A review of behavioral research in the area of classroom management is presented. Four questions for teachers to ask themselves when a problem in the classroom arises explore the appropriateness of the instructional materials, student understanding of teacher expectations, management effectiveness, and sources of help. (PHR)

Three instructional strategies for teaching nonstandard English speakers are discussed. It is explained that language programs which fail to take into account the linguistic characteristics of native Indian learners may be one of the reasons Indian students often perform poorly on language related school tasks. (Author/PHR)

The three-year Australian study, Follow Through, measured the effects of direct instruction with 103 children (kindergarten or year one) of which 55 were Aboriginal. (DB)

An interdisciplinary training program for the instruction of residents in child psychiatry and graduate students in special education is described with focus on the needs of children with academic and behavioral problems. (DB)

Children in an English junior school with an attached unit for severely handicapped children were given a paper and pencil questionnaire to determine the level of acceptance of their handicapped peers. (Author)

Current social and economic trends need to be considered in preparing young people of impaired ability to compete for the decreasing numbers of appropriate jobs. (Author/DB)

The reorganization of the Developmental Centre program at the Lord Tennyson Elementary School in Vancouver, British Columbia is described. The component for autistic children is described in terms of the referral procedure, staffing and consultant services, organization, program development, integration, and parent involvement. (DB)

Ten key issues and obstacles pertaining to mainstreaming are discussed, including redefining the relationship between special and regular education, the schock of normalization, recognition of physical and psychological barriers, teacher attitudes, labeling, and the individualized education plan. (DLS)

The Canadian article explores some of the implications of assigning handicapped children to two commonly used categories: learning disabilities and hearing impairments. (Author/DLS)

The article reports on a British Columbia (Canada) survey to collect information on pupil, teacher, and program characteristics of classes for children with infantile autism, childhood schizophrenia, childhood psychoses, and severe language deficits. (Author/DLS)

A followup study was done on the status of 24 students out of an original 1973 sample of 106 Canadian first graders who had been considered by their teachers to show atypical learning patterns and had been given a battery of assessment tests. (Author/DLS)

The System of Multicultural Pluralistic Assessment (SOMPA) is presented as a means of reducing some of the cultural problems of current intelligence tests used with American Indian children. (Author/DLS)

Three self-stimulating behaviors of a 6-year-old autistic boy were brought under S-delta stimulus control (a type of discriminative stimulus in the presence of which a given response is punished). (Author/DLS)

The Canadian article presents a rationale for including citizenship education in special classes for retarded students, and outlines some citizenship objectives for the retarded. (DLS)

Marked positive changes were observed in face and hand washing behavior over the 10 session behavior modification program which employed a chocolate milkshake as the major material reinforcer. (Author/DLS)