The case study protrays a conflict between the parents of an 11-year-old boy with reading disabilities and the school which the child attends. (SBH)

A study was conducted of 195 elementary and secondary level hearing impaired students in four programs which varied in their degree of integration. (Author)

An annotated bibliography of books about the handicapped which may be useful in preparing children to accept the handicapped in mainstreamed classrooms. (MKM)

This paper considers three issues of education for the deaf: (1) whether some kind of manual supplement to oral education of the deaf should be used; (2) to what extent deaf children should be integrated into regular classrooms; and (3) the implications of modern theories of linguistics and language acquisition for language development in deaf…

Reviews the decisions that have established the five principles of special educational law (zero reject, nondiscriminatory evaluation, appropriate education, least restrictive placement, and procedural due process), demonstrates how they have affected federal legislation, and suggests future litigation the courts will face in these areas.…

Available from: Teacher Education and Special Education, The Council for Exceptional Children, 1920 Association Drive, Reston, Virginia 22091. The authors suggest twelve areas for developing mainstream programs in which regular and special educators can work together. (CL)

Lists ten ways teachers can help the hearing impaired child in a normal classroom, and describes activities to help normal hearing students accept and cope with a peer whose hearing is impaired. (SB)

To date, decisions about implementation of PL 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Act, have not involved classroom teachers. Every decision made without input from classroom teachers systematically decreases the potential of PL 94-142 for positive impact. (Author/JG)

The concept of the least restrictive environment for hearing impaired children is viewed in terms of legal implementation, organizational viewpoints, and procedures for determining the least restrictive environment. (CL)

To help secondary teachers meet the challenge of teaching slow learners and/or other special students, the author relates his experiences with teaching academically below average eighth graders placed in a college level personal typing class, and offers some suggestions for teaching typewriting to the slow learner in a regular class setting. (TA)

Describes an experimental program in which a full range of handicapped students were integrated into a junior high school. (IRT)

The author has attempted to identify a number of misconceptions regarding the concept of learning disabilities in childhood and youth and to counterbalance these with statements based on historical, research, or theoretical facts. (Author/SBH)