The publication is intended to dispel misconceptions about the vocational rehabilitation service needs of deaf-blind persons. The first of five sections presents a history and comments on the philosophy of working with deaf-blind persons. Five programmatic definitions of deaf-blindness are offered. Section 2 addresses communication modes, aids,…

Intended for teachers, this article offers a definition of neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), discusses its relevance to instruction, and provides illustrations of the implementation of neuro-linguistic programming in instructional contexts. NLP is defined as an approach to instruction that recognizes the familiar visual, auditory, and…

In June 1983, 456 presidents from among 5,000 of the largest companies in the United States took a vocabulary test designed by the Johnson O'Connor Research Foundation, with the purpose of reexaming the contention that a large and exact vocabulary is an attribute characterizing executives. This Executive Vocabulary Test consisted of 50…

Definitions and identification practices are examined in light of special problems facing gifted disabled and gifted disadvantaged students. Research is reviewed on a variety of gifted subgroups, including physical disabilities, diverse cultures and ethnic groups, underachievement, and learning disabilities. Differences in definitions of gifted…

Written for media professionals, this single-sheet eight panel brochure offers suggestions for appropriate ways to describe people with disabilities, and explains preferred terminology. The guidelines reflect input from over 100 national disability organizations and were reviewed and endorsed by media and disability experts. The guidelines explain…

A guide intended to assist the researcher, trainer, or writer seeking to serve the rural principal is developed around the functions of the rural school principal. A definition and a list of functions are provided for each of six classification areas: curriculum and instructional leadership, personnel guidance, school community relations,…

The paper addresses the educational needs of severely handicapped students with emphasis on the redirecting and redesigning of current thinking, curriculum structure, and teaching methods so that students develop functional skills. Stressed are the need to reconsider the definition of the severely handicapped, the purpose of their education, and…

Projections of five past financial trends appear to be a reliable guide to the prospects for financing education, though these trends will not provide for "adequate" financing. Four of these trends are common to both the state and federal levels--a preference for categorical rather than general aid, the mandating of costly programs…

Using new information from the 1980 census and data from a special study of Indian Student Certification Forms in 1982, this revised report was submitted in lieu of the initial 1982 Report to Congress on the Definition of Indian. The report presents estimates which respond to the following points in the statutory mandate: number of Indian children…

These guidelines are intended to help New York State school districts: (1) develop procedures for identifying gifted students and (2) use the information obtained through identification procedures as a basis for deciding how educational programs and services can be modified to serve the students. Initial sections of the manual define giftedness…

This report discusses definitional issues of behavior disorders and serious emotional disturbances and describes findings of a mail survey completed by administrators in 23 local and intermediate special education planning units and agencies in 11 states. Survey responses are summarized in tables. These present data on occurrence and agreement for…

The paper examines the uniqueness of gifted children and the problems facing them and their families as a result of the giftedness. Annotations from the literature are preceded by selected quotations from gifted children designed to reflect the research and expert opinions which follow. The first section considers the complex nature of giftedness…

There is no one universal definition of the term "computer literacy," which, in fact, is used so generally that people often preface references to microcomputers in education with their own definitions of computer literacy. The term is organized semantically in a variety of ways, and central to this semantic organization is a problem of…

Suitable for children from grades four to seven, this dictionary is designed to introduce children to computer terminology at a level that they will understand and find useful. It is also suitable as a home resource for parents, for library use, and as a handbook for teachers. For each word, the first sentence of the definition contains the kernel…