The Minnesota Governor's Council on Developmental Disabilities
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Providing information, education, and training to build knowledge, develop skills, and change attitudes that will lead to increased independence, productivity, self determination, integration and inclusion (IPSII) for people with developmental disabilities and their families.

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Technical Assistance Documents Produced by Technical Assistance Systems, University of North Carolina (1974-1977)

Year Document File Name
1974 Advocacy: A Role for DD Councils by DD/TAS, University of North Carolina 74-ARC-UNC
1975 A Compilation of the Developmental Disabilities Legislation, 1975 Prepared by the DD/TAS 75-CDL-TAS
1975 Recommendations and Guidelines for a National Public Awareness Effort for DD, by DD/TAS, University of North Carolina, Spring 1975 75-RGA-UNC
1975 Regional Structures and DD Councils: A Contingency View by DD/TAS, Fall 1975 75-RSC-TAS
1975 Systems, Instruments and Programs: Strategies for Evaluation of Developmental Disability Services; Roy V. Bruninghaus, Ron Wiegerink/DDTAS 75-SIP-RB-RW
1976 Perspectives on Public Awareness, by DD/TAS, University of North Carolina, Spring 1976 76-PPA-TAS
1976 Training for DD Council Orientation by DD/TAS, University of North Carolina, Spring 1976. 76-TCO-TAS
1976 Rural Services by DD/TAS, University of North Carolina 76-RS-TAS
1977 Guidelines for the Evaluation of State DD Planning Councils, Council-Supported Projects and Other Projects Funded through P.L. 94-103, by DD/TAS, University of North Carolina 77-GEC-UNC
1977 More Perspectives on Public Awareness by DD/TAS, Summer 1977 77-PPA-TAS

Technical Assistance Documents Produced by EMC Institute (1978-1983)

1978 EMC Institute Dev. and Conceptual Framework of the Performance Standards for the Developmental Disabilities Program, March 17, 1978 78-DCF-EMC
1979 DD Program Issue Review: Gaps and Barriers in the DD Service Network 79-DDP-EMC
1979 DD Program Issue Review: Goals and Objectives of the Developmental Disabilities Program 79-ODP-EMC
1979 DD Program Data Review: Developmental Disabilities Service Utilization 79-DPD-EMC
1979 DD Program Issue Review: The Relationship of Developmental Disabilities Program Activities to Gaps and Barriers 79-DDR-EMC
1979 DD Program Data Review: A Compilation of Approaches to Developmental Disabilities Service Needs Assessment 79-DPC-EMC
1979 DD Program Issue Review: Characteristics of the Developmentally Disabled 79-DDC-EMC
1979 DD Program Issue Review: Defining the DD Population 79-PIP-EMC
1979 DD Program Issue Review: Coordination and Case Management in the DD Program  79-DCC-EMC
1983 Study of the Federal Definition of Developmental Disabilities: Final Report Volume I, Summary of Findings Prepared by Berkeley Planning Associates, Ed Preneta Conn. 83-SFD-EMC
1983 A Numerical and Functional Description of the Developmental Disabilities Population, Boggs and Henney 83-NFD-EMC

Technical Assistance Documents Produced by ICP (1980-1981)

1980 Profiles of DD Councils, by R. Lee Henney, March 1980 80-PDC-RLH
1980 The Impact of the Amendment of the Definition of DD on the DD Program in FY 1979 and FY 1980, by R. Lee Henney, December 15, 1980 80-IAD-RLH
1981 State Councils Administrative Agencies Fill Gaps in the Service System – A Report by R. Lee Henney and Carol Alldredge, March 1981 81-SCA-RLH
1981 Three Years of Special Projects and Grants of National Significance by R. Lee Henney, March 1981 81-SPG-RLH

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The GCDD is funded under the provisions of P.L. 106-402. The federal law also provides funding to the Minnesota Disability Law Center, the state Protection and Advocacy System, and to the Institute on Community Integration, the state University Center for Excellence. The Minnesota network of programs works to increase the IPSII of people with developmental disabilities and families into community life.

This project was supported, in part by grant number 2401MNSCDD, from the U.S. Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. 20201. Grantees undertaking projects with government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their findings and conclusions. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official ACL policy.

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