The report summarizes the findings and conclusions from the second and final year of an evaluation of Head Start's efforts to serve handicapped children. It is explained that baseline and posttest data were collected on 391 handicapped Head Start students, 321 handicapped children in non-Head Start preschool programs, and 121 unserved handicapped…

Reported were 11 project evaluations for fiscal year 1971 for 17 Florida county projects concerning educational program effectiveness for handicapped children, as authorized by P.L. 91-230, Education of the Handicapped Act, and funded by the federal government. Eight priority problem areas established were the needs for instructional resource and…

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…

The document contains 10 appendixes to the evaluation of 32 projects in the Handicapped Children's Early Education Program (HCEEP). Included are samples of six project-based measurement instruments (including a parent survey form and a student followup assessment), an instruction package for psychologists to use in determining handicapping…

The document is section four of a six part report on the assessment and treatment of deviant behavior in children. The effects of three experimental strategy were investigated to facilitate generalization of treatment effects following 2 months in a token economy classroom. Forty four subjects were assigned to one of three experimental strategies,…

Described is the role of the Center for Innovation in Teaching the Handicapped (CITH) in Project PRIME (Programmed Reentry into Mainstream Education), which attempted to assess the efficacy of mainstreaming for 1,035 emotionally disturbed, educable mentally retarded, and language/learning disabled Texas pupils in grades 3-5. The behavior…

Presented are procedures and selected results from an evaluation and audit of the Special Day Program for elementary level educationally handicapped students in a California school district. It is explained that the purpose of the three special day classes was to provide an intensive remedial program for students with severe learning disabilities.…

Described is the evaluation of 32 model projects involving 160 children (birth to 8-years-old) in the federally funded Handicapped Children's Early Education Program (HCEEP). The steps involved in developing six data collection instruments, (including a child-based measure of achievement, four measures of project effectiveness, and an instrument…

A 2-year study of the Extreme Learning Problem (ELP) Programs in six school districts in Oregon was conducted to determine if ELP programs were changing students' reading behaviors, to measure the extent of any change, and to determine what factors contributed to changing the reading behavior of children served. The following were among the major…

During the 1973-74 school year, 230 trainable mentally retarded (TMR) children (ages 7 to 14 years) were exposed to one of two language training conditions: Distar or Peabody. A population of 116 continuees from the first year of the project and 114 new entries were assigned in as random a fashion as possible to either Distar or Peabody. Ss were…

The report assesses activities and programs of the Calgary Learning Centre, a research-demonstration approach serving learning disabled students in Calgary, Canada. Four major areas of concern are addressed: (1) diagnostic and assessment tests and/or other techniques, (2) remedial learning programs, (3) other associated programs including parent…

The study investigated the outcomes of two intervention programs for 60 male juvenile offenders (aged 13-17 years). Group I (30 Ss) were placed at a correctional camp facility modeled after the Outward Bound program, which incorporates a particular treatment concept designed to increase self esteem. Group II participants (30 Ss) were placed on…

Discussed in connection with Project PRIME (Programmed Reentry into Mainstream Education) is the need for educational research to assess the comparative efficacy of three instructional settings (regular resource, and self-contained special education classes) for providing services to handicapped children. It is explained that data on the classroom…