The present document presents data concerning a graduate program designed to produce graduates who will: (1) help to supply schools with a category of needed research personnel; (2) have a knowledge of the methods used in conducting research, a knowledge of techniques for formulating hypotheses and questions; and an expertise in the interpretation…

The Dawn Hancock Animal Farm, which was developed in 1974 with volunteer labor and over $100,000 in donations, provides farm experiences for the mentally handicapped students of the Helen J. Stewart School in Las Vegas, Nevada. The farm and animals are part of the school's emphasis on vocational training, and every effort is made to help prepare…

The Montana Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) is administered by the Montana Office of Public Instruction every two years to students in grades 7 through 12. The purpose of the survey is to help monitor the prevalence of behaviors that not only influence youth health, but also put youth at risk for the most significant health and social problems…

Teachers often report difficulty in knowing how to best help a child who stutters in the classroom. Many children who stutter can handle oral reading tasks satisfactorily, particularly if they are encouraged to practice at home. Some, however, will stutter severely while reading aloud in class. Teachers should always keep in mind that each child…

Background: Various quantitative systems have been proposed to examine aphasic oral narratives in English. A clinical tool for assessing discourse produced by Cantonese-speaking persons with aphasia (PWA), namely Main Concept Analysis (MCA), was developed recently for quantifying the presence, accuracy and completeness of a narrative. Similar…

Purpose: A nationwide survey was conducted to determine if speech-language pathologists (SLPs) use nonspeech oral motor exercises (NSOMEs) to address children's speech sound problems. For those SLPs who used NSOMEs, the survey also identified (a) the types of NSOMEs used by the SLPs, (b) the SLPs' underlying beliefs about why they use NSOMEs, (c)…

The University of Michigan's Shady Trails Camp helps speech impaired children to realize their full potential, using games, student productions, physical activities, and competition, in addition to speech and language therapy. Dances, parties, and trips in a coeducational environment contribute to the development of social skills. (CJ)

The guide, intended to help teachers, parents, and community workers throughout the world develop educational services for children with severe cerebral palsy, is published in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, and Chinese. The 11 practitioner-contributed chapters stress specific intervention techniques based on the practitioners' own experiences…

A part of the results of the evaluation of more than 50 federally funded ESEA Title I projects in Philadelphia, this volume reports on the evaluation of the cluster "Cultural, Affective, and Supportive Services." Projects in this cluster seek to provide children with additional activities and services that are designed to enrich their…

In order to investigate the effect of kindergarten upon articulation of first grade children, 15,255 first grade children were tested for articulation problems. One-half were tested in 1960 because Seattle had had no kindergarten program in 1959. The other half were tested in 1961 because Seattle reinstituted a kindergarten program in 1960.…

This pamphlet is designed for use by nonprofessionals as a guide to providing speech therapy for persons with aphasia. It includes an introduction that reviews the causes of aphasia, its immediate effects at onset, and the reactions typical to persons who develop aphasia. Uncomplicated aphasia is described first with eleven specific therapy…

Background: The nature of speech disorders in individuals with Down Syndrome (DS) remains controversial despite various explanations put forth in the literature to account for the observed speech profiles. A high level of word production inconsistency in children with DS has led researchers to query whether the inconsistency continues into…

To investigate fiscal retrenchment effects on states' related services for handicapped youth and to help evaluate Public Law (PL) 94-142 regulations, researchers conducted 120 telephone interviews with state education agency staff in charge of related services and with other educators and citizens in 16 states representing different geographical…

PREPARED FOR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, CONSULTANTS, TEACHERS, SPEECH AND HEARING THERAPISTS, AND OTHER CONCERNED WITH EDUCATING COMMUNICATION HANDICAPPED CHILDREN IN CALIFORNIA, THE BOOKLET OFFERS HELP IN PLANNING SPEECH AND HEARING PROGRAMS. DISCUSSION OF THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNICATION HANDICAPPED CHILD COVERS A DEFINITION OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS…

The special education referral-placement phenomenon has reached crisis proportions in New York City. Problems affecting effectiveness of approaches include: inadequate state and federal funding; fragmented decision making; lack of uniform terminology and standardized criteria for special education; lack of training, support services, and resources…