California's approach to training regular education teachers to deal with mainstreamed handicapped students as mandated by P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, is described. Training focuses on preservice education and the state's development of competencies regarding exceptional students for teachers and administrators.…

The study to determine ways in which the educational programs for the deaf and hard of hearing in California's public schools might be strengthened and improved was undertaken by the State Department of Education, assisted by statewide committees of teachers and administrators involved in programs for the deaf. The final report, consisting of…

Presented are the affective instruments used to evaluate "Handicapped Children in the Regular Classroom", and Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title III Project conducted in the Fountain Valley School District, California. The instruments included are a stick figure test for which teacher instructions are included, a student…

Training of interdisciplinary teams to serve the mainstreamed special student was the focus of the California Child Service Demonstration Center System (CSDC). (SBH)

The document presents the final report of a project to develop mainstreaming workshops to help vocational administrators in California include handicapped students in their programs. Following a needs assessment survey of approximatey 500 vocational administrators, guides to material resources and support services were prepared and distributed at…

This review of effective practices in state-wide systems change was conducted as part of the PEERS (Providing Education for Everyone in Regular Schools) Project, a 5-year collaborative systems change project in California to facilitate the integration of students with severe disabilities previously at special centers into services at regular…

The handbook discusses administrative strategies found successful in fostering the integration of mildly handicapped students in five states' school systems (California, Kansas, Massachusets, Minnesota, and Texas). In "Administrative Systems for Service Delivery," T. Oliver describes approaches to streamline referral to placement…

Described is a project in which 60 educable mentally handicapped (EMH) and 30 educationally Handicapped (EH) students were placed in regular classes and provided with individually prescribed programs based on daily assessment and prescription by a resource teacher. Information is provided on the California school district implementing the project…

This final report describes the PEERS (Providing Education for Everyone in Regular Schools) Project, a 5-year collaborative systems change project in California to facilitate the integration of students with severe disabilities who were previously served at special centers into services at regular schools and the integration of students in special…

This technical assistance planning guide was developed as part of the PEERS (Providing Education for Everyone in Regular Schools) Project, a California project to facilitate the integration of students with severe disabilities previously at special centers into services at regular school sites and to facilitate the integration of students in…

Prepared to assist in developing and strengthening instructional programs for deaf children in California, the bulletin describes the physiology and process of normal hearing and causes, types, and incidence of deafness. The following areas are also considered: preparation of teachers of the deaf and severely hard of hearing; educational…

Intended for use by vocational administrators responsible for mainstreaming handicapped students into vocational education classes, the resource guide lists and describes governmental and private agencies that provide vocational programs and support services for the handicapped on a local and statewide basis in the California counties of Monterey,…

Intended for use by vocational administrators responsible for mainstreaming handicapped students into vocational education classes, the resource guide lists and describes governmental and private agencies that provide vocational programs and support services for the handicapped on a local and statewide basis in the California counties of Imperial…

Intended for use by vocational administrators responsible for mainstreaming handicapped students into vocational education classes, the resource guide lists and describes governmental and private agencies that provide vocational programs and support services for the handicapped on a local and statewide basis in the California counties of Fresno,…

Intended for use by vocational administrators responsible for mainstreaming handicapped students into vocational education classes, the resource guide lists and describes governmental and private agencies that provide vocational programs and support services for the handicapped on a local and statewide basis in the California counties of Alameda,…