It is increasingly understood that university education must be accessible to persons with disabilities. The responsibility to make the university accessible is arguably shared by all of us and yet, the extent to which it has become fully accessible is certainly suspect. By undertaking qualitative, discursive analysis of websites, online texts and…

The purpose of this literature review was to locate, describe, and analyze empirical data on mentoring individuals with disabilities in postsecondary (or higher) education. The fundamental question posed was: Is there evidence to support effective mentoring practices for students with disabilities in postsecondary (or higher) education? This paper…

This paper reports on an entrepreneurial camp at Texas A&M's Mays Business School for disabled veterans. The program began at Syracuse University's Whitman School of Management last year and expanded this summer to Texas A&M, the University of California at Los Angeles, and Florida State University, all of which completed camps for 16 to 20…

This paper highlights several current collaborative activities of the National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC). There are many specific examples of TA (Technical Assistance) collaborations that take place on a regular basis; the seven examples presented here were selected to represent different types of collaboration. The…

Describes special services available for disabled students at Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, New York. These include special registration, individual counseling, tutoring, special testing, community outreach, and special classes. (JAC)

A national program to promote effective, mandatory, and comprehensive training at the residency level to prepare primary care pediatricians to serve handicapped children and families is described. A structured curriculum designed for a clinical rotation in developmental pediatrics is described. Results of subjective and objective evaluations of…

The Special Teaching Unit of the Bank Street College of Education in New York City initiated a graduate program that emphasizes interaction between teacher-trainee and pupil. (JF)

Specific teaching programs in dental care for the handicapped at each of The Robert Wood Johnson grant-supported institutions are summarized. Curriculum, clinical experience, student-faculty attitudes, community impact, patient procurement, and didactic instruction are reviewed. (JMF)

The paper describes the practicum requirements of the Special Education Teacher Preparation program at California State University at Northridge, and it notes problem areas in the roles of the principal, cooperating teacher, and the university professor. Field work requirements involving observation, participation, and student teaching at both the…

Describes the career education needs of college women who are disabled, a project to provide for those needs, and first-year evaluation results. (Author)

Fifteen author-contributed papers are presented to help campus personnel understand the difficulties encountered by disabled college students. Initial sections address issues and strategies involved, while a third section presents six case studies describing successful programs. A final chapter lists annotated resource guides on aspects of higher…

An operational, noncategorical, performance based teacher education program for the preparation of teachers of the handicapped at the Department of Special Education, University of Northern Iowa is described in the text of a panel presentation. Panel members address historical perspectives of the training program, key features of the program,…

The dissertation presents a plan for the compliance of William Rainey Harper College with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Chapter 1 discusses the background and significance of the plan and identifies major issues (such as the institution's commitment to nondiscrimination of the handicapped), defines terms, and cites limitations and…

The regular education inservice initiative (REGI) is a program to train school personnel to integrate handicapped students. The University of Kansas REGI project trains teams of vocational and special educators to apply the curriculum development process to the development of inservice education. (SB)

The author traces developments in further education, training, and employment for young people with special educational needs in England. (SW)