Outlines the needs of the visually handicapped student and the responsibility of the provincial departments and local school districts in providing those needs. Discusses the role of the itinerant teacher and the kind of knowledge teachers must be taught in schools of education in order to mainstream the visually handicapped student. (RK)

A 6 month study of attitudes held by hearing students toward deafness on an integrated deaf-hearing campus examined changes in attitudes that are theoretically to be expected when ideal cultural norms confront real norms of daily life. (Author)

After reporting the results of a survey of vocational teacher attitudes toward handicapped individuals, the author discusses the importance and implications of teacher attitude toward mainstreaming the handicapped. Viewing the teacher as a behavior model, the author points out the major factors influencing attitudes, describes methods for changing…

Offers six pedagogical and organizational changes to assist teachers of reading in a Mainstreaming program and to accommodate a wider range of individual needs in their classrooms. (JM)

Before integrating special needs students into a regular industrial or vocational education class the teacher should be trained, then the students. The author describes staff inservice to develop understanding of special needs students, how to motivate them and deal with inappropriate behavior, from his experience at the Calhoun Area Vocational…

Mainstreaming handicapped children is becoming standard educational practice. However, involving parents of handicapped and non-handicapped children in a mainstreaming program requires special efforts on the part of the teacher. Suggests some guidelines for building attitudes of parents and for learning about other parent-involvement programs and…

The background needed in mathematics and other academic areas for the special education trainee to aid in employment and successful teaching is discussed. (JT)

Written for parents of hearing impaired children, the article reviews provisions of Public Law 94-142, The Education for All Handicapped Children Act. (CL)

This article outlines an inservice program for regular teachers dealing with learning disabled students, with emphasis upon identification of problems and ways of dealing with them. (JD)

Senator Brooke discusses the financial ramifications of the Education of the Handicapped Act and the responsibility of the Federal Government in providing financial assistance to aid in implementing the act. (JD)

How special education is gradually changing--theory, practice, public opinion. (Editor)

Special educational needs of the child with cancer may be met in any of several ways: in hospital classes, in a regular school, in orthopedic special class, in a combination of regular school and home instruction, or in the homebound program. (MB)

Describes a successful program in a Connecticut high school to integrate educable mentally retarded (EMR) students into the regular typing class, using individualized methods of instruction, adding one intermediate typing course for EMR students, and interweaving basic English skills into the typing instruction. (MF)

Thirty-six conduct problem first graders were randomly assigned to either a special class of eight children or regular classes. (Author)