The survey of the prevalence and needs of exceptional students in Queensland (Australia) Catholic primary and secondary schools (N=235) had such findings as 3.13 percent of school children had disabilities, 12.8 percent had learning difficulties, more support services were needed, and principals and teachers expressed positive attitudes toward…

The article examines issues in classroom discipline with emphasis on policies in Victoria (Australia) over the last six years. The article challenges the Education Ministry's support of suspension as an intervention with disruptive students and encourages development of a school climate which sees discipline as an educational rather than…

The article examines definitions of behavioral disorders and summarizes recent literature. Issues raised relate to prevalence data, increasing classroom disruption, stability of behavioral disorders into adolescence and adulthood, and the increase in teacher stress attributable to children with behavior disorders. Management approaches including…

Conflicts between the British Education Reform Act of 1988 and the 1981 Education Act as well as the Warnock Report (1978) are identified. Considered are ways the Act deals with the following issues: special educational needs, curriculum, and the process of integration. (DB)

Elective mutism in children is discussed including its incidence, possible explanations, treatments, and guidelines for intervention. Two case studies illustrating recommended principles and practices are also provided. (DB)

The article looks at the degree to which special educational needs are addressed by the new British national curriculum initiatives for 14- to 19-year-olds. A survey of special needs coordinators in the Sheffield schools concluded that special education needs to be in the forefront of whole-school curricular change. (DB)

The article examines benefits and methods of evaluating short inservice training courses in special educational needs through a description of Project Impact, a British government funded project. A vignette of changed practice by two teachers as a result of a short counseling course is offered. (DB)

The study evaluated the touch sensitive screen, providing computer access to students with severe learning disabilities, with visual impairments, and with physical handicaps. Results indicated the apparatus to be a valuable tool for individual or group work in a variety of skills by children of various ages and disabilities. (DB)

The article describes a program of the Coleshill, United Kingdom, schools in which children with severe learning difficulties in a special school joined in mainstream classes at other schools for a variety of shared activities. (DB)

The survey of 96 parents of children with moderate learning difficulties in the Midlands (United Kingdom) found satisfaction with the education their children were receiving, support for maintaining some special schools, and an expressed need to involve parents in proposed special school closings. (DB)

The article examines issues in inservice teacher training in special education in the United Kingdom in light of the implementation of "Grant Related Inservice Training" (Grist). It also looks at recent inservice innovations including the trend toward modular courses to gain qualifications at varying levels. (DB)

Described are features and functions of the Behavioral Observation System--Computerized (BOSCO), which was developed for TRS-80 laptop computers to integrate data collection and analysis functions and allow continuous recording of behavioral data during observation sessions. Applications are illustrated through brief descriptions of several…

Using portable microcomputers, three applications programs were developed and implemented to collect, store, transmit, and analyze teacher/student observational data. The three applications involved: analyzing teaching behaviors of trainees in field-site placements, using microcomputers to educate mildly handicapped high-school students, and using…

A handheld computer observation system was developed using Hewlett-Packard HP71B computers for recording and IBM-PCs for storing and analyzing data. Algorithims used in observing interactions between handicapped children and peers or teachers are described. Also described are behavior definitions, observer training and observation procedures, the…

This article describes a system based on the Epson HX-20 used for real time (rather than time-sample) recording of behavior observation data, which allows the researcher additional options in analysis. Examples of the programs developed, types of research questions asked, and data analyses conducted are provided. (Author/PB)