The author examines current issues in the field of learning disabilities and notes the absence of national leadership, difficulties with the definition issue, ineffective and inconsequential research, thoughtless approaches to mainstreaming, and ill-advised noncategorical teacher education. (CL)

Describes six ways to adapt textbooks for studying purposes: chapter outlines, adapting chapter questions, adapting vocabulary, lowering reading levels, taping textbooks, and color coding textbooks. (HOD)

The study investigated whether 60 preservice and inservice, regular and special educators' perceptions of the emotionally disturbed/behaviorally disordered (ED/BD) would be influenced within a multidimensional framework by differentially labeling the target group. Among results were that the ED/BD categorical label was a significant factor in the…

Eight educable mentally retarded junior high students were integrated into an industrial arts class through an approach modifying direct instruction and lead time orientation, testing procedures, record-keeping simplifications, equipment certification, project procedures, daily data records, and grading. (CL)

Requirements for assessment under Public Law 94-142, the development of an Individualized Education Program for each handicapped child, the least restrictive environment, handicapping conditions, implementation procedures, diagnostic teaching strategies and learning conditions, teaching ideas, and a format for diagnostic interviews are each…

The article describes educational and follow-up programs provided by Behavior Intervention Centres of the Houston Independent School District's Special Education Department for elementary and secondary students, aged three through 21, with severely aggressive or withdrawn behaviours. Among aspects discussed are student management systems and the…

Describes a program for teaching teachers to help children understand the special needs of handicapped children through the use of group discussions, agency experts, handicapped guests, role playing activities, visual aids, and field trips. (SB)

The Youth Services Training Program in Westport, Connecticut, eases handicapped youngsters through the sometimes anguishing step from school to job. (Editor)

In the second of two TES articles on mixed-ability teaching, authors showed how the method operated for science and mathematics at Abbey Wood, and collected reactions of the school's teachers, pupils and parents. (Editor/RK)

Mainstreaming of hearing impaired students is discussed from the points of view of the child, the school system, and the future. (SB)

Using pre- and post-testing procedures, the Teacher Placement Opinion Form was administered to 106 preservice teachers in training at the University of Saskatchewan to determine the degree of attitude change after completion of an undergraduate course on the orientation to teaching exceptional children in the regular classroom. (JC)

Inclusive education has become one of the major concerns of education policy in every part of world nowadays. This paper is written to investigate the implementation of inclusion education in Macao. Data collection is done through conducting telephone interviews and giving out questionnaires, and targets of the questionnaires include…

With the introduction of the revised Special Educational Needs (SEN) Code of Practice in 2001/2002, the full range of early years care and education was required to plan and implement inclusion. This meant that many settings were included for the first time in far-reaching changes, designed to make sure that early years children who have special…

This publication presents papers from 13 nations that describe the integration of children with disabilities into early childhood education programs. The compilation of case studies will serve as a reference document for the International Consultation on Early Childhood Education and Special Educational Needs, organized by UNESCO in collaboration…