Presented are findings from a 1977 statewide assessment of the career education performance of 1078 handicapped secondary students on a 45-item screening device. Statistical data are presented for five handicapping conditions (visually handicapped, orthopedically handicapped, auditorially handicapped, educable mentally retarded and language…

A Rehabilitation and Special Education (RSE) program is described. This program is designed to provide education majors, undergraduate and graduate, with an experiential learning experience with handicapped individuals of every age, so they may be capable of providing habilitative services to the handicapped from infancy to adulthood. Emphasis is…

The papers in this volume represent both theory and application in reading research. The topics are as follows: research on programs for poor readers; a method for teaching children who have reading difficulties even though they have learned decoding skills; a decade of research on reading and learning disabilities; children's understanding of…

The first of three documents on Project SEARCH (Search for Exceptional Abilities Reachable among Children with Handicaps) considers methods of detecting cognitive giftedness in exceptional children. It is explained that Catell's cognitive model of fluid intelligence is the basic premise used. Individual sections are presented on hearing impaired,…

Project Success, a program of modified interdisciplinary instruction coordinated with special services, is considered to be consistent with the theory of individual differences and individualized instruction which is inherent in the philosophy of Bloomington Public School's educational goals and objectives. The project, which began as an…

Presenting a brief history of Mississippi's Cherokee Schools (1804-1976), this article emphasizes the gradual implementation of innovative programs since 1970 under guidance by the Policy Advisory Committees (PAC) which are composed of a majority of parents and a minority of professionals. Specifically, this article elaborates upon the educational…

The report describes and evaluates George Washington University's Complementary Teacher Training Program during the 1971-74 period. It is explained that the demonstration program was designed to prepare undergraduate special education resource teachers to work directly with mainstreamed handicapped (including learning disabled and emotionally…

The bibliography contains approximately 170 listings (all published in 1973-74) of books, professional articles, films, slides, and videotapes as well as working papers and unpublished manuscripts by staff members of the Experimental Education Unit of the Child Development and Mental Retardation Center at the University of Washington. Listings are…

Presented is the final report of a 3-year project in which an instructional program model was developed and implemented with 103 educable mentally retarded and learning disabled children (6-to 10-years old) in three Mississippi schools. General objectives of the project are said to include development of an experimental special education model…

This report presents the major outcomes of the Saturday School (a school and home learning program for 4-year-olds in a large suburban school district) during its first three years of operation. Data summarized indicates the program's impact on the children, especially those with learning problems, and the effect of the program on the attitudes,…

This report examines the impact of the Saturday School (a school and home learning program for 4-year-olds in a large suburban school district) on the following four groups: (1) students with learning disabilities, (2) students identified as either "mentally retarded" or of "low intellectual functioning", (3) students with…

The School District of Jennings, Missouri, undertook a study of the effectiveness of grouping on academic achievement in kindergarten. It was hypothesized that grouping children according to developmental lags would be beneficial to the subjects in terms of their academic and personal development; that the curricula would be partially responsible…

The Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities (ITPA) is a psychodiagnostic instrument devised to assess theoretically discrete and basic cognitive skills. In its genesis the ITPA, comprising nine subtests, was designed to provide independent estimates of a child's level of functioning in each of the nine abilities theoretically addressed. Factor…

Intended to encompass individuals in need of special treatment, teachers, and areas of knowledge relevant to either or both groups, the text discusses the following subjects: the nature of reading; the nature of learning difficulties; the development of reading instruction in the United States; the development of instruction for children with…

Contents include a definition of brain injury and cerebral palsy, discussions of the pathology of cerebral palsy, incidence and prevalence of cerebral palsy, mental retardation, epilepsy, behavioral disorders, dyslexia, and a summary and conclusions on the problem of brain injury. Attention is also given to the controversy over brain injury as a…