The keynote speaker at a regional meeting of the Council for Exceptional Children notes increasing federal support for programs serving the handicapped, recommends continuance of the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped as an advocacy agency, and stresses the right to equal educational opportunities for all Americans. (DB)

A group of 15 special education teachers (of the educable mentally retarded) received instruction from Minicourse 5, which presents mathematics tutoring techniques, while 10 teachers served as control subjects. (DB)

Reviewed are trends in special or regular class placement of retarded children, and stressed is the need for more special classes to serve the severely and profoundly retarded. (DB)

The Council for Exceptional Children conducted a telephone survey of 80 leaders in special education who identified important issues, activities, and projects in special education; described their own work; and named other key people in the field. (DB)

The Illinois Test of Pscyholinguistic Abilities was administered to 167 normal intelligence children (mean age 112 months) and then factor analyzed to determine construct validity and the extent to which each subtest measures a discrete combination of the psycholinguistic dimensions of level, process, and channel. (DB)

A cross-disciplinary course in career guidance for special and regular teacher education students integrated seminar methods and practicum experiences. (DB)

Evaluated were effects of experience with two physical science units adapted for use by the visually impaired on the manipulative skills of 14 visually impaired low income students from 9 to 19 years of age. (DB)

The right to an education for all handicapped children has serious implications for families of handicapped children and the special educational system. (DB)