The Florida State University Computer-Assisted Instruction Center has had three active years in utilizing its IBM 1500 system in the preparation of instructional and psychological studies. During the preparation, execution, and analysis of these studies many operational problems have been identified. The document reviews the FSU CAI Center's…

Presented is the 1973 policy statement of the National Association of Superintendents of Public Residential Facilities for the Mentally Retarded. It is noted that the 16 superintendents who developed the statement represented varying backgrounds and viewpoints, and that the resulting policy represents a progressive approach to goals of the…

The "PESO" Bilingual Language Development Project was a 1-year pilot study in 4 West Texas county school districts involving 451 Anglo and Mexican American 1st- and 2nd-grade students. The project contained 3 components: (1) the development of bilingual oral and written language skills--instruction in the Spanish language, and the…

This paper describes early childhood education programs in Sweden, focusing on their history and development, administration, goals and objectives, admissions policies, structure, expenditures, program of activities, facilities, staffing, daily routine, problems and criticisms. Beginning in 1902, legislation provided for the care of abused and…

The purpose of this manual is to provide the diagnostician with a detailed reference regarding her role in the use of the Educational Based Appraisal System (EBAS). It is assumed that the reader is familiar with the principles underlying EBAS, and has a basic understanding of how the system operates through attendance of concentrated pre-service…

Project PRICE (Programing Retarded in Career Education) is a three year project funded by the USOE's Bureau of Education for the Handicapped. The overall goal of Project PRICE is to develop a methodology by which school systems can educate school personnel, communities and families to provide more relevant career education instruction and…

Twenty-seven classroom assistants in British special schools were surveyed. Results are summarized in the following areas: job title; length of service; training and qualifications; union membership, job description, and contracts; duties; relationships between teachers and assistants; relationships with children; and aspirations. A comparison…

Discusses the role of early childhood teacher educators in recognizing the necessity to advocate for child care staff and its resulting benefits for children. Recommends that such advocacy can be woven into the teacher education curriculum and that students should actively participate and be provided role models to encourage development of active…

The Rough Rock Demonstration School special education staff used videotaped vignettes of special education services to communicate with parents and obtain referrals of possibly handicapped children, especially children not in school. The process, involving personal communication and an identification specialist, helped recruit seven children for…

Describes the development, characteristics, and effectiveness of the Everybuddy Program in South Richmond-Chesterfield, Virginia, an integrated after-school care and recreation program for disabled and nondisabled children. (BB)

The materials contained in this Early Integration Training Project manual are designed for trainers who are interested in facilitating an increase in the integrated options available for young children with disabilities and their families. The training is more process than content oriented and is highly dependent upon group interactions. It…

The fourth in a series of federally supported modules for training paraprofessional school personnel who work with students with disabilities, this module presents principles and techniques of behavior management. Both a facilitator's edition and a student's edition are provided. Chapter 1 introduces the concept of behavior and the role of the…

This study examines the processes by which students are assigned to courses in high schools. The data are drawn from a longitudinal study of five inner-city high schools located in an eastern metropolitan area spanning three separate school districts. Each school served a population of students that was overwhelmingly disadvantaged. The schools…

Northland Support Wilderness Experience (NSWE) was a bicultural (White and Maori) wilderness therapy program that operated in New Zealand from 1985 to 1990. NSWE conducted 11 wilderness expeditions per year with approximately 10 participants each, and provided 18-month followups for participants, parents, and significant others. Participants were…

This project was designed to develop instructional materials to prepare teachers of students with disabling conditions and other professional personnel to assume responsibilities as classroom managers and supervisors. The first two parts of the manual, for policy makers, administrators, and staff developers, contain: (1) information about the…