In an investigation of school behavior and achievement of 78 10-to 15-year-old children with observable physical disability, Ss from two different disability types (cleft palate and cerebral palsy) were compared with each other and to a control group in order to determine potential similarities across disability types. (Author/CL)

Ramapo College identified many problems that need to be met to make a campus truly accessible to the handicapped student: rest rooms, residence hall ramps, locks, showers, roomate indoctrination, emergency situations, snow and ice, elevators, and fire precautions. Solutions to these problems are described. (Author/LBH)

Presents a model which describes what constitutes health and what the psychologically and behaviorally adjusted person is like in seven contexts: communication skills, purpose, beliefs, values, achievement skills, self-control skills, and integration. An overview of training modules (related to the model) which include behavorial anchors, common…

Discusses background of the work adjustment program for disabled clients, job placement, work and work habits, the relationship of vocational evaluation and work adjustment, job seeking and retention skills. (TA)

Described is a model training project, based on five operating programs (in Virginia, California, Alabama, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut), and designed to train and place severely physically disabled persons as computer programers. (IM)

Reviews services available for physically and intellectually handicapped New Zealand children and discusses issues related to providing preschool education for such children. (SB)

Designed to help handicapped persons who have been living a sheltered existence develop independent living skills, this course is divided into two parts. The first part consists of a five-day apartment live-in experience, and the second concentrates on developing the learners' awareness of community resources and consumer skills. (BM)

Concerning the removal of architectural barriers in order to accommodate handicapped students in vocational-technical education, this article presents lists of barrier considerations applicable to the physically handicapped student, sight-disabled student, and hearing-impaired student. Also included is a list of basic concerns applicable for all…

The Denial and the Depression scales of the MMPI and Rotter's Locus of Control scale were administered to 26 men with locomotor disabilities and to 44 nondisabled men. All disabled groups scored significantly higher on the Depression scale than the nondisabled group. This finding is discussed in terms of two behavioral formulations of depression.…

When compared with a group of clients who had received work adjustment services and a placebo treatment (personal hygiene training), experimental clients given Personal Achievement Skills (PAS) and work adjustment services reported greater gains on self-ratings of life perspective (optimism), work-related attitudes, and goal attainment. (Author)

Reviews current, emerging, and possible future trends in vocational counseling as they occur or might occur in rehabilitation settings. Topics include client evaluation in rehabilitation, job placement and follow up, and roles of counselors. (TA)

Determined if one's generalized expectancy about locus of control affects the way in which a disabled person is evaluated by a nondisabled person. Internal subjects did not differentiate between the disabled and the nondisabled employee, whereas external subjects did make such a differentiation. (Author)

Public school teachers (N=68), reading the same vignette about a gifted child (alternately nonlabeled or labeled as learning-disabled or physically-handicapped) and expressing opinions regarding possible placement in a gifted program, felt that nonlabeled and physically-handicapped students should be placed in a gifted program to a greater degree…

Four experiments examined the extent to which the componential method of analogical reasoning, developed by R. J. Sternberg, could be used to investigate the cognitive processes of subjects with both above- and below-average intelligence. (Author/LMO)

The article discusses a hands-on, multisensory science curriculum developed from the adaptation and merging of two curricula for handicapped elementary students (ages 9-13): Science Activities for the Visually Impaired (SAVI) and Science Enrichment for Learners with Physical Handicap (SELPH). The nine modules comprising the SAVI/SELPH materials…