The selected bibliography on regular class placement and special classes for handicapped and gifted children contains approximately 70 abstracts with indexing information explained to be drawn from the computer file of abstracts representing the Council for Exceptional Children Information Center's complete holdings as of July, 1972. Abstracts are…

The report describes the operation of various programs and parts of programs for the learning disabled (minimally brain damaged) child in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Covered are student characteristics, special class services available, supportive services (psychiatric, language development, vision, and sensory-motor activity services), and…

Results show that the incentive group students, as compared with the control group students, obtained significantly higher verbal, performance, and full IQ scores. This suggests that norm-referenced tests as diagnostic placement aids must be used with caution. (Author)

Elementary-age children (Nequals20) diagnosed as learning disabled were assessed. It was concluded that regular classroom instruction alone may be insufficient for mainstreamed children with learning disabilities and that supplemental programming seems necessary if prior rates of academic learning are to be maintained. (Author)

Identified are seven educational options and related services for determining individualized education programs of aurally handicapped students. (CL)

The guest editorial by W. Cruickshank criticizes as facile the assumption that the least restrictive environment for learning disabled children is a regular classroom. (GW)

Reanalysis of data from a study of the activities of 59 regular elementary students vis-a-vis the Individualized Education Program process and mainstreaming of handicapped students examined practices in which nonhandicapped students were regularly sent to special education classrooms for reasons including instruction and social integration. (CL)

Difficulties facing the development of gifted programs for preschoolers are noted (including problems in identification), and four alternatives are discussed: regular preschool placement, second-grade placement for some part of the day, regular class placement with time for independent work, and preschool gifted class placement. (CL)

Results indicated that, on the whole, social interactions among behaviorally disordered elementary Ss were both positive and reciprocial in nature. In addition, no discernible differences were noted between the target-initiated social behavior of high- and low-status students. Specific differences were found in peer social behavior directed toward…

Children labeled neurologically handicapped subsequent to psychological and medical evaluation were exposed to treatments: (1) placement in a self-contained classroom; (2) retention in a regular class with help from tutors; (3) retention in a regular class with no extra help. Effects on academic achievement and visual-motor functioning showed no…

The relationship between the Slosson (1953) Intelligence Test (SIT) and the Wechsler (1949) Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) was studied to provide information about the SIT's usefulness as a measure of intelligence, for placement purposes and for screening purposes. (NH)

Fifty-five gifted fifth and sixth graders in segregated or integrated classes completed the Piers-Harris Self Concept Test and a measure of peer relationship. Comparison with scores of 55 gifted children who had not been identified or placed revealed no significant differences among social distance or self-concept scores. (CL)

Among findings were that relative locations of special education classrooms are similar for both urban and suburban school systems and that the locations of special education classrooms tended to be closer to the mainstream rather than distant. (SW)