The article examines the strengths and weaknesses of current special education practices and suggests alternatives that may facilitate the integration of special educators into the mainstream of education. (SB)

Argues that strictly systematic methods of service delivery can lead to the failure of child welfare rather than to its success. Holds that the current system for dealing with child abuse, because of its lack of flexibility and its contradictory roles of helper and prosecutor, breaks down effective, informal helping systems. (Author/GC)

Problems with restricting learning disabilities to a range of mild handicaps are noted and five areas of controversy affecting severely learning disabled students are addressed: definitions, student characteristics, identification criteria, educational methods and technology, and educational services. (CL)

Gives a brief history of productivity improvement legislation in the United States and of the development and demise of the National Center for Productivity and Quality of Working Life (QWL). Describes existing productivity and QWL centers, including their locations, scope, services, and activities, and urges greater support at the federal level.…

The article offers options for delivery of services to nonspeaking public school students by speech-language pathologists. Suggestions are based on the mandates of P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) and the Code of Ethics of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Stressed is the need for comprehensive…

A general model for strategy design is presented to help community education planners in developing nations: (1) examine the learning needs of communities; (2) make choices among those needs; and (3) invent instructional strategies and delivery systems for the learners. (CJ)

Presents the concept of a work model which is a unit of practice within a computer based instructional system allowing replication of both information and interaction. The model also addresses some of the fundamental problems with objectives, e.g., richness of terminal behavior and relation to content. Ten references are listed. (CHC)

A series of case studies of the local implementation of Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I and the Education of the Handicapped Act (P.L. 94-142) sought to address two questions: (1) To what extent do the two programs duplicate services? (2) Do their selection procedures result in limiting the services provided? (BW)

The article reviews the special class as a model of serving exceptional children; reviews the increasingly more complex and more ecological views on retarded, learning disabled, and emotionally disturbed children; and points out implications for research (team research, funding, and consumer review) and practice (clinical approach, augmented…

Subjects reported significantly lower levels of anxiety and fear and significantly higher levels of assertiveness at posttreatment. The potential clinical significance of the result was reinforced by evidence of significantly lower hospitalization rates among program participants one year after training. (Author)

Results of a 25-item survey developed to collect data for a paper delineating educators' concerns for accreditation demonstrated different perceptions of relative importance among the various institutional categories. The majority of respondents expressed more concern over the processes of accreditation than the principles. (Author/CT)

Advantages and disadvantages to various methods of assuring quality and accountability in community mental health centers are discussed. Examples are external structure review, peer monitoring, and site visitation. (LAB)

Discusses 11 management variables related to the distribution of audiovisual products and services. (RAO)

The author summarizes the findings and recommendations of the National Commission on Allied Health Education. He stresses that the new emphasis in allied health education is on widening the range of services, including preventive services, and on appropriate use of services. (CT)

Postcards containing a message either favorable or unfavorable for the recipient, were "lost" in the public transportation systems of Paris, Madrid, London, Geneva, and Frankfurt. More postcards were returned when the message was favorable but only in high importance conditions. This pattern did not occur in Madrid. (Author/BEF)