Reports to the President
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A Better Place: The Contribution of Americans with Mental Retardation to Our Nation's Workforce (1998)The 1998 Report to the President offers recommendations to the nation regarding employment for citizens with mental retardation. The Report is the culmination of the 1998 PCMR Employment Summit and summarizes the concerns of summit participants and the PCMR participants and the PCMR Committee regarding employment opportunities and barriers to employment for Americans with mental retardation. Authored by John Kregel, Ed.D., Dr. Kregel is a professor of Special Education at Virginia Commonwealth University and serves as the Director of Research and Associate Director of the VCU Rehabilitation Research and Training highlights leaders and leadership in the field of mental retardation. Part of the focus includes a look at mental retardation programs and research from the 1960's to present. This report discusses supporting young leaders and the Next Generation Leadership Symposium, where the recent recipients of the Elizabeth Monroe Boggs Award were presented. Community development and inclusion, the link between poverty and mental retardation, and education and early intervention are additional significant topics of the report. |
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Voices & Visions: Building Leadership for the 21st Century (1996)The 1996 annual Report to the President highights leaders and leadership
in the field of mental retardation. Part of the focus includes a look
at mental retardation programs and research from the 1960's to present.
This report discusses supporting young leaders and the Next Generation
Leadership Symposium, where the recent recipients of the Elizabeth
Monroe Boggs Award were presented. Community development and inclusion,
the link between poverty and mental retardation, and education and
early intervention are additional significant topics of the report. |
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Collaborating for Inclusion (1995)The President's Committee on Mental Retardation strongly supports the inclusion of individuals with mental retardation in all aspects of community life. To further the prospects of inclusion, in September 1995 the President's Committee sponsored the first in a series of National Collaborative Academies on Mental Retardation, designed to provide information regarding community inclusion to State Teams. |
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The National Reform Agenda and Citizens with Mental Retardation: A Journey of Renewal for All Americans (1994)The Annual Report and the Proceedings of the 1994 Presidential Forum, which served as the basis for the Report, were unique in many respects. Reflecting President Clinton's commitment to empowerment and inclusion of all Americans, this Report is historic through the active participation and leadership of many self advocates and parents whose dynamic contributions helped shape the tone of each of the PCMR recommendations. |
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The National Effort to Prevent Mental Retardation and Related Disabilities (1993) This report describes vital components in the national effort to
minimize the occurrence and ameliorate the effects of mental retardation
and related developmental disabilities, including: recent and current
research findings; the breadth of Federal involvement in the national
effort to prevent mental retardation; exemplary State and local prevention
planning and programs; and significant contributions of private and
public sector agencies, organizations, foundations and institutions. |
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