Survey responses of 389 elementary secondary teachers to emotionally disabled students were analyzed in terms of types of students served, amount of integration, and teachers' use of time. Results suggested that the levels of the Cascade of Services Model (which depicts levels of service) are not distinct entities. (CL)

Early childhood recollections of handicapped persons by 58 parents of genetically disordered children were analyzed for adjustment implications. Examples of negative and positive recollections are cited, and counseling suggestions given. While 50 percent of the parents reported positive current attitudes toward their child's disorder, only 22…

The report analyzes the 314 special education due process hearings held in Illinois during 1978, 1979, and the first three months of 1980 and the 95 state level appeals from the hearing officer decisions with these 314 cases. Data are analyzed and reported by handicapping condition and issue involved in the hearings. (Author/CL)

Drawing from the attributional investigations of Bernard Weiner and colleagues in the area of achievement motivation, this review addresses attribution theory and its implications for labeling of handicapped children. It is concluded that attributions, not the presence or absence of formal labels, may be the critical variable of concern.…

The article represents a literature based set of practical guidelines regarding mainstreaming in the areas of inservice method, format, planning, goals and objectives, location, scheduling, evaluation, incentives, training personnel, school administration, and instructional materials. (Author/CL)

School psychology graduate trainees, special education trainees, school psychology practitioners, and special education practitioners (total N=80) independently rated 16 pieces of diagnostic data on importance in determining special educational placement. Results indicated that classroom observation, assessments of expressive and receptive…

The effectiveness of the Developmental Educational Birth through Two Project is shown in increased developmental scores of the handicapped young children (changes indicative of up to four or five months of progress beyond expected levels) and less restrictive follow-up placements. (CL)

Recent research has shown that Down's syndrome is not exclusively related to older women; in fact, there is some evidence to suggest an increase in incidence among women under 35, as well as an influence of the father's age. Genetic and demographic information may help relieve parents' guilt and anxiety. (CL)

Suggestions and recommendations are made for using the Perkins-Binet Tests of Intelligence for the Blind for low vision and blind children. Suggestions cover such aspects as organization and preparation prior to administration and scoring. (CL)

Analysis of elementary students referred for learning difficulties revealed that referral was a major contributing factor to disproportionate ethnic representation. Low socioeconomic status children from linguistically different homes were more likely to be referred than other children. The psychoeducational evaluation served as a moderator for…

Twenty-one retired professionals were trained, via a five module training program, to function as paraprofessionals in a developmental day-care center for severely handicapped preschool children. The model was inexpensive, simple to implement, and effective. (CL)

Ten areas of self-sufficiency were measured at four intervals for 26 students determined to be eligible for extended school year ESY programs. Regression increased and improvement decreased when educational programing was interrupted, and the opposite occurred when a ESY program was provided. (CL)

Citing reports issued by the National Academy of Sciences on ability testing, testing of handicapped people, and placing children in special education, this paper reviews the role of psychological tests in assessments, bias in test scores, factors affecting test scores, placement considerations, effective instruction, and guidelines for assessment…

The recommendations in the National Academy of Sciences' report "Placing Children in Special Education" are critiqued. The feasibility of its implementation is challenged in such areas as treatment of disproportionate placement, legal and professional policy barriers to implementation, and the role of courts in resolving scientific disputes and…

Two issues implied in "Placing Children in Special Education" are discussed: a theory of tolerance, which is a range of permissible deviation concerning teachers' perceptions of which students are teachable; and regular classroom teachers' need for increases in instructional resources or technologies to effectively focus on difficult-to-teach…