Ways in which teachers can assist the adjustment of mainstreamed physically handicapped students are described. (CL)

Ways of improving recreational services to handicapped people are suggested with the aim of broadening their interests and horizons. (JD)

Describes a group experience program developed as an alternative to the long-term hospitalization of physically handicapped children. The program emphasizes emotional growth through participation in meetings designed to counteract dependency. (CM)

Comments from superintendents and other administrators across the country about their compliance with the Section 504 mandate that all educational programs be accessible to the handicapped. (Author/MLF)

Evaluates the adequacy or inadequacy of the services provided by the public, state, and school libraries for the handicapped in Nigeria. The scope, objectives, methodology, recommendations, and conclusions of the study are described, as are the institutions surveyed. (FM)

Physical, psychological, academic, and career problems of spinal cord injured college students plus counselor knowledge, attitudes, and skills that help in solving these problems are cited. Community and commercial resources are identified. Programs that enhance faculty and employer sensitivity and cord injured student development are described.…

Factor analysis of ratings of rehabilitation concepts across semantic differential scales indicated physically disabled adults connotatively structure their worlds along three major dimensions: attractiveness, dynamism, and morality. Potential theoretical implications are discussed. Descriptive information on factors of meaning extracted and…

Theoretical and practical considerations for providing severely physically disabled youth access to experiences in vocational development and career planning are presented. A comprehensive career development program developed by the Vocational Services Department of the Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine (New York) is described. (SBH)

Reviews the current dynamic nature of library service to the disabled and institutionalized, emphasizing that the concept underlying the provision of special materials, facilities, and programs for such persons is not essentially different from that which underlies service to other adults: the librarian's role is to serve as intermediary between…

Along with attitudes that discriminate physically handicapped individuals as "second-class" citizens are the physical barriers of buildings too narrow to accomodate a wheelchair, water fountains placed too high, telephones placed out of reach. Outlines the obstacles the disabled person faces each day. (Author/RK)

The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands has had a program of vocational rehabilitation since 1974. These islands have been under the trusteeship of the United States since 1946. Describes some concerns, some efforts to deal with them, and future directions for its Vocational Rehabilitation Services. (Author/RK)

Provides an overview of rehabilitation in Hawaii and the Pacific Basin. This future perspective includes a description of projected service needs and programs, with an emphasis upon education and training, and required resources. (Author/RK)

Three short articles discuss the needs of various groups of students that tend to become disaffected with school, focusing in turn on mentally retarded students, obese students, and gifted students. (JG)

For availability see EC 091 173. Conductive Education, in which the physically handicapped individual is taught self-help skills in an academic milieu, is explained and the needed equipment is described. (IM)

Available from: Journal of Pediatric Psychology, Child Study Center, 1100 N.E. 13th Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73117.