Using disciplinary exclusions, such as office referrals, suspensions, and expulsions, has been the subject of significant concern related to student and family civil rights, school policy, and negative impact on short- and long-term outcomes for students. Embedded in this phenomenon is the documentation of significant and persistent…

Having been away from his native Ghana for nearly thirty years, author Charles Hutchinson spent some time visiting several schools there on a home visit. He was especially interested in learning how Special Education as an area of discipline and practice was progressing there. He writes here that he was pleased to see that Ghana was making some…

The author argues that referral of alcohol-abusing college students to off-campus treatment services, although necessary for some, is not optimal for many. He advocates the implementation of comprehensive on-campus services for students committed to recovery in order to optimize their treatment while allowing them to remain in school and work…

This description of counseling and psychotherapy services at Amherst College begins with our heritage from the "mental hygiene" movement of the nineteenth century, the founding of the first university mental health services and the later development of a counseling center tradition. By tracing the evolution at Amherst, from a brief…

Contends that main contribution of Worthington's article "Religious Faith across the Life Span" (1989) is to heighten awareness of importance of religious and spiritual beliefs in clients' presenting problems. Claims that Worthington's literature review is flawed by omissions and his article exhibited bias for Western, institutionalized…

The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) recognizes the impact that Response to Intervention (RTI) can have on the education of all children, roles of special educators, as well as on the special education system. Special educators play an integral role and have a strong and clear identity in the RTI process. As such, this brief presents CEC's…

Reviews 12-step programs, focusing on Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), the oldest and largest 12-step group. Explores criticisms of AA, describes its components and mechanics, and provides guidelines for client referral. Includes 28 citations. (Author/CRR)

An ophthalmologist reviews the clinical features of dyslexia, gives guidelines for recognition and referral, discusses controversies regarding the management of learning disorders, and stresses the need for a multidisciplinary approach. Also included are the ophthalmologist's answers to practitioner questions. (Author/DB)

The paper provides guidelines on inservice educational needs of regular education teachers in the area of identifying and referring handicapped children. Educators need to look at solutions for the hard-to-teach child other than referral to special education, such as using specialists to assist regular teachers, clarifying the roles of regular and…

The article encourages using alternative instructional strategies with minority students prior to special education referral, and describes five direct instruction practices including the DISTAR model, the model developed by the Exemplary Center for Reading Instruction, precision teaching, class-wide peer tutoring, and the Adaptive Learning…

In an effort to assist early childhood professionals to better understand special education practices and procedures in New York State that might affect classroom environment, this paper presents an account of one teacher's search for help with a special needs preschooler. Following a year in which only one-on-one instruction with the boy yielded…

Selection for entry into higher education is examined through the following issues: demand, supply, and selection; bases of selection; political and industrial issues; aspects of transfer; statistical or measurement problems and reference tests; subquotas; technical and administrative issues and problems; and dangers in the political context. (CT)

There is need for coordination of I&R services into a national network to improve effectiveness and economy, and the Library of Congress should be the coordinating agency for federal resources being spent for I&R. This would assume greater continuity of support and responsiveness to the citizen. (Author/MBR)

To improve the psychoeducational assessment of handicapped students, assessment process and procedure should be carefully matched to the decisions to be made. Clarification of those decisions can best be achieved through referral assessment and pre-referral interventions. (Author/DB)

Relates information and referral (I&R) services to the specific needs of the older adult. Subjects considered include special problems of older adults, stereotyping, ways of dealing with older adults in the context of I&R, problem callers, relationships with other agencies, and situations when I&R cannot help. (Author/JD)