Language acquisition in mentally disabled in the United States. Robert T Fulton, Director of Research, Parsons Research Center, Parsons, Kansas, United States talks about concept development in the mentally disabled. A man looks as images appear on a screen. A mentally disabled child near a machine. A boy helps him. During the language acquisition program a woman shows cards to mentally disabled children and asks them about the cards. Pictures appear on a screen. A woman helps a child as he recognizes the pictures.
Research programs for mentally disabled in the United States. James E McLean, Director of Speech and Hearing Department, Parsons Research Center talks about more efficient research programs for the mentally disabled. Mentally disabled children at a table. Paraprofessionals stand nearby. The children play with games. A volunteer instructor refers to master scheduling board to see Debra's records. She takes out a file from a drawer. She works with Debra and documents the results. Cards with printed dots and tokens on the table. A boy prepares master scheduling board for the next day's work. Scores marked on Debra's chart.
Action Research programs for the mentally disabled. Programs to increase muscle coordination and motor control. A handicapped boy walks back and forth on a strip of wood kept between two rows of chairs. A woman standing nearby observes. Mentally disabled children in wheelchairs play with a ball around a table. A blue doormat on a floor. Mentally disabled children in their wheelchairs go around it. A man assembles a machine. Another man sitting nearby watches him. A mentally disabled boy drives a vehicle. A mentally disabled woman washes hair of another woman in a salon. Mr James R Lent, Research Assistant at Parsons Research Center, Kansas talks about a program to help the mentally disabled to appear normal. In front of a mirror an instructor arranges rollers in the hair of a girl. Mr Lent points at the blackboard behind him and explains about the program. A woman teaches a mentally disabled girl to iron. A sample book on a stand in front of the instructor. Mr Lent shows a sample book. Several mentally disabled children stand in a row near a wall. A researcher near them. Debra near a plunger machine. The needle of the machine records on a paper. Close view of machine.
Researchers work with mentally disabled children in the United States. Bruce Baker, Clinical Psychologist, Walter E Fernald State School, Waltham, Massachusetts talks about Project 67 in which his team used rewards to bring modifications in the behavior of the mentally disabled children. Several mentally disabled children play with puzzles. A mentally disabled child makes his bed. Some tokens in his hand. A researcher nearby. A researcher with Debra and another girl. A mentally disabled girl in a wheelchair. In a kitchen a girl lays table mats on the table. Mentally disabled people sit in a room with specially designed walls. A mentally disabled boy lifted and put into a special chair. Many mentally disabled people seated in a room. A girl works on a puzzle. An instructor arranges rollers in the hair of a girl in front of a mirror. Debra enters a room. Her instructor in the room. The instructor works with Debra. Cards with dots printed on them and tokens on the table. Debra with another researcher. A woman helps a mentally disabled boy to identify pictures which appear on a screen. A woman teaches a mentally disabled girl to iron. Debra arranges tokens on a sheet. Addition sums appear on a screen. A mentally disabled boy selects the correct answer from the four options given. Debra and other mentally disabled children in a class with a researcher. Debra in front of a computer screen which shows the digit 1. A man sits nearby.
Examples of early American lumber processing at Sutter's Mill saw mill replica in El Dorado County, California. Water powered saw mill in operation. A water powered vertical reciprocating saw cuts a plank of wood. Except for the saw, brackets, axle, and bearings, all parts of the saw mill are made of wood . Lumber is stacked in a wooden shed. Logs of wood loaded onto wooden carts.
A woman answers a phone call in an office. A man puts equipment in a van with an owl insignia on its door and a sign reads ' Mobile Mechanics' He drives the van along an Interstate Highway in California. Highway signs along the road point the way toward Interstate route 5 and Bakersfield via the Golden State Freeway. Scene of mechanic at the wheel of the repair truck on the Interstate. He arrives to assist the troubled car owner. Mechanic uses an engine system analyzer to diagnose the problem.