The first paper considers the rationale and presents some criteria for assessing the speech perception of children with disorders at the phonological level of language. In Part II, methods to assess speech perception are grouped into two types, including speech production-perception tasks and oddity tasks. (Author/CL)

The authors review research on attempts to promote speech acquisition in severely handicapped students. Studies on verbal imitation, syntactic forms, and semantics are summarized. Implications for instruction are noted, including careful selection of responses likely to occur in the child's normal environment and which have intrinsic reinforcing…

Guidelines are set forth regarding the conduct of research involving staff members as subjects or dealing with the Montgomery County (PA) Intermediate Unit as a whole. The term research is seen to include all types of data gathering that occurs within the unit, including multiple Intermediate Unit research, gathering data on the Intermediate Unit…

The effectiveness of using the school principal for behavior contracting with problem students was studied with nine students (sixth through eighth grade). Implementation of administrator-student behavioral contracting successfully decreased the number of teacher referrals to the principal's office. Suggestions for implementing…

The model involves the following five steps: (1) brainstorm the problems; (2) evaluate the brainstorm list and select the most important one; (3) brainstorm solutions to the problem; (4) create a synthesis of 3; and (5) develop a plan to implement 4. (PHR)

A diagnostic test of metric measurement skills was administered to 283 summer Vestibule Program students in 1978 at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf. Results of the testing showed that most of the deaf students lacked an understanding of the information needed for metric living. (Author)

The document reports the methodology, processes, findings, and conclusions of a study relating individual capabilities of handicapped persons to job requirements. The three major objectives of the study are analyzed: development of procedures to identify patterns of human attributes required for job performance; identification of the potential…

The author discusses the selection and use of control groups, particularly in studies evaluating gifted programs. Factors affecting evaluation design decisions are outlined, the control and abuse of control groups is discussed, and some useful data collection design procedures are reviewed. Also considered is the analysis of data from contrast…

This article considers the connection between academic research in the area of sensory disabilities and the political process of change. In particular, the focus of the article concerns the "thinking" of people who "do" research and those who "do" legislation. A list of suggestions for enhancing political change is included. (Contains six…

The project (1) reviewed the standards of the National Study of School Evaluation for residential schools for the visually handicapped, (2) identified additions appropriate to day programs for the visually handicapped, and (3) developed a guide to help school districts evaluate the effectiveness of their programs for the visually handicapped in…

This article discusses assumptions that have guided research on children with disabilities, which are to: draw on findings from other areas of research, use rigorous experimental methods, rely on systematic replications, be alert to serendipitous findings, and attend to trends and shifts in perspectives, but follow the data when drawing…

Research on the use of peer modeling (filmed and live) and peer social initiations with withdrawn exceptional children is considered. Advantages of the social initiation approach include application with children with a limited behavioral repertoire, no requirement for adult intervention, and the opportunity to use handicapped peers as trainers.…

This article discusses a workshop that explored research barriers in early intervention for children with autism in the United Kingdom. Following a summary of presentations, recommendations are made for the research agenda, basic research design, data collection, data analysis, interpretation of tests, improving statistical power, and a research…

Forty-three author contributed papers provide an overview of education for gifted and talented students. The following aspects are addressed (sample subtopics in parentheses): the identification continuum (teacher identification, behavior rating scales, implications for equality of educational opportunity); characteristics of the gifted…

One of a series of booklets on disability research, this paper is intended as an introduction to the role of evaluation in the utilization process. Its purpose is to help disability researchers grasp the importance of incorporating a focus on assessing use into plans for disseminating research outcomes. The paper begins by examining basic…