This bibliography, prepared by the National Library of Medicine through a literature search of its online databases, covers all aspects of newborn screening. It includes references to screening for: inborn errors of metabolism, such as phenylketonuria and galactosemia; hemoglobinopathies, particularly sickle cell disease; congenital hypothyroidism…

This manual outlines specific guidelines for testing students for Education Consolidation Improvement Act (ECIA) Chapter 1 eligibility in the Austin (Texas) Independent School District in 1985-86. Section 1 states that all students in Chapter 1 schools must be tested annually and must score at or below the 30th percentile for their grade level to…

The guidelines present a multi-step procedure for identifying artistically gifted and talented students in elementary and secondary schools throughout South Carolina. An initial section reviews three stages in the identification process: initial screening (through such avenues as faculty/administrator nomination, self nomination, and parent…

Briefly described in this paper are the screening process and intervention strategies used by the Quincy, Massachusetts, public school system since 1977 to identify children at risk for school failure due to special needs. Mention is made of a current longitudinal follow-up study designed to assess the usefulness and accuracy of the risk…

A 1981-1982 performance report is presented for the University of Illinois' Model Program for Retrieval and Acceleration of Promising Young Handicapped and Talented (RAPYHT), which served learning-disabled, speech-impaired, orthopedically impaired, and other disabled children (3-5 years old) and provided technical assistance to replication sites.…

Twenty-one elementary and 19 secondary emotionally disturbed (ED) children were administered the Paired Hands Test (PDT), an index of social adjustment in which Ss are asked to indicate what the hands in the photographed test item are doing. A list of emotional indicators was compiled by comparing Ss' test responses with those of 1235 nondisturbed…

Designed to help school districts meet the Child Find requirements of P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, the manual considers ways of locating unknown handicapped children and reviews aspects of recordkeeping, confidentiality and due process. An initial section addresses the role of Chld Find in the delivery of special…

The form box is an instructional material appropriate for screening children (2-5 years old) for perceptual learning disabilities, creating individual learning experiences, and developing cognitive processes and strategies. (DB)

Study devised and tested a method for group administration of the Bender-Gestalt Test that would be feasible for screening large groups of beginning school-age children. Results indicate that the group method of presentation can yield results as valid and reliable as the traditional individual method of administration. (Author)

An analysis of the House Judiciery Committee's impeachment hearings research conducted in Florida. (Author/HB)

Presented as part of the Research Symposium, American College Health Association, Forty-sixth Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 3, 1968.