Difficulties of initiating programs aiming at the normalization of hearing impaired children are discussed in terms of a particular educational program and its experiences with staffing problems, with achieving regular class placement for hearing impaired children, with parent programs, and with gaining the cooperation and interest of the total…

The mother of a 7-year-old boy with osteogenesis imperfecta describes arrangements made with an elementary school to place the boy in a regular first grade class. (KW)

Comparison of programs for the visually disabled and orthopedically disabled shows parallel development indicating similar direction toward integrating the disabled child in the regular classroom, but with a significant lag in program implementation in the area of the orthopedically disabled. (Author)

The article discusses behavior modification techniques designed to prepare the child for integration into the regular class setting. (CD)

Reviews special education court cases regarding support services, student placement, limit on number of designated school days, disciplinary procedures, minimum competency testing, and educational malpractice. (JM)

Forty-eight suburban seventh-grade science students (41 nonhandicapped, nine severely adaptively handicapped) were assigned to cooperative learning (CL) and individual learning (IL) conditions. Among results were that the CL condition favored more interaction and interpersonal attraction between the handicapped and nonhandicapped children.…

Three hypotheses adduced from social comparison theory were tested by assessing the self-concepts of 138 normal children, 138 mildly handicapped children in three special education settings (from partial to total segregation), and 46 children with academic difficulties in regular classes. (Author/MC)

The author reviews the history of the category of educable mental retardation (EMR), asserts that students with this label are more like children with academic or behavioral difficulties than they are like their more retarded peers, and suggests an approach focusing on returning EMR students to the regular school curriculum. (CL)

The Life Adjustment Program (LAP) of the Model Secondry School for the Deaf, Washington, DC, is a self-contained unit providing vocational and life skills training for multiply handicapped hearing impaired students. (SEW)

An analysis was conducted of positive interactions initiated by 205 regular class students with severely emotionally disturbed children and adolescents as a function of two attitude modification treatment conditions. Regular class students were exposed to either information about handicapped persons or the information condition plus structured…

The authors provide information on how school personnel can help provide both opportunities for intergroup relationships and strategies for creating rewarding social interactions between severely handicapped and nonhandicapped students. (SW)

Two groups of elementary education majors were studied: one with training in mainstreaming and one without. For comparison, a group of special education majors were included. Findings indicated that the training was effective in improving the attitudes of the first group toward the disabled and their integration into the classroom. (Author/SK)

The failure of common methods of research synthesis to arrive at conclusions about effectiveness of special education is discussed. Meta-analysis, the analysis of analyses, is proposed as an alternative. Results of meta-analyses in the areas of special versus regular class placement, process training, and medically-based intervention are…

An interview with Joe Campbell, a disabled teaching assistant, reveals the benefits to both children and teachers when disabled adults are part of the mainstreaming plan. (Author/MLF)