The paper presents the rationale, design and methodology, results, and discussion of a three-part statewide (Indiana) survey of special education teachers, special education directors, and parents of handicapped children on their knowledge of and expectations for P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children. (Author)

A scale was developed to investigate the effect of selected institutional variables on the attitudes of 941 regular class teachers toward mainstreaming special needs children. (Author/CL)

The study examined 102 elementary regular-classroom teachers' attributions and instructional prescriptions for normal achieving, educationally handicapped, and educable mentally retarded pupils. (Author)

The paper discusses the principle of normalization for developmentally disabled persons from five viewpoints: empirical approaches, social integration, specialization and congregation, cultural norms, and prevention. (Author/CL)

Drawing on H.R. Davis' A VICTORY model of factors associated with organizational change, the article argues that accepted models of educational evaluation will be most useful with programs for mainstreaming handicapped children when they are expanded to include critical factors associated with organizational acceptance and successful…

Typical assessment information as well as measures of achievement efficiency were used to predict program placement for 75 educable mentally retarded children (ages 5-14 years) in an attempt to identify a composite of scores which would differentiate between those placed in regular and special classrooms. (Author/DLS)

The article discusses the individualized education program (IEP--as mandated by the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, P.L. 94-142) as a process rather than a product, drawing on the results of Project IEP, a survey of special education administrators and practitioners and parents of handicapped children regarding the IEP. (Author/DLS)

Results of the study involving five learning disabled junior high students indicated that some form of error correction tended to be significantly superior to no correction at all, but that many correction procedures appeared to produce rather small effects on word recognition. (DLS)

Among the findings of a 13-state survey of 270 educators was that those of Spanish-speaking students--unlike those of Blacks and native Americans--felt that the existing media/materials were not compatible with the cultural background of their students and that the products on the market slighted this population. (Author/DLS)

The development of 36 Down's syndrome infants and children (ages 3-35 months) who had been involved in an early intervention project for periods ranging between four months and two years was assessed. (Author/DLS)

Among the findings of a study of elementary students was that Ss with hearing losses exhibited the most positive teacher-perceived behavior, while those on behavior-controlling drugs for hyperactivity had the greatest evidence of school problems. (DLS)

Among the findings of the survey was that the opinions and experiences of handicapped university students differed significantly from those of special education majors and nonmajors. (Author/DLS)

Two punishment procedures were compared to determine their effectiveness in reducing rates of noncompliance in a class of 11 educable mentally retarded elementary school students. (Author/DLS)

Soviet literature on children with cerebral palsy is concerned with diagnosis and assessment of cognitive functions as well as with education and training. (Author)

The article examines the relationship between biological defects and educational aptitude and achievement. (Author/PHR)