This bibliography was compiled to enable physical educators to gain greater insight into the mainstreaming process. Each citation specifically pertains to mainstreaming and has been verified by thorough examination. (MT)

Public School 279 in Brooklyn, New York, is a school which has made mainstreaming work. The school has 96 special education students plus 40 who see resource teachers. How mainstreaming has been implemented is discussed. (MT)

An English infant school teacher recounts her experience when two boys with spina bifida were added to her classroom. She discusses the benefits of the experience to the boys and their classmates, noting that her major problem was obtaining adequate support and information. (SJL)

In helping to mainstream physically or health impaired children, the teacher consultant assesses a student's educational needs through testing, consultation with the school and doctor, parent interviews, and discussions with related services personnel. Implementing the instructional program includes being involved in the individualized education…

Development of a learning center designed to aid classroom teachers in meeting the needs of physically disabled children returning to the regular classroom is described. (LH)

Lists suggestions for teachers to prepare them for teaching clerical skills to handicapped students. Specifically discusses teaching typewriting to students with missing fingers or arms and business skills to hearing and visually impaired students. Lists sources of additional information. (JOW)

The interview with a Toronto primary grade teacher considers her reactions to the integration of two wheelchair bound children integrated into her class. Considered are discussions to prepare the class prior to the placement, activities to fully integrate the children, and management of one child's frequent seizures. (DB)

An annotated bibliography of books about the handicapped which may be useful in preparing children to accept the handicapped in mainstreamed classrooms. (MKM)

Methods for integrating disabled and nondisabled students in an aquatics program are outlined. (JMF)

A program to prepare elementary grade students for mainstreaming of handicapped students is described. An outline of objectives, student activities, and required media and materials to improve understand of hearing impairment, visual impairment, physical handicap, and learning disability are provided. (DB)

Ways in which teachers can assist the adjustment of mainstreamed physically handicapped students are described. (CL)

The authors highlight an inservice approach to mainstreaming elementary and secondary level handicapped students in physical education. Outlined are strategies for individual intervention, for group intervention, for auditory impairments, for visual impairments, for learning disabilities, and for orthopedic impairments. (SBH)

Intended for teachers in office education programs and those working with coordinated vocational-academic education programs, this material provides information for adapting the regular classroom, equipment, and curriculum to meet the particular needs of students with special needs. An introduction briefly describes the three major laws…

The AID (Accepting Individual Differences) curriculum guide, the third in a series of five manuals that attempt to foster acceptance and respect for differences as exemplified by disabilities, presents activities on motor impairments for insructors' personal learning and lesson plans for teaching students in primary grades. Presented for…

Five universities offering credential programs for teachers of individuals with physical disabilities jointly investigated demographics, and teacher competency and training options. Surveys completed by 220 administrators and 143 teachers indicated a body of expertise exists available to special education teachers, and special and general…