STATISTICS (FURNISHED BY 53 REPORTING STATES AND TERRITORIES) ON 1963 PROGRAMS FOR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES ARE PRESENTED. TABLES REPORT TYPE OF SERVICE AND TOTAL NUMBER OF CHILDREN INVOLVED, NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF EACH PHYSICAL HANDICAP, AND NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN IN EACH STATE WHO RECEIVED…

THE PROGRAM FOR A SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL FACILITY REQUIRED A ONE-STORY BUILDING FOR 800 PUPILS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ACCOMMODATING AN INCREASE OF 200 PUPILS. EMPHASIS WAS TO BE PLACED ON SATISFYING THE VARYING SITE CONDITIONS WITHIN THE STATE. SITE VARIATION IN TERMS OF--(1) ACCESS, (2) TOPOGRAPHY, (3) ORIENTATION, AND (4) SOIL CONDITIONS SUGGESTED…

THIS NEWSLETTER DESCRIBES THE NEW JERSEY PROGRAM FOR INSTRUCTION OF PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED HOSPITALIZED CHILDREN IN TERMS OF INTERACTION BETWEEN THE HOSPITAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM AND THE REGULAR SCHOOL, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE HOSPITAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM AND THE MEDICAL PROGRAM, NEW JERSEY STATE REGULATIONS, CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF…

A NATIONWIDE QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYED 490 SHELTERED WORKSHOPS SERVING THE EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED. LISTINGS BY STATES OF SUCH CENTERS PROVIDE ADDRESSES, REFERRAL SOURCES, AGE RANGE OF CLIENTS, YEAR PROGRAMS BEGAN, NUMBER OF PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED CLIENTS DAILY, NUMBER OF EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED CLIENTS DAILY, AND TYPES OF EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED.…

This evaluation of the use of volunteers in the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) had five objectives: (1) to determine all categories of tasks currently performed by volunteers for network programs and to estimate the amount of time spent on each category by volunteers on a yearly basis; (2) to assess the…

The controversy over minimum competency assessment has special implications for the handicapped, since federal law requires that handicapped students must be afforded equal educational opportunities. Problems will arise in establishing criteria of competence and in administering minimum competency programs for students with learning disabilities.…

Provided is information on games, activities, and resources for enhancing perceptual motor development in the orthopedically handicapped child. Compiled are materials which include the following: an explanation of bilateral, alternating lateral, and integrated lateral games and activities for developing awareness of the two sides of the body; a…

A comprehensive profile of 40 Title I children from a Chattanooga school was obtained by parent and child interviews. The profile was part of a clinical evaluation in the "East Fifth Street Middle School Special Study." Although some findings were unique for each child, some occurred in the history of several children. Generally, the…

This book concentrates on activities to meet the needs of children and adults who are deficient in basic physical fitness components, who are handicapped in some respect: posture faults, poor flexibility, weight problems, or other inadequacies which interfere with their effective participation in physical education activities. It stresses…

Three workshops were held to acquaint interested parties with the growing need to prepare persons with non-standard physical characteristics for successful employment as Library/Media Technical Assistants (L/MTA's). The kinds of handicapped persons considered were the partially sighted, the totally blind, the partially deaf, the totally deaf, and…

This research study was designed to examine the attitudes of preschool children toward the disabled, evaluate the children's awareness and understanding of physical impairment, and examine the possibility of modifying preschool children's attitudes towards disabled children. Subjects were 102 children, 3-5 years of age, enrolled in preschools or…

This annotated bibliography of 1,997 projects dated from 1955-1969 and administered by branches of the Social and Rehabilitation Service is divided into four parts: (1) Research and Demonstration Projects which were authorized by the 1954 amendments of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, listed under 22 subject headings, (2) Cooperative Research or…

Fifteen reviews of conference reports, research and demonstration projects, and surveys pertain to the need for and applicability of vocational education for the disadvantaged in general, and specifically for disadvantaged adults and youth, and the handicapped. "Plain Talk," a continuing column by the editor, discusses the need for vocational…

To determine if severely handicapped children were in fact not ready to utilize vocational services when they leave school (due to lack of prevocational work experience), handicapped children were provided two years of vocational counseling and sheltered work experience. The sample of 280 children (ages 14 to 17 years), were divided into…

This bibliography is composed of 35 abstracts of master's theses and doctoral dissertations ranging in date from 1963 through 1968, and 26 citations selected from the Journal of Home Economics ranging in date from 1965 through 1968. The abstracts and citations relate to aspects of rehabilitation or habilitation and indicate the extent to which…