Among major results were that nonhandicapped preschoolers tend to select nonhandicapped friends of their same sex and age, and the same nonhandicapped preschoolers tend to select handicapped children who are older than themselves, who are more advanced cognitively than other handicapped children, and who are of the same sex. (Author/CL)

The types of planning and school and classroom organization necessary to mainstream visually impaired students are examined, general teaching suggestions are offered, and modifications to the traditional classroom are suggested. (CL)

In a study involving 15 regular-education teachers and 15 special-education primary teachers, judgment ratings by regular-education teachers depended both on the characteristics of the target child and the integration ratio in the free-play activity. Special-education teachers' judgments also were influenced by child characteristics but not the…

The article describes one instructor's delivery of a graduate level course on exceptional learners in regular classrooms as well as the positive effects enjoyed by participating school personnel, many of whom entered this inservice training with negative attitudes. (Author/CL)

The roles and responsibilities of special educators and pupil personnel staff in mainstreaming handicapped students are considered. Communication with regular educators, building administrators, and ancillary personnel is stressed as special educators are advised to mainstream themselves. (CL)

Results of a study involving 49 special education secondary students revealed that the Goal-Oriented Approach to Learning (enlisting the student's help in developing an appropriate classroom program) was superior to traditional procedures in terms of student attainment of instructional goals and teacher utilization of a greater range of…

The article describes services for mildly handicapped/mainstreamed students of the Extraordinary HOMEwork Line (a homework hotline), face-to-face tutoring, and family tutoring workshops. (CL)

Advocacy and professional organizations in Alabama collaborated to bring about the formal preparation of regular educators in the identification and instruction of exceptional children. (CL)

An interview with L. Lieberman, a teacher educator and author, touches on such topics as departmentalization at the secondary and elementary level, the use of triple level tests to allow students to stay in mainstreamed settings, and the importance of emphasizing skill development rather than subject matter instruction in secondary resource rooms.…

During a six-year in-service training program demographic and correlational data were obtained on 162 hearing-impaired children in public schools. A discussion of these data and specific case histories of three children are used to describe a set of appropriate service delivery options which may be used by direct service personnel. (Author)

A system is described whereby a stenotypist records the classroom instructor's and students' speech which a computer then translates to words on the screen for hearing impaired postsecondary students. Initial results include a high degree of verbatim accuracy, support for real-time operation, and several technical problems including lack of…

Aims to (1) identify and define problems faced by preschool day care personnel as they attempted to mainstream one totally blind child into their program and (2) rank problems according to the degree of concern involved adults felt about the problems. (RH)

Developmental teachers, key members of the special education school team, provide assessment and consultation services and help in mainstreaming. Inservice training via the andragogical (discovery) method is a critical part of the program. (CL)

Analysis of progress reports on school inservice regarding mainstreaming revealed most frequently selected priority objectives (including knowledge of classroom strategies, understanding of handicapping conditions, skills for adapting methods); a variety of types of inservice activities; and more frequent use of learning activities which directly…

Educators (N=105, predominantly regular classroom teachers) appeared to perceive students' behavior problems as more serious when displayed by nonhandicapped or physically handicapped students than when displayed by mentally handicapped students. Ss recommended more behavioral treatments having an authoritarian orientation for nonhandicapped than…