The Council for Exceptional Children conducted a telephone survey of 80 leaders in special education who identified important issues, activities, and projects in special education; described their own work; and named other key people in the field. (DB)

Reviewed is the practice of using children to teach other children; and described is an organized approach, Peer Assisted Learning, designed to assist the regular class placement of mildly handicapped students through peer involvement. Outlined are such steps as recruiting participants, delineating responsibilities, tutor training, implementation…

The operation of a delivery system for mainstreamed children is discussed in terms of the concept of delivery of services, types of delivery systems, and the stages of special education services provision. Presented are two models which illustrate how criteria are beginning to be used in instructional decisions. The use of the instructional…

A model program for mainstreaming handicapped students is discussed in terms of the cooperative relationship between a local education agency and an institution of higher education, and in terms of the rationale behind the in-service training program entitled "Personnel Training to Facilitate Mainstreaming". (SBH)

Described is an interdisciplinary mainstreaming program for individualizing instruction for secondary learning disabled students, utilizing resource facilities in grades 7-9 in eight separate centers throughout Franklin County, Missouri. Aspects of this program--such as the developmental and by-pass strategies of instruction employed to help…

The facilitator's guide to a three session inservice training module on creating an accepting classroom environment for regular classroom teachers details the 21 steps of the first two sessions, provides the texts of three lecturettes, and includes appropriate handouts, worksheets, and transparencies. For the first two sessions each step is…

The study examined the effects of training 209 regular class elementary school students and their 12 emotionally disturbed classmates about handicapping conditions. Investigated were normal students' attitudes toward emotionally disturbed students, and the self esteem of emotionally disturbed students. Data gathered prior to and at the conclusion…

A symposium on the problems of educating teachers of handicapped youth was organized by the European Information Centre for Further Education of Teachers (Prague, Czechoslovakia) in 1977. The Czechoslovak position on special education teachers was given in the symposium's main paper. Co-authors Frantisek Kabele and Ludvik Edelsberger described the…

Ten papers focus on aspects of a community integration approach for severely and profoundly handicapped students. Two general papers introduce the monograph: "Preparing Severely and Profoundly Handicapped Youth to Enter Less Restrictive Environments" (P. Wehman and J. Hill) and "Characteristics of an Appropriate Education for Severely and…

This report assesses the impact of special education programs on non-special education school building staff in Seattle, Washington, during the 1976-1977 school year. The report presents the results of a survey that was designed to investigate two questions: (1) to what extent does the presence of a special education program result in expenditures…

The study investigated the extent to which four groups (N=50 in each group) of learning disabled (LD) adolescents differed on career attitudes as related to making a sound career decision. Ss included 50 LD students enrolled in regular secondary classes, 50 LD students enrolled in secondary LD classes, 50 LD students enrolled in secondary…

Recent state and federal laws require specific changes with regard to the evaluation and placement of special education students, many of which are beyond the principal's knowledge or expertise. Thirteen elementary principals were interviewed to discover the strategies used by principals before referring a student for special education, as well as…