Special schools, established to prevent problem youth from leading unproductive and useless lives, are discussed. (CK)

Identified are seven educational options and related services for determining individualized education programs of aurally handicapped students. (CL)

The publication is a compilation of descriptions of programs for gifted and talented students in North Carolina which have been evaluated by the State Division for Exceptional Children as outstanding and/or possessing worthwhile components on the instructional level. Programs, grouped into primary-elementary, junior high-middle school, and…

The author refutes six allegations concerning both methods of identifying the retarded and programs for educating them. (Author/CB)

Results of an evaluation on the program effectiveness of the administration of Project 750 are provided. Project 750 is described to involve the removing of Massachusetts children suffering moderate to severe emotional disturbance from regular classrooms and placing them in special classes designed to maximize the children's educational potential…

Evaluated were opinions of 10 teachers and 10 nonteachers on educational placement of children with such handicaps as orthopedic, visual, and speech problems. Analysis of questionnaires yielded the following information: the major differences centered on placement for the emotionally disturbed, hearing impaired, orthopedically handicapped, and…

The study to determine ways in which the educational programs for the deaf and hard of hearing in California's public schools might be strengthened and improved was undertaken by the State Department of Education, assisted by statewide committees of teachers and administrators involved in programs for the deaf. The final report, consisting of…

Presented in digest form are results of a followup study of 456 graduates who had been enrolled in Major Work classes for gifted students from 1938 through 1952 in the Cleveland public schools. Discussed are the study's background; results obtained from postcards sent twice a year to graduates; and the background physical, scholastic, occupationa,…

Senior citizens can perform as well as their younger counterparts when in a classroom. (MF)

The publication describes the special education programs and services for exceptional children in the Los Angeles City Schools. Content is organized under the three following major sections: physically exceptional pupils (discussing the deaf and hard of hearing, orthopedically handicapped and other health impaired, speech handicapped, and visually…

Provided for public school systems are educational guidelines for setting up special classes for emotionally disturbed elementary school students. Described is a preventive-developmental program, based on successful experiences in form school districts, which provides for a complete school team approach. Detailed are the steps involved in…

Examined was the relative effectiveness of four Ontario programs in integrating 195 hearing impaired elementary and secondary students into regular classrooms. Ss in settings classified as full integration, integration with itinerant help, partial integration, and partial segregation were given tests of hearing threshold, aural and oral…

The second part of an analysis of the educator's role in serving handicapped children focuses on the design and implementation of an educational program. (CL)