The ten articles in this journal issue are intended to help English teachers deal with the problems posed by mainstreaming handicapped children into their classrooms. The first and second articles suggest ways of meeting the special needs of mainstreamed students and the third discusses the use of a videotaping activity as a reward for learning…

Five articles examine outdoor experiential learning for the handicapped. Articles have the following titles and authors: "The Minnesota Outward Bound School and the Physically Disabled" (S. Kaplan); "Breaking the Cycle of Failure through Experiential Education" (R. Burton, B. Blakey); "Hiking with Troubled Kids" (K.…

The document consists of six issues of the "PRISE (Pennsylvania Resources and Information Center for Special Education) Reporter" which cover issues and happenings in the education of the mentally retarded, learning disabled, emotionally disturbed, physically handicapped, visually handicapped, and speech/hearing impaired. Lead articles include the…

Presented are six issues of the PRISE Reporter, a monthly newsletter providing information on special education in Pennsylvania. Key articles include the following titles and authors: "Human Sexuality and Mental Retardation" by B. Menhusen; "A Training Program for Teachers of Children with Behavior Disorders: An Interdisability…

This set of information sheets is intended to improve practice in special education through technology, media, and materials. The first information profile introduces NCIP (the National Center to Improve Practice), gives an example of how one special education administrator uses NCIP resources, and offers suggestions for facilitating NCIP…

The first of six issues of the GED Items Newsletter publishied in 1988 contains articles on General Educational Development (GED) mathematics instruction, suggestions for teaching writing, and public relations and marketing. Issue 2 has articles on GED science instruction, GED for Marines, holistic scoring, and a review of the new GED tests.…

This volume of 12 lessons--each one written by either a medical or mental health professional--provides expert information on a variety of medical and psychological issues in rehabilitative counseling. The lessons, each of which concludes with a few multiple-choice questions, are as follows: (1) "Behavioral Techniques for Treatment of…

This paper discusses the challenges of identifying gifted students from underrepresented or special populations. Reasons for underrepresentation of students from special populations are reviewed and include biases in standardized testing, underreferral of students from diverse cultural and ethnic groups to gifted programs by teachers, and the…

This document consists of 4 years worth of issues (16 issues) of the quarterly "Bulletin of the Association on Handicapped Student Service Programs in Post-Secondary Education" (otherwise known as the "AHSSPPE Bulletin"), extending from 1983 through 1986. Some feature articles during this process have the following titles and…

This collection of papers focuses on working with adults who have special needs. In her paper entitled "Literacy and the Visually Handicapped," Janice E. Mason examines ways in which strategies for meeting the needs of visually handicapped persons can be integrated into literacy programs. "Singer and Listener: Basic Education Work…