The author discusses the appropriateness of open education for educable mentally retarded (EMR) and educationally handicapped (EH) children, pointing out that the philosophy of individualized instruction basic to open education allows for the inclusion of handicapped children. Noted are benefits of open education for the handicapped (such as an…

Evaluated is a regional model employing eight curriculum resource teachers (CRT's) in mainstreaming exceptional children from three rural Virginia counties. Described are the project's performance objectives and delivery system (including policy formulation, referral system, screening, and intervention based on needs assessment). Issues raised in…

Presented is the second year (1972-73) report of the Affton School District's (Saint Louis, Missouri) program (funded under Title III) to provide diagnostic studies of elementary grade learning disabled (LD) children, learning centers in four elementary schools for LD children, and adequate programing to allow LD children to be returned to the…

The 1973 National Training Workshop on Head Start Services to Handicapped Children focused on exchanging information concerning local implementation of a Congressional mandate to integrate handicapped children into the Head Start program. The document includes excerpts from major addresses on accountability and upgrading the quality of the Head…

Site visits (1973-74) to 52 regular Head Start programs, 14 experimental programs, and 10 selected non-Head Start preschool enrichment programs were conducted to evaluate the response of Head Start programs to a 1972 Federal mandate requiring at least a 10 percent enrollment of handicapped children. Sources of information included interviews with…

Reviewed is research in early childhood and special education said to have potential relevance for the development of Head Start services for handicapped children. Discussed is research over the past 15 years in two main areas: preschool intervention programs, and critical issues affecting the development of handicapped children and their…

A report of a county committee to investigate programs and problems related to learning disabilities reviews areas which were examined. Consideration is given to the work of the committee and its division into subcommittees, to the dilemma of defining learning disabilities, and to solutions for dealing with handicapped children, including special…

Described in the monograph are mainstreaming programs for educable mentally retarded (EMR) children in six variously sized school districts within five states. It is noted that mainstreaming is based on the principle of educating most children in the regular classroom and providing special education on the basis of learning needs rather than…

Presented are the affective instruments used to evaluate "Handicapped Children in the Regular Classroom", and Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title III Project conducted in the Fountain Valley School District, California. The instruments included are a stick figure test for which teacher instructions are included, a student…

The classroom behavior of 11 segregated and 11 integrated educable mentally retarded (EMR) children, 8 to 13 years of age, was compared on a 12-category observation schedule when all EMR children were in special classes, four months after some children had been reintegrated, and at the conclusion of an academic year. The results indicated that…

The document is section four of a six part report on the assessment and treatment of deviant behavior in children. The effects of three experimental strategy were investigated to facilitate generalization of treatment effects following 2 months in a token economy classroom. Forty four subjects were assigned to one of three experimental strategies,…

One in a series of over 50 similar listings related to exceptional children, both handicapped and gifted, the bibliography contains 56 references dealing with the issue of regular or special class placement for exceptional children. Entries, which include texts, journal articles, conference papers, research reports, and other literature, were…

Presented are recommendations of a Milwaukee public school study for the purpose of providing a meaningful, effective, and comprehensive educational program for exceptional students. Fourteen recommendations covering the broad policy of exceptional education include policies on integration into normal school programs, transportation, and early…

Described is a program designed to provide appropriate teaching materials and strategies for learning disabled students in regular classrooms. The program is explained to include special education resource teachers, a learning materials center, and pre-planned self-instructional learning packages, with the goal of supporting and complementing the…

The purpose of this study was to begin an assessment of the status of vocational education programming for handicapped school-age students in Texas. Specific objectives were to determine the number of special education students enrolled in and completing regular and special vocational education classes during the school year 1974-1975, to…