From: Arlette.Lefebvre@f24.n3602.z1.fidonet.org (Arlette Lefebvre)
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Subject: Educational resources
Date: 16 Oct 92 04:01:08 GMT
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               EDUCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL RESOURCES UPDATE:
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FROM: "Teaching Exceptional Students",
       Fall 1992.
       P. 62-63.

CLASSROOM VERSIONS OF BRAILLE AND PICTURE MENUS AVAILABLE FROM McDONALD'S:

Working with the American Foundation for the Blind and the American
Speech-Language-Hearing-Association, McDonald's has updated it
Braille and picture menus. The updated versions are available as
teaching tools for students with disabilities and also for
sensitizing other students to the challenges confronting people
with vision, hearing or speech impairments.

To order Braille and Picture menus, contact McDonald's Educational
Resource Center, at 1-800-627-7646.

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TEACHING TOLERANCE... is a new magazine published by the Southern
Poverty Law Center to provide educators with ideas, resources, and
techniques for teaching tolerance in a diverse society. It is
published twice yearly and is free to teachers.  (At least in the
US.. may be different for Canada?)

For more information, contact:
           Teaching Tolerance,
           400 Washington ave.,
           Montgomery, AL 36104.

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COMMUNITY SERVICE KIT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE:

StarServe, a national non-prpfit organization created to expand
student community service, offers a free kit to help teachers use
community service activities to complement their classroom
curricula.  The kit includes a teacher's guide, posters, and
reproducible activity masters tailored to primary, elementary,
middle and high-school levels, as well as a Youth Directory which
lists regional and national organizations.  (Does anyone know if
there's a Canadian equivalent to this??)

StarServe is funded by the KRAFT GENERAL FOODS FOUNDATION.  (Tiens,
tiens...<grin>) Special Education Teachers report that the
materials are flexible and the projects enhance students'
self-esteem and give them a chance to be in charge.

Also available are a bibliography of books on the theme of helping
others and a video review that describes tapes produced by
organizations around the country involved in youth community
service. The videos are suitable for staff development and offer
practical help in starting a youth community service program.

Educators may request StarServe materials and technical assistance
by calling 1-800-888-8232, or by writing:

     StarServe,
     701 Santa Monica Boulevard, suite 220,
     Santa Monica, CA 90401.

PUBLICATIONS ABOUT DIGITAL HEARING AIDS:

The new "Hearing Aids and You" discusses the advantages and
disadvantages of digital and programmable hearing aids and factors
to consider when buying a hearing aid. "All About the New
Generation of Hearing Aids" discusses the digital computer
technology used in these aids.

These publications are available for $1 each (US funds) from:
       The National Information Center on Deafness,
       Gallaudet University,
       800 Florida Ave,N.E., Washington, DC 20002.

               A bientot, I hope...?

                                               Docteur Froggie.
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