The author suggests ways to teach "campus survival skills" to handicapped students and suggests techniques for successfully integrating these students into the mainstream of campus life. (KC)

Procedures of school placement for 38 children (ages 5 to 18 years) with spina bifida in 23 school districts in western New York State were studied 5 years after a mandated process was enacted. (Author)

A follow-up study was conducted of 15 visually handicapped preschoolers involved in a program of initial and on-going diagnosis, individualized prescriptive education, intensive parent involvement, and coordinated entry into regular classes. (SBH)

A questionnaire was completed by 84 administrators of special education programs for educable mentally retarded (EMR) students in the State of Oregon to determine kinds of administrative problems and possible alternative courses of action involved in integrating EMR students into regular classrooms. (Author)

In this study, children became more negative in their attitudes toward handicapped peers after group discussion but did not change their views on normal-appearing children. (MM)

Describes two programs that demonstrate agency collaboration in the transition of students with emotional or behavioral problems from special day-treatment facilities to their home schools. It describes how each program prepares for transition through assessment of student readiness, teaching students coping skills, developing transition plans,…

Suggests ways early childhood teachers can cope with the challenge of including infants and preschoolers with special needs in classrooms with typically developing children. Includes suggestions for addressing the needs of the group and for enhancing the comfort and learning of each child. (Author)

Studied effects of mainstreaming on the roles of professionals in 16 inclusive preschool programs, using interviews, observation, and document analysis. Found that a sense of shared philosophy or joint ownership of children, when reached jointly rather than being lopsided or imposed from outside, produced more positive experiences, and that key…

Assessed the attitudes of preservice undergraduate elementary teachers toward children with disabilities, investigating whether experiences in an inclusive classroom would lead to more positive attitudes. Pre- and post-field experience surveys indicated that regardless of whether they were in field- based or campus classrooms, student teachers…

A survey was conducted across five educational authorities in Britain concerning the new Code of Practice's influence on special education. It found marked variations in rates of statementing (identification of special needs), proportion of statemented pupils in mainstream schools, and funding arrangements for special needs. Findings have…

Based on experience of having two children with multiple learning disabilities, the author offers strategies for parents to help children experience success and excellence in their education: (1) never limit expectations or predetermine the final outcome; (2) explore all interests and abilities for hidden potential; and (3) include children in…

A study examined how eight parents experienced their child's mainstream schooling and exclusion from a mainstream secondary school. Parents of excluded students felt they were judged as unworthy parents and were mere observers to a decision that had radical implications for their child's future education. (Contains references.) (CR)

Presents strategies and techniques to help instructors and directors promote successful inclusive aquatics programs for students with disabilities, discussing the importance of considering issues related to: teaching style, collaborative planning, goal determination, appropriate inclusive placement, personnel preparation, curriculum adaptation,…

Examined efficacy beliefs and choices of differentiated instructional strategies needed for effective teaching in inclusive classrooms. Israeli preservice teachers completed teacher efficacy scale and instructional strategy scales. Overall, personal teaching efficacy related to choice of instruction, but teaching efficacy did not. Participants…

In response to Kauffman (EC 221 675), the article challenges the following: that the Regular Education Initiative (REI) is a Reagan-Bush plot to cut the costs of special education; that REI is value-driven with placement as the only consideration; and that REI is intended to do away with special education and strengthen regular education. (DB)