The study explored the interpersonal experiences of 48 deaf adolescents attending two-year occupational education programs with nonhandicapped peers. Results indicated that a climate conducive to integrated interactions and friendships did emerge in the mainstreamed programs. (Author/CL)

The article examines implications for school counselors of gifted students' learning styles of independence, internal control, persistence, perceptual strength, nonconformance, and high motivation. Guidance techniques should include highly cognitive processing, reasoning, abstract thinking, creative problem solving, and self-monitoring. (Author/CL)

The study examined effects on 117 mainstreamed academically handicapped students (grades 3-5) of an instructional method, Team Assisted Individualization (TAI), that combined cooperative learning with individualized instruction in mathematics. TAI and individualized instruction both had positive effects on social acceptance, attitudes toward math,…

To assess the capacity of younger handicapped children to learn a benchwork assembly, 18 children (mean age 12.7) were taught a complex worksample, and various acquisition measures were compared with the performance of 60 older subjects on the same task. Only one significant difference was found between all measures of acquisition. (Author/CL)

A 10-year followup of 49 deaf-blind children provided indirect comparisons of classifications of mental retardation, hearing loss, visual loss, and major communication mode. Results suggested problems with the methodology and indicated the need for new instruments to analyze current functioning as it relates to past evaluation data. (CL)

The background and implications of the Supreme Court's ruling in the Rowley decision are reviewed, and the author suggests that the court, in deciding in favor of the state education agency, failed to consider congressional intent regarding special education due process. (Author/CL)

Twenty university department chairpersons/program directors participated in a two-hour training session on section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 which prohibits discrimination on the basis of handicaps. Ss showed significant pre-post treatment increases in knowledge of the law compared to control Ss. (CL)

The authors criticize a 1979 forum on issues in the education of severely and profoundly retarded children (EC 115 029). They give their analysis on the state of the art, touching upon the theoretical basis, classroom application, personnel preparation, and evaluation instruments. For related information, see EC 133 832-833. (CL)

The authors respond to criticism of their state of the art analysis of teaching severely/profoundly retarded students. They suggest that the criticisms levelled at them are misleading and that time would have been better spent by their critics documenting their own position on the issue. For related information, see EC 133 831-833. (CL)

In another response to criticism regarding state of the art analysis in the education of severely and profoundly retarded students, the article states that the criticism is a red herring, and that the differences cited are ones of style rather than interpretation. For related information, see EC 133 831-832. (CL)

The study sought to determine the "level of consciousness" of 199 regular and special educators for 50 competing educational policy statements. Special education administrators demonstrated the highest level of consciousness, general education administrators the lowest, and teachers the middle range. (Author)

A comparison of the three groups of regular classroom teachers (K through grade 12) indicated that the intensive training group held significantly more positive attitudes than either of the other two groups. (Author)

The attitudes of 40 special education teachers, 40 regular teachers, and 40 nonteachers toward mainstreaming handicapped individuals were assessed by a mainstreaming opinionnaire, a 30 item Likert type scale consisting of two subscales--academic costs of mainstreaming and socioemotional costs of segretation. (Author)

Characteristics and training needs of 44 due process hearing officers in North Carolina were surveyed. It was found that current regulations governing appointments of hearing officers are insufficient to ensure appointment of qualified and impartial persons. Criteria were analyzed and suggestions for training and appointments are made. (Author)

The article reviews the special class as a model of serving exceptional children; reviews the increasingly more complex and more ecological views on retarded, learning disabled, and emotionally disturbed children; and points out implications for research (team research, funding, and consumer review) and practice (clinical approach, augmented…