THE LITERATURE ON THE DISADVANTAGED IS REVIEWED IN FOUR RESOURCE PAPERS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION USEFUL IN UNDERSTANDING AND DEVELOPING PROGRAMS FOR DISADVANTAGED PERSONS AND TO PROVIDE LOCAL SCHOOLS WITH RESOURCE MATERIAL TO HELP IN WRITING PROPOSALS. IN "REHABILITATING THE DISADVANTAGED, A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE," R. A. EHRLE DISCUSSES THE DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO IDENTIFYING THE DISADVANTAGED, THE ORIGINS OF THEIR STATUS, AND POSSIBLE TREATMENT AS DESCRIBED IN THE PROFESSIONAL LITERATURE. "CULTURAL METHODS AND ACTIVITIES NEEDED TO OVERCOME INADEQUACIES OF CHILDREN WHO ARE CULTURALLY DIFFERENT," BY RUTH M. LAWS, DISCUSSES A VARIETY OF PROMISING METHODS AND ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE CULTURALLY DIFFERENT. "DEVELOPING COUNSELING AND PLACEMENT SERVICES FOR PSYCHOLOGICALLY DISADVANTAGED YOUTH," BY R. A. EHRLE, IS CONCERNED WITH A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO IDENTIFYING AND BRIEFLY DESCRIBING SEVEN MAJOR METHODS OF BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION. "GOALS OF ADULT BASIC EDUCATION BASED ON THE NEEDS THEORY," RUTH M. LAWS SUGGESTS THAT TEACHERS MUST LEARN TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THE EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF ADULTS IN THEIR CLASSROOMS, TO RECOGNIZE BEHAVIOR SYMPTOMATIC OF THOSE NEEDS, AND TO DEVELOP TECHNIQUES, UNDERSTANDINGS AND SKILLS IN MEETING THEM. A SUMMARY OF MAJOR POINTS IN DEVELOPING PROGRAMS FOR PERSONS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, AND THE PROVISIONS OF THE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT OF 1963 RELATING TO THESE PERSONS ARE INCLUDED. THE BIBLIOGRAPHIES ACCOMPANYING THE RESOURCE PAPERS CONTAIN 127 REFERENCES. (MM)