The natural environment and human development: implications for handicapped children in urban settings

Dennis A. Vinton; Donald E. Hawkins

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The natural environment and human development: implications for handicapped children in urban settings

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Dennis A. Vinton, Donald E. Hawkins

Year:

1977

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Children, Nature, and the Urban Environment: Proceedings of a Symposium-Fair; Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-30. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 199-204

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Abstract

This review of literature is intended to promote awareness of the needs of the 15 percent of the nation's children and youth who are afflicted with some form of handicap. It is imperative that those who design children's programs that utilize natural environments understand the special problems of handicapped children.

Parent Publication

Children, nature, and the urban environment: proceedings of a symposium-fair

Citation

Vinton, Dennis A.; Hawkins, Donald E. 1977. The natural environment and human development: implications for handicapped children in urban settings. In: Children, Nature, and the Urban Environment: Proceedings of a Symposium-Fair; Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-30. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 199-204