Volume III-B contains appendices to the analytic report in Volume III-A of the five-volume study. In Appendix A three basic indices of segregation used in the study are described as functions of several independent variables and are defined by assigning definite values to those variables. Appendix B provides projection formulas used for estimating…

Intended for regular class teachers, the booklet provides information to aid in mainstreaming the mentally retarded (MR) child. Sections address the following areas: reasons for mainstreaming the MR student; definition of mental retardation; assessment (areas of assessment and suggested evaluation measures, the assessment team); suggested readings…

The booklet provides information for the design and evaluation of a barrier free outdoor environment for handicapped individuals. Section 1 discusses the scope of the study, defines terms, cites pertinent laws and legislation, describes cost/benefit factors, and surveys population statistics. Section 2 considers recommended design details in the…

Intended for occupational education personnel in New York State, the paper reviews some of the language and concepts of special education as it relates to legislation and terminology, for the purpose of providing a base to build upon in the provision of educational programs for the handicapped population. The Education for All Handicapped Children…

Child abuse, a new name for cruelty to children, is a social phenomenon and not a purely psychological one. Historically, most definitions of child abuse have emphasized physical injury to the very young child. The term should be expanded to include children of all ages and to include sexual and psychological as well as physical abuse. The current…

The position statement identifies seven problem areas in respect to the mainstreaming movement and gives the position of the National Association of Retarded Citizens on each. The positions focus on the following issues: (1) a definition of mainstreaming, (2) the need to implement mainstreaming in carefully planned stages, (3) the view that…

This report presents a two-dimensional framework for classifying the health system which is recommended for use by health planning agencies during plan development activities. The content is in six sections: The first section discusses the need for a consistent planning framework. Section 2 presents the rationale for the selection of health…

Designed to be of use to outdoor education centers, camp set-ups, or even public or private schools, this guide to the development of an "hebertisme" site presents the following: (1) definition ("an opportunity to discover one's own potential and limitations in moving about in the natural environment" using a network of natural…

After discussing the church's increasing role in career development activities for youth, particularly high school students, the authors describe the Second Presbyterian Church's (Knoxville, Tennessee) career development program for grades 9-12, involving its ministers, religious education specialists, and laymen. The four steps in the program are…

Presented at the Montgomery County (PA) Intermediate Unit Conference on Learning Disabilities in the Secondary Schools, 1975, the document presents an interpretive literature review of the speech, language, and characteristics of the learning disabled adolescent. Aspects covered include definitions of language, language disabilities, and the…

Presented as a resource for administrators are three of a 10-part series on mainstreaming handicapped children. Each part includes a discussion of practical concerns, a self-evaluation quiz on current research, and an annotated bibliography. The first part provides an overview of definitions, concerns, legalities, and research on mainstreaming,…

Research studies have demonstrated that children tend to define nouns by describing first their function and later the object to which they refer. In a study devised to trace the development of noun definition in the language of grade school children and adults, 20 subjects from each of four grade levels (kindergarten and grades two, four, and…

Bilingual/bicultural education can be of benefit to all students, whatever their dominant language. In El Paso County (Texas), 56.9 percent of the population is Spanish surnamed; New York City has over 2 million Spanish surnamed people. These citizens are consumers and contributors of service in both the public and private sectors. Every…

Three hypotheses were tested: (1) there is no significant difference between the proportions of higher level definitions given by the monolingual students and those of the bilingual students given in English; (2) there is no significant difference between the proportions of higher level definitions given by the monolingual students and those of…

The semantic differential technique was used in a study involving 40 undergraduate trainees in the area of special education to analyze the concepts "disabled" and "handicapped" and the effects of structured knowledge or definition on the participants' perceptions of and attitudes toward the concepts. The Semantic differential consisted of bipolar…