The author expresses concerns regarding three issues in the field of learning disabilities: (1) the nature and quality of research in this field; (2) the divisive actions of leaders in the field; and (3) issues of mainstreaming resulting in both parental and professional backlashes. (Author)

A sociometric and observational analysis of the social environment of seven learning disabled (LD) and 90 regular class peers, in grades two through five, yielded results such as that nonhandicapped and LD students were accepted at an equal level by class peers. (Author/MC)

Programs in three British schools that have attempted to integrate physically and multiply handicapped children into regular classes are described. Remedial teachers were used to support the regular teacher and provide advice on physical and learning problems. (CL)

The literature and court cases point to the need for discipline alternatives for handicapped students other than suspension and expulsion. As more cases come to court, and as more specific policies are formulated, the discipline dilemma between this need and actual practice should be resolved. (JOW)

The article describes a program in which disabled students from a special school (Tulse Hill) take general science classes at a nearby London comprehensive school. (SW)

Suggested for teachers to reduce readability and conceptual difficulty of textbooks for mainstreamed students are simplifying content, sentences, and vocabulary. Guidelines from psycholinguistic research, and an example of simplified test are included. (Author)

To modify hearing preschoolers' refusals to interact with profoundly deaf peers, a three-week training program was provided. Training for hearing children included discussions about the meaning of deafness, an opportunity to practice communication techniques, and free-play interactions with deaf children. Hearing children did not respond…

The author reviews programs and procedures which have been developed to modify peer acceptance of exceptional children in the regular classroom. (SW)

The authors consider essential factors in the cultivation of gifts and talents exhibited by students in the regular classroom. (SW)

The social-cognitive problem-solving approach is presented as a means for ensuring social and affective development of handicapped and nonhandicapped children in public schools. A television-based instructional format to facilitate children's social and affective development is described, and an actual example of a television-based instructional…

The author suggests that the systems approach used in industrial management can help in the planning of special centers for handicaped students in regular schools. Special centers are considered in terms of their growth, benefits, and as a system development. (SB)

Describes how social studies teachers can work with mainstreamed students to make their classrooms real-life laboratories for social education. Multi-sensory teaching methods, which accommodate the needs, strengths, and learning styles of mainstreamed students and promote social studies learning, are suggested. (AM)