Computer technology is discussed as a tool for facilitating the implementation of the mainstreaming process. Minimum conflict mainstreaming/merging (MCM) is defined as an approach which utilizes computer technology to circumvent such structural obstacles to mainstreaming as transportation scheduling, screening and assignment of students, testing,…

Summarized are six individual panel presentations focusing on critical variables in mainstreaming the hearing impaired child. (LS)

The initial chapters of this textbook on individualizing instruction address the issues of humanism in education and self-development through personalized approaches to instruction. Following a discussion of how individualized instruction accommodates differences in educational needs and learning styles, later chapters consider in detail: (1)…

The statement on policy recommendations to the Office of Child Development concerns the response of Head Start programs to Federal legislation requiring that 10 percent of their enrollment be reserved for handicapped children. Formulated by a group of independent consultants to a project which studied the handicapped effort in Head Start, the…

An investigation was designed to explore a systematic notetaking procedure for deaf students on secondary and post-secondary educational levels. Conducted in two phases, the study aimed at developing a system of notetaking including a special notebook (consisting of pressure sensitive duplicating paper), and describing notetaking procedures of…

To determine the effects of hearing impairment on school performance of students for whom no special educational provisions had been made, 116 students (ages 7 through 17 in public school grades 2 through 10) were evaluated for auditory impairment, IQ, and educational achievement. Findings of the study showed that even mild hearing impairment…

The project proposal describes a resource room program for 15 educable mentally handicapped and 20 learning disabled students at nine junior high schools in Portage, Michigan. Noted are the problems of avoiding the negative effects of disability labeling and the inability of regular class teachers to provide appropriate instruction for special…

This paper is one of a series of documents being issued by the Head Start Regional Resource and Training Center in response to a need to develop a variety of materials for use in local Head Start programs. The term "handicapped preschool child" is defined, and a list of handicapped conditions and the special needs they may generate is…

Reported is a descriptive analysis of observations made in Illinois schools (four school districts) and of responses from 29 special and regular teachers and administrators regarding integration of nonsensory mildly handicapped students. It is said that students formerly in special classes have been integrated in many regular classrooms and that…

The annotated bibliography on Mainstreaming: Program Descriptions in Areas of Exceptionality contains approximately 210 abstracts and associated indexing information for documents or journal articles published from 1961 to 1975 and selected from the computer files of the Council for Exceptional Children's Information Services and the Education…

This document includes a paper and a bibliography of ERIC abstracts on teaching the special child in mainstreamed classrooms. The paper presents five basic assumptions related to the teaching of young handicapped children, discusses principles of teaching special children which may be helpful to teachers working in mainstreamed classrooms, and…

Including the handicapped in the regular classroom can provide "special" education for all. Article provided some positive steps teachers can take to help the mainstreamed child succeed in the classroom. (Editor/RK)

Presented is an article urging teachers of science to handicapped students in the mainstream school to accept the challenge of involving the handicapped child as a contributing member of their regular classes. To do this the teacher must have access to a variety of materials. (EB)

Existing agency and university personnel can plan and implement the mainstreaming of handicapped students in the postsecondary setting. A model for collaboration of rehabilitation counselors and college counselors is detailed; the model calls for counselors to become involved in the total educational setting, or be "mainstreamed," themselves.…