The two-part paper describes the PASS (Program Analysis of Service Service Systems) evaluation method and its use in assessing a local school district federally funded project for mainstreaming elementary-level handicapped children. It is explained that PASS is an approach based on normalization and accountability principles applicable to a…

The peer acceptance and self perceived status of 16 elementary grade students with moderate, severe and profound hearing impairments enrolled in regular public school classrooms were examined. Eleven Ss comprised a longitudinal sample and were in the fourth, fifth, and sixth grade at the time of the follow-up study; five Ss were in first grade.…

Evaluated were opinions of 10 teachers and 10 nonteachers on educational placement of children with such handicaps as orthopedic, visual, and speech problems. Analysis of questionnaires yielded the following information: the major differences centered on placement for the emotionally disturbed, hearing impaired, orthopedically handicapped, and…

The study to determine ways in which the educational programs for the deaf and hard of hearing in California's public schools might be strengthened and improved was undertaken by the State Department of Education, assisted by statewide committees of teachers and administrators involved in programs for the deaf. The final report, consisting of…

Nineteen general education administrators with no special education training or experience, the majority of them building principals, attended a special study institute. There they participated in the SEATS (Special Education Administration Task Simulation) Game, developed by Daniel Sage for use in training special education administrators. A…

The paper, given by the director of a project to train teachers for early childhood education programs which integrate handicapped and normal children, focuses on the effects of labeling on teacher-child interaction. The author recounts her own experience with teaching handicapped children and the historical tendency to label and segregate various…

The position paper examines trends in the education of handicapped children and suggests an administrative organization for implementation and research purposes. Discussed are the earlier trend toward self-contained special classes and the current trend toward regular class placement, often mandated by the courts. Proposed as an alternative to…

The classroom behaviors of 12 segregated and 14 integrated educable mentally retarded (EMR) children (mean age 10 years) who were all formerly segregated and then randomly assigned to their present class placement were compared to those of a low IQ group who had never been identified for special class placements and an intellectually average group…

In discussing the recent legislative influences on the identification and placement of children in programs for the mentally handicapped, the author presents a brief overview of the development of the concept of special education as indicated by significant court rulings of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Major legal decisions…

The attitudes toward school of retarded children in various school placements were investigated in two studies. The first study compared the attitudes of nonretarded children, and educable mentally retarded children in segregated and integrated class placements. The results indicated that the segregated group posited significantly less favorable…

The promise of law reform in this area is real: it imposes formal rationality on school sorting practices, provides heretofore excluded handicapped youngsters with some educational services, and provokes both publicity and the appearance of change. The peculiar nature of the problem and certain structural and organizational attributes of present…

An interpretive study of mainstreaming guidelines and practices had its origin in the growing need to identify the components of vocational programs, services, and activities designed to increase and improve the vocational education opportunities for handicapped persons in California secondary schools. The objectives of the study were: (1) to…

The report summarizes the development, operation, and evaluation of a model for providing educational services to 2,274 students (grades k-12) with special educational needs in six New York school districts. It is explained that the Comprehensive Support Services Program focuses on early identification of students with special needs, detailed…

Intended for regular education teachers, the identification packet is noted to provide information on some of the behavioral manifestations of children with learning problems, visual impairment, or hearing impairment. A list of procedures for referral, an expectancy schedules table, and a sample letter to teachers on the exceptional child are…

Presented are facts related to what putting handicapped children with normal children in regular classroom may or may not accomplish. The meaning of mainstreaming and factors included in labeling youngsters as mentally retarded are discussed. The article favors teaching handicapped and normal children together. (EB)