This review summarizes research findings related to the cognitive, affective, and behavioral components of teacher attitudes toward children with exceptional educational needs and explores the relationship between certain teacher characteristics and attitudes. (Author)

The school nurse should be able to identify the health needs of students and to facilitate remediation of health or handicapping conditions or to assist in adapting the school setting to students' needs. Requirements and activities expected of school nurses in the care of handicapped students are listed. (CJ)

Through activities, K-12 social studies teachers can make nondisabled students aware of their handicapist attitudes and help mainstreamed disabled students cope more adequately with handicapism. For example, students can discuss their responses to an attitude-toward-the-disabled questionnaire (provided), or disabled students can analyze their…

Explores the history of the "least restrictive environment" concept, particularly in relation to designing and providing educational programs for disabled youth; discusses political and economic issues, curriculum-related arguments, and societal attitudes concerning mainstreaming; and identifies factors that can promote or impede…

Results of a survey of the Handicapped Children's Early Education Program (HCEEP) indicated that projects within the program are diverse, offer services to meet individual children's and families' needs, and significantly involve families in the projects. More than one-third of these projects are administered by publicly supported educational…

Discusses ways that the special education teacher can prepare the classroom teacher, the handicapped student, nonhandicapped peers, the parents of both types of students, and administrators for the mainstreaming experience. The author's advice is summarized in a one-page checklist. This article is part of a theme issue on mainstreaming. (SJL)

The author concludes that both public school and residential programs will continue to operate and that cooperation between them may increase thus creating a favorable climate for the provision of a continuum of appropriate educational services for visually impaired children. (Author)

The practice of mainstreaming preschool children is critically analyzed by examining the nature of the federal policy that has resulted in mainstreaming and the status of implementing the goals and objectives that the policy seeks to address. (PN)

The author reviews research on the efficacy of programs designed to help teachers educate their pupils about the disabled children being mainstreamed. Suggestions are offered for creating a program about differences, which should result in producing positive attitudes toward the disabled. (SB)

Illustrates the use of a response cost token system to decrease inappropriate behaviors of mainstreamed students in the regular classroom. Data were taken on a student's inappropriate request for teacher attention and another student's inappropriate verbalizations. Employed a reversal design. Results showed response cost token system as effective.…

Discusses competing perspectives on mainstreaming: (1) normalization, which emphasizes changing the individual so s/he can adapt to existing environmental conditions; and (2) denormalization, which advocates transforming the environment to accommodate diverse needs of those considered exceptional. Argues for denormalization but notes the…

Steps to success in the mainstreaming of handicapped students include: (1) warm and accepting atmosphere; (2) acceptance of the handicapped students; (4) less physically restrictive classrooms; (5) successful experiences; (6) emphasis on individual strengths; (7) fair testing procedures; (8) enlivening lesson plans; (9) parent teacher…

A response to Vernon's article on Public Law (PL) 94-142 (Peabody Journal of Education, v59 n1) is given. Vernon's objections to the manner in which services are provided to handicapped children through PL 94-142 concern such issues as constitutionality, excessive federal control, cost benefits, and least restrictive alternatives. Alternative…

Surveyed classroom teachers (N=275) to determine expressed training needs for working with handicapped students. Results indicated training needs were: (1) training on topics related to teaching skills for working with the handicapped; (2) information about teachers', parents', and students' rights and ethics; and (3) training on assessment…

Results indicated that inservice workshops and undergraduate level vocational special needs courses (preservice) were most effective in modifying attitudes of vocational teachers toward the handicapped. (DB)