Survey responses of 389 elementary secondary teachers to emotionally disabled students were analyzed in terms of types of students served, amount of integration, and teachers' use of time. Results suggested that the levels of the Cascade of Services Model (which depicts levels of service) are not distinct entities. (CL)

Presents a report of the American Chemical Society (ACS) Examinations Committee in which the 1981 testing program is described and condensed norms for the ACS examinations are given. (CS)

For handicapped children to receive adequate instruction in the regular classroom, appropriate placement of the mainstreamed child and sufficient resources and services to support the regular classroom teacher are just as important as teaching skills. (Author)

Court rulings forming the basis for the principle of least restrictive environment for exceptional students are reviewed. The principle is seen to require a continuum of educational alternatives. Implications of state and federal legislation (P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) are discussed for severely handicapped…

Develops a goal programing model for achieving racial balance in segregated public schools. The model is illustrated and offered as an improvement on linear programing, a model previously applied that allows only a single objective function and requires more variables and constraints than goal programing does. (Author/IRT)

Among issues addressed regarding longitudinal curricular content for severely handicapped students are the needs for the principle of partial participation, to create a variety of adaptations to allow greater participation, and to use environmental orientations and ecological inventory strategies in developing curriculum. (Author/CL)

Data collected on 151 educable mentally retarded (EMR) students (8 to 15 years old) during a two-year period revealed very low rates of integration with nonhandicapped students. The majority of integration which did take place occurred in nonacademic subjects. (Author/SBH)

The model stresses a focus on functional skills and suggests that assessment and remediation data facilitate placement into the training environment which maximizes productivity and minimizes dependency, and that counselors and case managers function as enablers who facilitate the client's movement into a less restrictive and more productive…

Analyses of 212 questionnaires completed by school districts with mainstreaming programs indicated that placement in the regular class did not enhance individualization of instruction for exceptional learners. Placement in the most restrictive educational environment was, however, a good predictor of individualized instruction. (CL)

The importance of recommending special education services only for handicapped students is stressed, and alternatives for nonhandicapped students are envisioned on a continuum from no intervention, to short-term parent consultation, to six months reassessment, peer tutoring, referral to a guidance counselor, and finally transfer to another school…

The survey found, among other things, that--contrary to common practice--conduct-problem children were not ranked high. Rather, the hypersensitive, easily hurt child was considered most in need of services. (Author/DLS)

Addresses four issues in the mainstreaming of handicapped children into the least restrictive environment: readiness of the system to deal with the concept of handicapped, availability of support systems for mainstreaming, establishment of continuum of service units, and acceptance of the concept that mainstreaming is "good" for all students. (SBH)

The author presents guidelines for designing and conducting a "tailored interview," that is, an interview in which the applicant is screened for a specific job. (Author)

In an interview, K. Wyatt, president of The Council for Exceptional Children, discusses issues related to determining the most appropriate and least restrictive environment (LRE) placement for mentally retarded persons. (CL)

Student placement in an initial mathematics course was investigated using either a programed test administered by a computer or a traditional test administered in a conventional manner. The former method was favored. (MP)