A statewide survey conducted in California during the fall semester, 1972, to determine the opportunities available to handicapped students is presented. According to the results, 53% of the community college districts in the State have now established formal programs to meet the special educational needs of these students. Results are given for…

The "Transitional Year" program is an effort on the part of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Missouri to assist academically disadvantaged students from inner city high schools in the Kansas City area. Specifically, the program attempts to meet the special educational and social needs of the inner city student when…

This search of 18 documents from the ERIC collection, Dissertation Abstracts, and the journal literature, reviews attempts by several school systems to provide medical, psychological and educational support for pregnant teenagers, in order to prevent their dropping out of school. (CJ)

Blue Jeans Baseball, for eight- to twelve-year old children, is based on the concept that everyone plays. No coaches are allowed; everyone bats once per inning; defensive players rotate positions. These and other rules reduce the emphasis on competition and increase the emphasis on skill development. (MJB)

Special Olympics programs have done much to help in the normalization of retarded and disabled individuals. This article suggests problems in the program that tend to label all retarded people as "kids." Ideas for placing a greater emphasis on normalization are discussed. (DF)

Bilingual education teaches English to children and at the same time, they are taught core subjects like math and science. The facts show that bilingual education is a small investment that pays big dividends for the country in the form of a well educated work force. This article focuses on three areas: historical basis for Texas funding for its…

Contends that a New York "voucher plan," intended to serve more children in need of special services, is being abused. (Author)

Describes how a special needs team helps borderline children--those who have exhibited a weakness in certain areas but whose weakness is not serious enough to qualify them as children with special needs. (Author/JF)

A model of functional levels in diagnosis and intervention designed to return handicapped children to the mainstream. (Author)

The Special Teaching Unit of the Bank Street College of Education in New York City initiated a graduate program that emphasizes interaction between teacher-trainee and pupil. (JF)

The author contends that there is an urgent need for school psychologists to do their part to help assess the problems in special education, to isolate those practices and theories of psychology which have contributed to the problems, and to provide dynamic leadership to eliminate the pitfalls of special education. (Author)

The impetus and logic for maintenance or reintegration of marginally inadequate students in regular class programs is discussed. (Author)

The author has surveyed the ways in which university school psychology programs accommodate their training to the handicapped students who apply, the kinds of differential experiences these students encounter, and the nature of professional positions they are able to secure. (Author)

The need for physicians in minority group communities demands that medical schools actively recruit and educate minority group students. (HS)