This study examined the views of students, parents, and teachers in three urban middle schools and one elementary school regarding important elements of the school counseling function. Respondents completed a questionnaire with a Likert-type scale, ranging from 0 to 7, on which they rated the importance of several counseling functions such as:…

Presented is the Illinois Regional Resource Center's Manual for Diagnostic Teachers which is designed to provide a model for assessment, individualized educational planning, optimal placement, and short and long range follow-up of children (3-21 years old) with unexplained learning problems. Section 1 provides an introduction to the…

The use of science experiments on tape are shown to provide for individual differences from the gifted child to the handicapped in developing skills in the languare art area, developing significant concepts, and making learning come alive. (EB)

The authors review some of the shortcomings in schools trying to translate mainstreaming theory into practice: lack of a full range of special placement options, over-reliance on consultation and resource teacher programs, and failure to furnish adequate special instruction in regular classrooms. (Author/SJL)

Reviews several youth employment programs set up by the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act of 1977. Two programs examined are the Young Adult Conservation Corps and the Youth Incentive Entitlement Pilot Projects. Program participants receive job experience, at least minimum wages, and may receive academic credit. (CSS)

The article describes a career accessibility model research project to develop a job experience and placement program for educable mentally retarded secondary students. Pilot tests are being conducted in six schools involving ten businesses to provide increased educational and work experience for the handicapped. (MF)

The relationship betwen different rates of compressed speech and learning efficiency was examined in 35 blind residential high school students. (Author/BD)

Available from: The Division for Children with Learning Disabilities Council for Exceptional Children 1920 Association Drive Reston, Virginia 22091 Identified and related to the educator are four central issues in the field of learning disability: (1) determining the true parameters of the field, (2) monitoring tests and materials presumed…

Limited attention has been paid to the impact of sex role stereotypical thinking on the performance of women in management. The author examines research on organizational factors. differential placement, tokenism, and supervisory bias. (Editor/RK)

Research indicates that the informal reading does not produce reliable enough information on reading ability to use it for individual placement of students, though it can be used to judge the achievement of groups. (Ed./JD)

Describes a program of alternative care for disturbed children which is a joint project of a psychiatric treatment center and a child welfare agency. (BR)

Discusses background of the work adjustment program for disabled clients, job placement, work and work habits, the relationship of vocational evaluation and work adjustment, job seeking and retention skills. (TA)

Reports on a survey conducted to provide data on past and future estimates of supply and demand in the internship market place and on current and anticipated financial support for clinical psychology graduate students and interns. (Author/AM)

Examines the way standardized test questions are developed by the Advanced Placement Development Committee; shows that the tests continue to reflect features of New Criticism and have not been changed to reflect recent developments in the discipline of English. (GW)