Contends that a New York "voucher plan," intended to serve more children in need of special services, is being abused. (Author)

Describes how a special needs team helps borderline children--those who have exhibited a weakness in certain areas but whose weakness is not serious enough to qualify them as children with special needs. (Author/JF)

A model of functional levels in diagnosis and intervention designed to return handicapped children to the mainstream. (Author)

The Special Teaching Unit of the Bank Street College of Education in New York City initiated a graduate program that emphasizes interaction between teacher-trainee and pupil. (JF)

The author contends that there is an urgent need for school psychologists to do their part to help assess the problems in special education, to isolate those practices and theories of psychology which have contributed to the problems, and to provide dynamic leadership to eliminate the pitfalls of special education. (Author)

The impetus and logic for maintenance or reintegration of marginally inadequate students in regular class programs is discussed. (Author)

The author has surveyed the ways in which university school psychology programs accommodate their training to the handicapped students who apply, the kinds of differential experiences these students encounter, and the nature of professional positions they are able to secure. (Author)

The need for physicians in minority group communities demands that medical schools actively recruit and educate minority group students. (HS)

"Under ESEA Title I funding, the Department of Instructional Resources of the Milwaukee Public Schools has set up a support service to all ESEA-funded schools and special projects in the school system. This article briefly describes some of the materials produced by this service. (Author/LS)

Discusses legal basis of project IMPACT (program for improvement of attendance and curtailment of truancy) in terms of advantages and pitfalls; the District Committee in terms of its objectives, organization and functioning; and observations in retrospect of successes, failures and clues for future. Case study presented. (Author)

The application of the multiple talent model in special programs for the gifted is discussed in the context of a comprehensive program model as defined by J. Renzulli's triad model. (Author)

Among the findings were that the number of administrators receiving in-service training was relatively low, that programs emphasized identification in the areas of general intellectual ability and specific academic aptitude over other areas of giftedness, and that generally more districts identified children as gifted in the middle grades.…

Explains the important role administrators have in providing opportunities for blind and partially sighted students. (JM)

Discusses otitis media in Australian Aboriginal children. Topics include effects of conductive hearing loss on Aboriginal children and adults and needs for research and provision of services. (RJC)