The paper is a product of the 3-year project, "Functional Mainstreaming for Success," designed to develop a model for instructional mainstreaming of handicapped children (3-6 years old) in community settings. Thirty-two sources were reviewed which deal with the teacher competencies needed by regular teachers for successful mainstreaming.…

The paper reviews literature on placement of mentally retarded students and the effects on adaptive behavior. Research cites the importance of social skills, intervention to benefit from integrated placement and touches upon the role of nonhandicapped peer trainers. Among findings noted are an increase in constructive peer interactions resulting…

The paper briefly reviews current issues and concerns facing postsecondary schools that provide services to learning disabled (LD) students. The following topics are discussed: college admissions policies, implications of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, characteristics of LD college students, accommodations to meet their special…

This report constitutes volume two of a two-volume report containing State summaries of data from the Fall 1980 Elementary and Secondary Schools Civil Rights Survey of students enrolled in the United States public schools. Table C examines the distribution of schools and minority students as a function of the minority composition of the school and…

The paper describes, in both English and Spanish, a data based model for providing preservice and inservice training to regular and special class teachers on procedures for teaching mainstreamed handicapped children. The model involves the following steps: (1) referral of a child by his classroom teacher for special education services; (2) student…

One hundred and seventy-four elementary classroom teachers reviewed a case study on a third-grade male student exhibiting either unmanageable behavior, socially immature behavior, or perceptual difficulties within the classroom, and then indicated their agreement with 40 statements of possible interventions for the student. A factor analysis…

One hundred and sixty-eight elementary students with and without handicapping conditions participated in a study to determine the social integration of students with mild to moderate disabilities who are academically mainstreamed for at least one period daily. Ss were asked to photograph what they considered illustrative of their schools. A…

Twenty behavioral attributes which predict social distance were examined among mainstreamed developmentally handicapped (n=8) and normal (n=93) junior high school students. The sample consisted of a predominantly white, middle-class, suburban, midwestern school district. The developmentally handicapped students were mainstreamed into each of six…

The flexibility inherent in the multi-unit school organizational plan has been instrumental in making possible the placement of special education students in regular classrooms for a portion of their daily instructional program. This provides unusual opportunities for academic, emotional, and social growth heretofore unavailable to these students.…

The Council for Exceptional Children conducted a telephone survey of 80 leaders in special education who identified important issues, activities, and projects in special education; described their own work; and named other key people in the field. (DB)

Reviewed is the practice of using children to teach other children; and described is an organized approach, Peer Assisted Learning, designed to assist the regular class placement of mildly handicapped students through peer involvement. Outlined are such steps as recruiting participants, delineating responsibilities, tutor training, implementation…

The operation of a delivery system for mainstreamed children is discussed in terms of the concept of delivery of services, types of delivery systems, and the stages of special education services provision. Presented are two models which illustrate how criteria are beginning to be used in instructional decisions. The use of the instructional…

A model program for mainstreaming handicapped students is discussed in terms of the cooperative relationship between a local education agency and an institution of higher education, and in terms of the rationale behind the in-service training program entitled "Personnel Training to Facilitate Mainstreaming". (SBH)