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Annotation: This fact sheet for parents provides information about how toothbrushes can be adapted to make brushing easier. It presents background information about why oral health is important and provides ideas for adapting toothbrushes for anyone who has difficulty brushing their teeth. Illustrations showing the adaptations are included.

Contact: Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Office of Oral Health, 250 Washington Street, 5th Floor, Boston, MA 02108, Telephone: (617) 624-6060 Secondary Telephone: (617) 624-5992 Fax: (617) 624-6062 Web Site: https://www.mass.gov/orgs/office-of-oral-health Available from the website.

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Keywords: Adolescents with special health care needs, Children with special health care needs, Consumer education materials, Oral health, Oral hygiene, Assistive devices

Annotation: This book is geared toward helping students, instructors, and professionals in rehabilitation programs define, plan, facilitate, and support transition for young people with disabilities into adulthood and independent living. The book is divided into three major sections: (1) defining and planning transition, (2) facilitating and supporting transition, and (3) designing and implementing individualized transition plans. Topics also include secondary school restructuring, college and other postsecondary alternatives, assistive technology to enhance transition and work, and recent legislative acts in the field. Each chapter contains a list of learning objectives, a conclusion, and study questions. Figures and tables throughout the book provide statistical data, sample forms and checklists, and additional information to illustrate needs and capabilities. Appendices are provided with selected chapters. References and an index conclude the book

Contact: Brookes Publishing, P.O. Box 10624, Baltimore, MD 21285-0624, Telephone: (800) 638-3775 Secondary Telephone: (410) 337-9580 Fax: (410) 337-8539 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.brookespublishing.com Available in libraries. Document Number: ISBN 1-55766-476-5.

Keywords: Adolescents with developmental disabilities, Assessment, Assistive devices, Brain injuries, Careers, Children with special health care needs, Cognition disorders, College bound students, College students, Emotional instability, Families, High school students, Parent participation, Postsecondary education, School to work transitions, Transition planning, Transition to independent living, Vocational education

Annotation: This annotated bibliography, developed by the Childbearing and Parenting Program for Women with Disabilities or Chronic Illnesses, provides a list of what the organization considers to be the most recent and comprehensive resources on childbearing with a disability. It includes resources related to specific disabilities or chronic illnesses as well as general topics such as accessibility, assistive devices, attitudes, care plans, childbirth education, family planning, feminism, parenting, physical and sexual abuse, psychosocial issues, scales, sexuality, stress and anxiety, and theoretical perspectives.

Contact: University of British Columbia, School of Nursing, T206-2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6T 2B5, Telephone: (604) 822-7420 Fax: (604) 822-7466 Web Site: http://www.nursing.ubc.ca/ Price unknown.

Keywords: Assistive devices, Childbirth, Childbirth education, Chronic illnesses and disabilities, Labor, Parenting, Physical abuse, Physical disabilities, Pregnancy, Pregnant women, Reproduction, Sensory impairments, Sexual abuse, Sexuality, Special health care needs, Women

Annotation: This federal legislation addresses funding to help states develop programs of technology-related assistance for individuals with disabilities and ways the federal government can identify policies to facilitate state programs and enhance its capacity to provide assistance to states on this topic.

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Keywords: Assistive devices, Disabilities, Federal legislation, Special health care needs

Annotation: This monograph describes the current approach to nonoral communication at the University Hospital School in Iowa City, a diagnostic/short-term rehabilitation facility, with emphasis on the methods they find most useful in developing functional interaction with nonspeaking individuals. Specific topics include preliminary nonoral communication criteria, neuromotor impairment affecting speech, positioning and communication, evaluation and selection of systems, developing interaction abilities, integrating communication systems into the classroom, and single subject designs. Case studies are also presented. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Assistive devices, Cerebral palsy, Child health, Communication disorders, Disabilities, Motor skills, Special health care needs

Keywords: Activities of daily living, Assistive devices, Independent living, Physical disabilities, Rehabilitation