The two reports compiled here are intended as aids in evaluating and planning future educational efforts for handicapped students in New Jersey. The reports include a census of handicapped pupils, their programs, the service delivery personnel and special education due process cases for the 1980-81, 1981-82, and 1982-83 school years. Each report…

The document includes two questionnaire/survey instruments, one completed by 36 pupil appraisal personnel (e.g., psychologists, social workers, physical therapists, nurses) and the other completed by 38 child search coordinators as part of a study designed to evaluate the quality and efficiency of early education programs serving handicapped…

Changes in the population of children served as educable mentally retarded (EMR) in the public schools are examined. The term "new" refers to children currently classified as EMR, in contrast to children classified as EMR in the late 1960s, predating court actions challenging the criteria for EMR eligibility. "New" EMRs have an IQ of 50-75, while…

This set of papers deals with the integration and maintenance of disabled children in regular Australian classrooms and the mounting pressure on teachers to provide effective instruction for an increasingly broad range of ability groups. Part I is concerned with theoretical issues and research on the integration of children with special learning…