newly-developed devices already completed as prototypes which may serve as candidates for their industry stimulation activities. Individuals or organizations are invited b submit suggestions of devices which are not already in production or have not been licensed to a manufacturing firm. Contact Stacey Beckhardt, EIF/REC, 1901 Pennsylvania Av. N.W., Suite 700, Washington, DC 20006. Tel. [phone].  EVENTS  Dec. 3, 4  "Assessment and Treatment of Self- Injurious Behavior in the Developmentally Disabled (Person)" is a training program to be held at the St. Peter Regional Treatment Center, Tomlinson Center, St. Peter, Minn.  Johnny L. Matson, Ph.D. will be the featured speaker. For mre information, contact Bobbi Raymond [phone].  Dec. 13  "Comprehensive Approaches to Disabled and At-Risk Infants, Toddlers and Their Families" is the theme for a national conference at the Sheraton Washington Hotel in Washington, D.C, The conference is intended for practitioners, parents, policymakers, academicians, advocates and others concerned with the first three years in the lives of children with handicapping conditions.  For further information, contact: Louise Fegin, National Center for Clinical Infant Programs, 733 NW 15th St., Suite 912, Washington, DC 20005. Tel. [phone].  FUTURE EVENTS  March 25 -31  "Functional Life Planning: An Interdisciplinary Approach to 24-Hour Planning for Persons with Complex Needs" will be presented at the Capitol Airport Hotel in Atlanta, Ga. The same course will be held on three other occasions during 1985.  For more information, write KMG Seminars, P.O. Box 2534, Peachtree City, Ga, 30269,  Oct 4, 5, 1985  Mark your calendar now for the Governor-s Conference, which will be sponsoredby the Minnesota State Council for the Handicapped, the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, and the Minnesota Developmental Disabilities Council.     Major issues impacting the lives of   disabled Minnesota will be addressed,   including technology and employment 7    opportunities.
                       YEARNING FOR WARNING                                      `J                                                                            ,,                          .- -.  . . . .                         .                      - r                                                      1  The state Developmental Disabilities (00) Program Office has acqufred several education, training and resource materials. THE FOLLOWING ~TERIALS MAY BE BORROMED FROM THE STATE ffFICE ONLY, LOCATED A~ `Fmm'r 31EEl m ~ u~ ~~u                             .                          o  ;:'~:;:L;~T-~':;;,, i::~+'".:~:;j:Ff:"',. ~~~~     -&ii&19@Tn@T71&$3&Resou?ces. J. A. Moore,      Programs b Strengthen Families: A      am6~F&~E. T~.Barsch, anddl.        Resource Guide.  Yale University, gush R..Jones~~,.,C@~.l@n-s- Glisic and     .!.;.~+,       ~enter for Chir                                     d Development and Social p,~~ji:,~~s~q, Afd@uncil, I*';,        Policy, and Family Resource Coalition. l~:+&.~~,imd"lj.@.~ls.,nsp6nsible for         This guide profiles family support -!~9;andWPlernenting family services      services selected nationwide that are .@r:@e,;fu.ture will find. this report ..:*;    presented in eight chronologically helpful ~:The effects of raising an         organized categories. Thegufde deffnes fndfvidual with a disability are           program goals and provides indivf~als   addressed in terms of financial and         interested fn establishing simflar personnel effects on the families         servfces wfth information in planning   invol vei.                     and implementing new programs.  This report, is based on a family services               ---- model program conducted at the Child ren-s ~~
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