This curriculum resource guide on food services is one of a series of seventeen specialized curriculum guides for occupational education of the marginal, handicapped, or special needs occupational education student. The guide begins with six behavior clusters that contain a series of forty-two instructional topics designed to teach job-required…

A Maryland career education and opportunities program intended to make the public aware of the special career education needs of the severely retarded, reduce stereotyping in career choices on the basis of mental abilities, and demonstrate effective methods and techniques in career education. The five project objectives involved (1) conducting…

This report documents the collaborative efforts of faculty and students in the School of Education at Virginia Commonwealth University to revise the regular program for elementary teachers so that teachers will be adequately prepared to meet the demands of mainstreaming. This two-year effort focused on developing skills in providing relevant…

This manual was developed for use by physical educators who ultimately have the responsibility for providing meaningful physical education experiences for the handicapped. The following chapters are included: Legislation and Physical Education; Disabilities; Medication and Physical Activity; Assessment and Evaluation; Program/Placement…

The final document in a series on least restrictive environment (LRE) placement for handicapped students summarizes the objectives and findings of the project. Research questions, methodology, and conclusions are reviewed from each of four research activities: state education agency analysis; local education agency analysis; legal analysis; and…

This final report describes development and evaluation of Feeling Free, a series of six half-hour television programs about disabled children. The introductory chapter offers background on the project, discusses difficulties involved in integrating career-related segments to satisfy funding grants by the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped and…

It is apparent that the circumstances and environments that surround getting an education in this generation are more complex than in any other generation. One cannot point to any one set of circumstances, curricula, or personnel and make valid generalizations about education, educators, and students. With the so called "knowledge explosion," more…

Despite problems, extraordinary progress has been made to provide a free and appropriate public education for handicapped students in rural America. A study of 75 school districts and cooperatives in 17 states revealed significant improvements in programs and services offered and types and ages of exceptional students served. Achievements included…

The paper focuses on policy issues for handicapped students whose parents (primarily military) are employed by the federal government overseas. Chapter I describes three types of federally funded programs: overseas dependents schools, tuition free schooling (where low student populations do not justify the operation of federally funded schools),…

Addressed is the increased need for information on science education and the physically handicapped following enactment of the Education of the Handicapped Act. The document is divided into ten sections including: (1) Science Education and the Handicapped; (2) Science for Everyone (mainstreaming); (3) Preparing Teachers to Work with the…

The results of the pilot implementation of an evaluation methodology developed to assess the impact of introducing handicapped students into allied health curricula are discussed. An evaluative method that suggests anticipatory interventions was developed and used to measure the impact of visually impaired students enrolled in allied health…

This teacher's manual presents lesson plans and recipes designed for use with preschool children, discusses the need for early nutrition education, and offers suggestions for conducting cooking activities in the classroom. Specific ideas are provided to involve handicapped children in cooking experiences. Nutrition education in the preschool is…

Presented for regular classroom teachers, resource room teachers, and teacher consultants is a handbook of strategies and techniques for mainstreaming educable mentally impaired, emotionally impaired, and learning disabled students into regular classrooms. Twelve chapters cover the following topics: resource room models, personnel, staff…

The guide contains general information on mainstreaming the mildly handicapped child in the regular class and appropriate instructional materials and media. Topics considered include fears of educators and parents about mainstreaming, a model of a continuum for the delivery of special education services, characteristics (with corresponding…

A survey questionnaire was distributed to 211 speech and hearing clinicians to assess the changes in the special education process resulting from Massachusetts Special Education Law--Chapter 766, which calls for mainstream reform in the form of individually planned educational programs which involve parents in the educational planning process.…