TRIC/PLUK Library

Moving on without parents

TITLE: Moving on without parents

AUTHOR: Bigby, Christine

PUBLISHER: Paul H Brookes Publishing Co.

FORMAT: BOOK

This book, based on case studies of adults with disabilities, gives service providers the facts they need to help families prepare for the future and ensure that individuals with disabilities receive the best transitional supports.

CODE: TRA172

These materials are available to any Montana resident from the TRIC/PLUK Library in Billings. Phone 800-222-7585 or plukinfo@pluk.org .

Making choices as we age

TITLE: Making choices as we age

AUTHOR: Heller, Tamar, Ph.D.

PUBLISHER: Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Aging with Developmental Disabilities

FORMAT: Curriculum

This is a curriculum for training persons with disabilities and their co-trainers how to teach other adults with mental retardation about choice making, rights and responsibilities, how to make healthy choices, and things to do in their free time. The Trainer’s Guide uses a “train-the-trainer approach so the persons with disabilities who are trainers and their co-trainers can learn how to teach effectively and how to administer each module. The Coordinator’s Guide provides guidelines for administering the training program and for building support for peer trainers and the other participants who they in turn train.

CODE: AGE86

These materials are available to any Montana resident from the TRIC/PLUK Library in Billings. Phone 800-222-7585 or plukinfo@pluk.org .

Prescriptions for independence

TITLE: Prescriptions for independence

AUTHOR: Griffin-Shirley, Nora

PUBLISHER: American Foundation for the Blind

FORMAT: BOOK

This is a guide for service providers helping older clients with visual impairments to maintain their independence.

CODE: VIS222

These materials are available to any Montana resident from the TRIC/PLUK Library in Billings. Phone 800-222-7585 or plukinfo@pluk.org .

Community supports for aging adults with lifelong disabilities

TITLE: Community supports for aging adults with lifelong disabilities

AUTHOR: Janicki, Matthew P., editor

PUBLISHER: Paul Brookes Publishing Co.

FORMAT: BOOK

This book show service providers, researchers, educators, advocates, and caregivers of older adults with DD how to help adults tackle the everyday challenges of aging addressing health concerns, living with families, maintaining a household, and participating in community life.

CODE: AGE82

These materials are available to any Montana resident from the TRIC/PLUK Library in Billings. Phone 800-222-7585 or plukinfo@pluk.org .

Aging, rights, and quality of life

TITLE: Aging, rights, and quality of life

AUTHOR: Herr, Stanley S., Editor

PUBLISHER: Paul Brookes

FORMAT: BOOK

Leading authorities in the fields of aging and developmental disabilities analyze critical issue in the lives of older adults with developmental disabilities.

CODE: AGE81

These materials are available to any Montana resident from the TRIC/PLUK Library in Billings. Phone 800-222-7585 or plukinfo@pluk.org .

Challenge to independence

TITLE: Challenge to independence

AUTHOR: Boone, Steven E.

PUBLISHER: Rehabilitation Research & Training Center for Persons who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing

FORMAT: BOOK

This monograph brings together a wide range of information about age-related hearing and vision loss acquired in late life.

CODE: AGE78

These materials are available to any Montana resident from the TRIC/PLUK Library in Billings. Phone 800-222-7585 or plukinfo@pluk.org .

Help for caring for older people caring for an adult with a developmental disability

TITLE: Help for caring for older people caring for an adult with a developmental disability

AUTHOR: Janicki, Matthew P., Ph.D.

PUBLISHER: New York State DDPC

FORMAT: BOOK

This manual focuses on how agencies in the aging network that already help older persons can also implement an initiative to help caregivers of adults with a developmental disability. It looks at the differences between the DD system and the aging network, provides tips on implementing a program on aiding older caregivers, and some of the situations that may be encountered. It has suggestions for aiding two-generation elderly families and families from a variety of cultural backgrounds.

CODE: AGE77

These materials are available to any Montana resident from the TRIC/PLUK Library in Billings. Phone 800-222-7585 or plukinfo@pluk.org .

third annual senior reunion

TITLE: third annual senior reunion

AUTHOR: rural institute on disabilities

PUBLISHER: University of Montana

FORMAT: VIDEO

CODE: V-AGE25

These materials are available to any Montana resident from the TRIC/PLUK Library in Billings. Phone 800-222-7585 or plukinfo@pluk.org .

MONTANA AGE ABILITIES CONFERENCES ‘96

TITLE: MONTANA AGE ABILITIES CONFERENCES ‘96

AUTHOR: Aging d d project

PUBLISHER: University of Montana

FORMAT: VIDEO

CODE: V-AGE24

These materials are available to any Montana resident from the TRIC/PLUK Library in Billings. Phone 800-222-7585 or plukinfo@pluk.org .

VOLUNTEERISM: CONTRIBUTIONS OF, OPPORTNITIES FOR, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

TITLE: VOLUNTEERISM: CONTRIBUTIONS OF, OPPORTNITIES FOR, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

FORMAT: VIDEO

CODE: V-AGE22

These materials are available to any Montana resident from the TRIC/PLUK Library in Billings. Phone 800-222-7585 or plukinfo@pluk.org .