Northern Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled: Training School Records, circa 1950-1980


Summary Information
Title: Northern Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled: Training School Records
Inclusive Dates: circa 1950-1980

Creator:
  • Northern Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled
Call Number: Series 2204

Quantity: 2.4 c.f. (6 archives boxes)

Repository:
Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Records, circa 1950-1980 (bulk 1960s and 1970s), documenting the educational mission of the Northern Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled (NWCDD).

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ser02204
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Scope and Content Note

General information includes departmental organization charts; program statements, goals and objectives; and teacher handbooks. The curriculum guides are working outlines of concepts to be taught to individuals at different educable levels, and they are arranged by year and by title. Grant documentation generally consists of applications, advisory committee meeting minutes, and reports, and are filed by starting date. Reports and studies of training school programs are written either by NWCDD staff, the Department of Public Welfare, or graduate students using the institution for their study. These are arranged chronologically by year. Documentation of student social organizations and activities contains criteria for membership, events schedules, and correspondence of the Boy and Girl Scouts, musical groups, and other organizations.

Arrangement of the Materials

Alphabetical by record type and subject.

Administrative/Restriction Information
Processing Information

Processed by Virginia Fritsch, June 30, 1992.


Contents List
Series 2204
Box   1
Folder   1
Historical Development of Education and Training Programs, 1958
Box   1
Folder   2
General information, 1959-1979
Curriculum guides
Box   1
Folder   3
Physical Education Program for Mentally Retarded Women, undated
Box   1
Folder   4-5
Curriculum, 1956
Box   1
Folder   6-7
Curricular Provisions for the Mentally Retarded Students Enrolled in the Residential Training School, 1959
Box   1
Folder   8
A Curriculum for the Educable Mentally Retarded Adolescent, circa 1960
Box   1
Folder   9
Curricular Provisions for the Educable Young Adult: Community Living, 1961
Box   1
Folder   10
Curriculum Materials Guide, 1962
Box   1
Folder   11
Development of a Curriculum for Mentally Retarded by the Life Space Method, 1963
Box   1
Folder   12
Curriculum, circa 1960-1970
Box   2
Folder   1
Curriculum, circa 1960-1970 (continued)
Box   2
Folder   2
Sex Education or How to Make Friends and Influence People, 1969
Box   2
Folder   3
Suggested Curriculum Guide Based on an Adaptive Behavior Scale, 1970
Box   2
Folder   4-6
Adaptive Education: Communications, Self-Care, Motor Skills, 1973
Box   2
Folder   7
A Verbal Prompt Hierarchy for Self-Care Training, circa 1974
Box   2
Folder   8
Suggested Activities for the Severely and Profoundly Retarded Child, 1974
Box   2
Folder   9
Sign Communication for the Nonverbal Mentally Retarded, 1975
Box   2
Folder   10
Behavior Management Program Format and Guidelines, 1979
Box   2
Folder   11
A Vocational Screening Battery for Establishing Vocational Program Readiness Levels, 1980
Educational workshop materials
Box   2
Folder   12
Special Education of the mentally retarded, 1947-1948, 1956
Box   2
Folder   13
Educational Planning for Mentally Retarded Children, 1959
Box   2
Folder   14
Psychoeducational Approaches to Mental Retardation, 1968
Grant documentation
Box   3
Folder   1
Federal grants, 1966-1976
Box   3
Folder   2
Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA), Title IVa. Grant, 1971-1972
Box   3
Folder   3
LSCA Title I grants, 1974-1984
Box   3
Folder   4
Elementary and Secondary Education Acts (ESEA), Title grant, evaluation report, 1965-1966
Box   3
Folder   5
ESEA Title I, Family Camp Project, 1973
Box   3
Folder   6
ESEA Title I grants, 1971-1974
Box   3
Folder   7
ESEA Title II, special project grant, 1972-1974
Box   3
Folder   8
ESEA Title I grants, 1975-1976
Box   3
Folder   9
Comprehensive Employment Training Act (CETA) grant: Behavior Management Program, 1978
Reports and studies of Northern Colony programs
Box   3
Folder   10
Cerebral Palsy Survey, undated
Box   3
Folder   11
Recreation Needs at Northern Colony, 1950
Box   3
Folder   12
Developing the Institutional Vocational Training Program, circa 1955
Box   3
Folder   13
Study of the Effectiveness of Educational Sound Film as a Teaching Aid with Mentally Retarded, 1956
Box   3
Folder   14
Survey of Trainable Patients, 1958
Box   3
Folder   15
An Investigation of Speech Defects Among Educable Mentally Retarded Students Enrolled in a Residential School, 1961
Box   3
Folder   16
Attitudes and Achievement Levels of Mentally Retarded Adolescent Girls Concerning Matters of Sex, 1962
Box   3
Folder   17
An Investigation of Selected Questions Pertaining to the Evaluation of School Programs, 1964
Box   4
Folder   1
Relationship of Home Economics to the Education of the Educable Mentally Retarded Child in Wisconsin, 1966
Box   4
Folder   2
An Investigation of the Use of Group Discussion with Young Adult Female Emotionally Disturbed Mentally Retarded Individuals in a Residential Setting, 1967
Box   4
Folder   3
Perceptual Motor Intervention in an Institutional Primary Educable Mentally Retarded Class, 1968
Box   4
Folder   4
Vocational Placement of Mongoloids at Northern Wisconsin Colony, 1968
Box   4
Folder   5
Factors Influencing Job Realism of Adult Male Institutional Retardates, 1969
Box   4
Folder   6
Behavioral Changes in Eating Skills in Severely and Profoundly Mentally Retarded Groups, 1970
Box   4
Folder   7
The Foster Grandparent Program at Northern Wisconsin Colony, 1970
Box   4
Folder   8
Importance which Employees Assign to Resident Oriented Activities of Aids, 1970
Box   4
Folder   9
Youth Service Corps, 1971-1972
Box   4
Folder   10
Report on Programs of the Education Section, circa 1971
Box   4
Folder   11
Description of a Community-Oriented Experiences Program in an Institutional Setting, 1971
Box   4
Folder   12
Development and Evaluation of a Social Development and Sex Education Pilot Program for Educable Mentally Retarded Girls, 1971
Box   4
Folder   13
Study of Directive and Non-directive Counseling with the Mentally Retarded, 1972
Box   4
Folder   14
Unit Management Concept Study, 1981
Box   5
Folder   1-3
The Colony School News, 1958-1965
Box   5
Folder   4
Education/Training newsletters and monthly reports, 1965-1980
Student social organizations and activities
Box   5
Folder   5
Blind camp, 1964
Box   5
Folder   6-8
Boy Scouts, 1928-1984
Box   5
Folder   9-11
Drum and Bugle Corps, 1956-1965
Box   6
Folder   1-3
Drum and Bugle Corps, 1966-1978
Box   6
Folder   4
Field trips, 1966-1967
Box   6
Folder   5
Girl Scouts, 1961-1975
Box   6
Folder   6
Kamp Kenwood, 1956-1967
Box   6
Folder   7
Kazoo Rhythm Band, 1967-1969
Box   6
Folder   8
School programs, 1936-1974
Box   6
Folder   9
Special Olympics, circa 1979
Box   6
Folder   10
Torrance, California, education director, professional articles, circa 1960-1980