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Csapo, Marg; Gittins, Wyn – B. C. Journal of Special Education, 1980
The article reports on a British Columbia (Canada) survey to collect information on pupil, teacher, and program characteristics of classes for children with infantile autism, childhood schizophrenia, childhood psychoses, and severe language deficits. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Autism, Emotional Disturbances, Foreign Countries, Program Descriptions
Renzulli, Joseph S. – 1972
Evaluated was Project Gifted, a tri-city (Cranston, East Providence, and Warwick, Rhode Island) program which focused on the training of gifted children in grades 4-6 in the creative thinking process. Project goals were identification of gifted students, development of differential experiences, and development of innovative programs. Cranston's…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Elementary School Students, Exceptional Child Education, Gifted
Fewell, Windell W. – 1973
Presented is the final report of a 3-year (1970-1973) project, funded by Title III, to develop a model instructional and training program with 10 (five each year) 6- to 8-year-old, multiply handicapped, deaf children at the Indiana School for the Deaf. Described are use of a separate building at the school, experimental summer programs 1969-1972…
Descriptors: Children, Deafness, Demonstration Programs, Exceptional Child Education
Teaching and Learning Research Corp., New York, NY. – 1973
Presented is the final report of a 1-year New York City program of 18 special classes for 133 doubly (physically and mentally) handicapped children, 5-20 years of age. Noted are criteria for student selection such as IQ below 75, the presence of one or more physical handicaps, and completion of toilet training. It is reported that most pupils…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Mental Retardation, Moderate Mental Retardation, Multiple Disabilities
Hillsborough County Board of Public Instruction, Tampa, FL. – 1974
The handbook contains forms, placement criteria, and procedural provisions for 17 program departments in the exceptional child program of the Hillsborough County public school system in Tampa, Florida. Included in the description of the Exceptional Child Education Department and the Exceptional Child Education Office are aspects of staffing and…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Exceptional Child Education, Handicapped Children, Identification
Jordan, Thomas E.; Pittman, Robert H. – 1974
This is the final report of a Calcasieu (Louisiana) Title III project which provided 14 special classes for 297 elementary grade children with learning difficulties over a 2-year period. Project objectives included reducing the number of children scoring poorly on reading, arithmetic, and spelling achievement tests, and increasing the holding…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students, Exceptional Child Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Belcastro, Frank P. – 1995
Using a questionnaire developed for a 1985 national survey of educational practices for gifted students in both public and parochial schools (the Sid W. Richardson Study), this study surveyed 273 Iowa school districts in 1993 to determine types of programs in existence in Iowa schools and how Iowa schools differed from the nation's schools in its…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Delivery Systems, Educational Practices
Silverstein, Leonard – 1975
Presented is an evaluation of a program in seven schools in New York City which provided 19 special classes for 174 doubly handicapped students--mentally retarded and severely physically handicapped--ranging in age from 5 to 21 years old. Among findings listed are that the 30 higher functioning Ss who were given the Wide Range Achievement Test did…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Mathematics, Mental Retardation
Foster, Herbert L.; Kight, Howard R. – 1988
In-school suspension (ISS) removes a student from regular academic classes but keeps the student in an isolated, separate, and restricted environment where, in most cases, academic work continues. Such programs have increased rapidly in American secondary schools, and have been mandated in New York State by the New York State Education Department…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Discipline, Discipline Policy, High Schools
McElroy, Linda Jeanne Rupp – 1979
In view of the lack of information on special programs for the hearing impaired in Arizona community colleges, a survey, based on the exemplary special programs at the University of Arizona and at Pima Community College, was sent to the 15 community colleges in the state. The survey investigated the following areas: the program supervisor, the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Counseling Services, Deaf Interpreting, Deafness
Alachua County Schools, Gainesville, FL. – 1975
Presented are guidelines and evaluative data on five instructional models implemented between 1972 and 1975 to educate emotionally disturbed students in Alachua County Schools (Florida). General information includes the philosphy of the program; a definition and list of characteristics of emotionally disturbed students; and an outline of…
Descriptors: Crisis Intervention, Delivery Systems, Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education
Gordon, Elizabeth; And Others – 1986
This report focuses on the transition situation of mentally retarded (MR) youth in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The county is served by two Intermediate Units: IU2 (1170 MR students) serves the Pittsburgh School System and emphasizes mainstreaming, with the mildly handicapped attending neighborhood schools and severely handicapped attending a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, County School Districts, Education Work Relationship, Mainstreaming
Colorado Springs Public Schools, CO. – 1974
Provided is the replication manual for the PARADE (Projects Advancing Reading Achievement and Developing Ego-Strength) project, a program designed to identify and diagnose reading problems in elementary and secondary level students entering a new school, provide an intensive program of prescriptive training, and aid the child in development of…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Miller, Martin B. – 1975
Evaluated was a summer program of reading and mathematics for handicapped pupils in special education classes consisting of two components: the speech/language impairment component, including 377 students, and the component for mentally retarded pupils, including 3l5 students. The speech/language component, designed to improve academic skills…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research
Chorost, Sherwood B. – 1975
Presented is an evaluation of a summer program which consisted of individualized and small group instruction in reading and arithmetic, recreational activities, and field trips designed to promote academic and socialization skills for 506 handicapped children. The program is noted to have had four components: severely emotionally handicapped,…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Criterion Referenced Tests, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education