The Magruder Environmental Therapy Complex -- an adaptive playground for preschool physically disabled children with perceptual deficits. (Author)

Instruments administered to subjects with physical disabilities included "Disability Effects Scale, and "Attitudes toward Disabled Persons. Results indicated greater flexibility of response among group members able to identify with disabilities than among those unwilling to do so. (CJ)

A study was undertaken to determine the extent to which a rehabilitation engineering service met the needs and expectations of 100 patients (or parents of child patients). The patients were interviewed an average of 16 weeks after a new piece of equipment was supplied. (Author)

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)

Improving the balance of learning disabled children was investigated through the use of a 12-week structured gross motor home learning program. Analyses concluded that parents can significantly enhance the static and dynamic balance of their learning disabled children by implementing a structured gross-motor training program at home. (Author/PN)

Validation of the Minnesota Rate of Manipulation Test in assessing permanent hand disability was determined using 118 persons with permanent impairments. Four subtests were given. Scores for the impaired hand on each subtest were strongly correlated with the rating of disability on a traditional American Medical Association measure. (Author/CM)

The study of the relationship between physical characteristics and behavior is placed in historical context. Current research concerned with the implications of minor physical anomalies is reviewed. Anomalies, measurement considerations, relationship between anomalies and selected characteristics, methodological issues, and underlying assumptions…

Describes a method for estimating the local elderly population with various levels of disability as part of an overall descriptive model to help local planners identify elderly housing and support service needs and appropriate programs to ameliorate those needs. This model was developed for the Illinois Department on Aging. (Author)

Focusing on changes that have occurred in the education of the handicapped, this article (1) reviews recent federal legislation mandating mainstreaming, (2) discusses major concerns for industrial arts teachers who work with handicapped learners, and (3) summarizes Bloom's learning theory. (LRA)

Lists and annotates four picture books (three by classic Russian poets) that have been translated from Russian into Spanish, and two nonfiction books about handicapped children that have been translated from English to Spanish. (GT)

The symptoms of grief as a reaction to the losses of death are compared with the grief reaction following a physical disability. The need to resolve grief and the consequences of failing to resolve grief are emphasized. (Author)

Development of a learning center designed to aid classroom teachers in meeting the needs of physically disabled children returning to the regular classroom is described. (LH)