Two-hundred and sixty-five individual education plans (IEPs) from 13 California school districts representing programs operating under traditional special education funding were evaluated to determine their comprehensiveness, specificity, clarity, and extent to which a "least restrictive environment" was provided. Through interviews with…

Reviewed were 223 personnel preparation programs in the area of emotional disturbance, funded by Bureau of Education for the Handicapped grants during the fiscal year 1976-1977. (Author/IM)

The annotated bibliography on Programming for the Gifted--General/Arts and Humanities/Math and Science contains approximately 125 abstracts and associated indexing information for documents or journal articles published from 1965 to 1975 and selected from the computer files of the Council for Exceptional Children's Information Services and the…

The paper presents results of a survey regarding the role of the teacher of emotionally disturbed (ED) children in reintegration of students into the regular classroom. The following concerns which were identified in the study are addressed: (1) objective means of determining readiness for reintegration; (2) clearly defined procedures; (3)…

The result of a research conference, the document contains a collection of short studies and implementation experiences of leaders in the field of multiple talent teaching. Contributors represent 12 states: Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Texas, Utah, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Each presentation generally…

Through review of the research the paper contends that the policy in Israel with respect to special education for educable mentally handicapped students has been based on the prevailing cultural "zeitgeist" rather than on research and evaluation of current and past programs; that the modest amount of research that has been done in Israel…

An analysis of variables effecting the success of mainstreaming programs in 27 school districts in Vermont--five of which were unsuccessful in that consulting teacher services were not maintained for more than two years, and 22 of which were successful in that consulting teacher services were maintained for more than two years--was undertaken.…

Presented is the final report of a project to increase academic performance and social interaction in 52 retarded or normal children (3-18 years old) through training teachers in the use of three social skills: exchange, competition, and cooperation. The following project objectives are discussed: operational identification of the three social…

The research project addressed itself to the problem of mastering the meaning of multiple-meaning words by 17 prelingually hearing impaired children (8-14 years old). It was hypothesized that it should be possible to develop programed instruction using visuals and vocabulary appropriate for a given designated group which could be individually…

Provided are directories of federal, state and national resources, seven papers on the state of the art, and information on such other resources as films and state level parent organizations. The state of the art is examined in the following papers: "The Federal Role in the Education of the Gifted and Talented" (staff of the Office of Gifted and…

The practicum was designed to develop, implement, monitor, and evaluate a management system for developing and monitoring individual education plans (IEPs) for handicapped children as mandated by P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. The products included an expectancy formula for educable mentally retarded (EMR) and…