Presented in the language arts teaching guide, developed by Project Success (Nebraska) through a Title III grant for language handicapped elementary level students, are 33 basic lessons stressing phonics, a daily writing program, and ideas for creative writing. Noted are characteristics of students and goals of Project Success. The language…

Presented are 14 analytical papers and/or narratives of selected elementary school programs that focus on changes in legal constraints, teacher preparation, instructional arrangements, and accountability procedures occuring in the movement to mainstream mildly handicapped children into regular classes. Two papers focus on the concept of advocacy…

The Research and Statistics Section of the Minnesota Department of Public Welfare prepared this 1970 annual report on public assistance for American Indians. Data were gathered from the 21 counties containing a majority of Indians and the City of Minneapolis Department of Public Relief. The report includes data on the State's expenditures for…

The 1971 annual report on public assistance, prepared by the Research and Statistics Section of the Minnesota Department of Public Welfare, presents data pertaining to expenditures for American Indians. The $8,285,789 of expenditures are broken down by program and funding source. The programs are Old Age Assistance, Medical Assistance, General…

Prepared by the Research and Statistics Section of the Minnesota Department of Public Welfare, this 1972 annual report contains data on public assistance expenditures for American Indians. Data are broken down by program and funding source. The programs are Old Age Assistance, Aid for Dependent Children, Aid to the Blind, Aid to the Disabled,…

Part I, Administrative Provisions, of the State Plan for the Administration of Vocational and Technical Education in Illinois constitutes the basis upon which eligibility of the State for Federal funds is determined and becomes a contract with the Federal government. This section includes coverage of general provisions, fiscal control and fund…

Presented are remedial activities for use by the classroom teacher with learning disabled elementary school children in her regular class. An introductory section discusses specific learning deficits, general motor coordination deficits, and behavior manifestations. Offered are 15 generalizations about teaching the learning disabled child such as…

This report presents a comprehensive compilation of federal laws affecting education and reflects the latest changes in the laws related to elementary, secondary, higher, and vocational education. The compilation includes the School Lunch and the Child Nutrition Acts. (Author/JF)

Computer Assisted Remedial Education (CARE) I was developed for preschool and elementary school teachers to provide a college level computer-assisted instruction (CAI) course dealing with the identification and diagnosis of handicapping conditions in children. This first volume of the final report of CARE I covers the purposes and objectives of…

The paper explains how Project LIFE (Language Improvement to Facilitate Education) has applied the principles of programed instruction in developing language materials for language handicapped children, especially the hearing impaired. Early strategy decisions are said to have involved obtaining a teaching machine which would be equipped with a…

Only recently is research into the total environmental requirements of the physically handicapped beginning to make substantial progress. Earlier literature in this field, which constitutes the majority of the literature presently available, concentrates on specifying basic building criteria but gives little or no attention to the nature of…

This paper reports on the development of the Youth Bends Easily Instrument designed to assess children's attitudes toward human differences. The instrument was commissioned by the Madison Public Schools (Wisconsin) to evaluate the Individual Differences program designed to help primary grade children deal with racial, physical, and social…

One of a series of nine reports of Project ACTIVE (Attaining Competence for Teaching in Vocational Education), this report focuses on the criteria for assessing mastery of the professional competencies (skills) important to vocational educators serving handicapped students. An overview of competency-based vocational teacher education (CBTE) and…

Presented is a report of the CIPHER (College and Industry--Partners in the Handicapped Employment Role) program which involved statewide (New York) conference/workshops and a survey to expose industry and community college groups to the work capabilities, aspirations, and educational needs of disabled students. Information is provided on the three…

The manual for the remediation of perceptual handicaps at the early childhood level provides information on child development, identification and testing procedures, training procedures, 20 lesson plans, and a listing of instructional materials. It is explained that the instructional program can be used in individual tutoring or small group…