Problems of implementing a mainstreaming program for exceptional children include lack of staff preparation and inadequate guidelines concerning resource room operation. Four approaches to the problem are recommended: a total integrated effort of all staff, a well-developed plan for teacher education, good public relations, and early involvement…

Examines the legal mandates requiring vocational education to serve the handicapped and presents examples of progress that has been made over the past 10 years. (LRA)

Most of the information available thus far about accommodation in educational programs has concerned building design and has been directed toward administrators. However, individual teachers can do a great deal on their own to make their classes more accessible to students with disabilities. (LRA)

The Physical Education Opportunity Program for Exceptional Learners (PEOPEL) was initiated as a project designed to provide a physical education experience for handicapped learners. PEOPEL differs from regular physical education programs in three aspects: (1) the use of trained student aids, (2) smaller class size, and (3) individualized…

The article briefly reviews the literature comparing group and individualized instruction and suggests ways special teachers who work on an individual basis with mild to moderately handicapped students can promote transference of independent work habits to the larger classroom situation. (DB)

The article outlines practical strategies based on a theoretical model and research support for establishing constructive interaction among mainstreamed handicapped and nonhandicapped students. (SBH)

The handicapped and nonhandicapped children changed differentially over time in their solitary activities and dominant interactions and in their interaction with handicapped and nonhandicapped peers, but these changes all moved in the direction of making the two groups less distinguishable. (Author/SBH)

The author, a research officer at the National Foundation for Educational Research investigating provisions for children with special needs in regular schools, discusses contrasts in special education practice between England and the United States. (SBH)

The increased learning rates made by 62 learning disabled elementary students during part time placement in resource rooms were not maintained at the same level after a year of full time attendance in regular classrooms. (CL)

Facilities Newsfront presents highlights about an art school, a revolving medical school auditorium, a student parking ban, a denunciation of rash mainstreaming, and the monitoring of a solar installation in a Michigan school. (MLF)

Mainstreaming will increase the responsibilities of teachers, many of whom have little training in teaching the handicapped. A new relationship must be developed between regular and special educators. Special training and support services should also be supplied for teachers. (RLV)

The study involving 46 fourth graders evaluated the effects of a film pointing out how aspirations and interests of handicapped children are similar to those of nonhandicapped classmates. The film did not appear to be sufficient to handle all questions nonhandicapped children might have about handicapped peers, and its effect did not appear to be…

Materials designed for teachers and handicapped children in the least restrictive settings are reviewed. Brief descriptions are given for materials on science instruction; arts and humanism; expressive arts; social studies units incorporating dance, music, and the visual arts; and functional and basic skills. (CL)

Technical assistance given to facilitate implementation of continuous progress programs in a Georgia elementary school system is discussed in terms of long-range goals for staff development and general objectives for a continuous progress model and its mainstreaming program. (DS)

Contends that Head Start, because of its wide spectrum of services, is a viable alternative educational program for serving handicapped preschoolers. (FL)