Outlined are special educational programs and supportive services provided for handicapped children in Michigan during the year 1970-1971. Included are goals for serving the estimated 12.5 0/0 of the school age population needing special services; a listing of incidence rates by handicapping condition; federal and state sources of funds; the…

Reported are results of a 1970 survey of 1,996 public elementary and secondary schools, representative of the nation's 81,000 local public schools, to determine the numbers of professional staff serving the following groups of handicapped pupils: speech impaired, learning disabled, mentally retarded, emotionally disturbed, hard of hearing, deaf,…

Presented in approximately 315 tables are statistics on the number of handicapped public school pupils in the U.S. (1970) for each of nine impairing conditions as well as numbers of schools and teachers providing special instruction. Noted is collection of data from a survey sample of 2,000 local public elementary and secondary schools…

This paper presents a summary of the current status of efforts to include students with mental retardation in mainstream educational programs. It begins with a summary of a New Jersey federal court's ruling requiring more inclusive education and a discussion of the commitment of the Arc (formerly The Association for Retarded Citizens of the United…