This article provides information on the legal principles of due process and least restrictive alternatives, cites pertinent litigation involving these principles in education, and discusses some important educational implications of Public Law 94-142. (MB)

Suggests that changes in special education are not going to take place overnight. In fact, they will not take place at all unless the open classroom replaces the traditional classroom. It seems that special education class rooms will be influenced by the open classroom as the open education movement continues to spread. (Author/AM)

The second part of an analysis of the educator's role in serving handicapped children focuses on the design and implementation of an educational program. (CL)

Presented is an interview with W.C. Morse, an educational psychology professor at the University of Michigan, on the education of children with behavior disorders. (IM)

Explained are the basic thrust, objectives, and target populations, as well as the rights and protections provided for in the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (Public Law 94-142) and Section 504 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973. (IM)

Describes Projects PRICE's (Programming Retarded in Career Education) inservice training program (which has been field tested and evaluated) for school districts, designed to train various types of school personnel, parents, community agency workers, and employers to provide mildly retarded students more relevant instruction and supportive…

The community of Austin, Texas has several programs for after school day care for students with disabilities, including: Extend-A-Care, where nondisabled peers participate in play and care activities with disabled children; summer camps for autistic children sponsored by the Parks and Recreation Department; and summer camps operated by the Easter…

A review of the literature on classroom communication, structure, noise minimization, behavior modification, and cognitive behavior modification indicates that such techniques can help reduce non-attending, non-work-oriented behaviors of mainstreamed hyperactive adolescents. (Author/CB)

In activities designed to educate them about similarities and differences between disabled and nondisabled, disabling conditions in general, and a particular autistic child, six preschool children were compared to 12 control children on incident reports to teachers about the autistic child and in sociometric ratings concerning the child.…

A mother records her and her mentally retarded son's feelings surrounding his integration into a mainstreamed kindergarten class. Described are parent-teacher conferences, teachers' efforts to meet the boy's special needs, and his academic and social success. The mother concludes that integration does not deny disability, but does acknowledge…

The article describes the three-year Education Development Center/Technical Education Research Center Middle School Technology Integration Project which is investigating how technology is integrated into language arts and mathematics curricula, and its impact on mainstreamed mildly handicapped students. The evolution of computer use at four…

Virginia school superintendents were surveyed concerning their attitudes toward educating severely and profoundly handicapped students in regular neighborhood schools and regular education. Positive attitudes toward integration existed among approximately half of the 122 superintendents, whereas 15.5 percent held negative attitudes and 34 percent…

An overview is provided of the nature of students who have unique educational needs confounded by their extreme medical needs. The article defines "medically fragile" discusses medically fragile students' educational options in the form of placement in the hospital, home, special class, or regular class; and describes the teacher's role.…

The paper compares federal legislation for disabled people with that for racial and ethnic groups in the United States. The ways existing laws handle employment discrimination, integration in education, access, and equal protection under the law are considered. Clear differences for each group in the types of discrimination permitted are…