Discussed in the eight conference papers on creativity and the gifted implications of federal legislation for the gifted, the development of a composite measure of artistic creativity, and an empirical study of cognitive style and creative problem solving in junior high school students. A paper on the identification of creativity in writers…

Presented at the Educational Testing Service's Invitational Conference on Measurement and Educational Policy in 1978, the paper discusses some critical measurement issues that influence the future course of education for the gifted. The current status of gifted education is reviewed, and the gifted population is defined as those with demonstrated…

Proceedings of the Fourth International Seminar on Special Education (Cork, Ireland, September 8-12, 1969) contain papers relating to the following themes: special education personnel, identification of the handicapped, general aspects of early education, special education methods, early education programs for the mentally handicapped, and early…

Reported are issues considered at a professional symposium on child abuse case identification and reporting. The general information needs, considerations, and decision-making processes that seem to be held in common across professional disciplines are identified. The ways in which a particular professional's background, training, and work setting…

Proceedings of a conference on the Early Identification of Children with Potential Learning Problems (University of California, Los Angeles, May, 1969). (KW)

Presented are five papers given at a 1970 seminar on reading difficulty and the intelligent underachiever. In the first paper, Dr. T. D. Hagger discusses the concept of specific learning disabilities and stresses the trend to search for causation in organic factors within the child, the importance of early identification, and the need for…

The ten conference papers on learning and language disabilities begin with discussions of staff development procedures for teachers of language handicapped children, methods of instructional intervention for such children, and the comparative utility of the limited, intensive, and comprehensive methods of identification and evaluation of language…

The special issue presents a collection of 10 studies presented at a major workshop on Usher's Syndrome (a condition of congenital deafness accompanied by progressive loss of vision) which was sponsored by the South Central Regional Center for Deaf-blind Children in Dallas, Texas, September, 1977. (IM)

The report contains papers presented at a University of Vermont conference on the implementation of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (P.L. 94-142), entitled "A Free Appropriate Public Education for All." Titles and authors include "The Legislative Intent" (R. Stafford), "Perspectives From the Bureau of…

The proceedings of a special study institute on the preschool handicapped child include staff and participant lists, opening and closing remarks, and six papers. Topics discussed in the papers include teacher clues for identifying learning disabled students, directions for teacher identification of speech and hearing handicaps, the concept of…

Provided are papers resulting from an Invisible College on Child Abuse and Neglect conducted by the Council for Exceptional Children which focused on what schools can and should be doing in the treatment of child abuse and neglect. Entries are included with the following titles and authors: "The Sensitive Teacher" by D. Howell; "The Abuse of…

Presented are the proceedings of a 1976 conference on rehabilitation of the deaf. The complete texts of the following addresses are included: "Rehabilitation Imperatives" by C. Mills; "What Must Be Done?" (ten priority areas such as early identification of children with hearing loss) by J. Melcher; "The Current Scene as Viewed by the Deaf" by M.…

Summarized are conference presentations on the following topics: relevant research (in areas such as mother/child interaction); eight demonstration projects (such as the Portage Project); case finding, screening, diagnosis, and tracking; the University of North Carolina's intervention programs; and the state of the art of early intervention.…

The proceedings of the training institute include papers by Hans Myer on the nature of special education, goals for the handicapped by Marvin Beekman, identification of handicapped students by Ernest Willenberg, instructional materials by Wayne Lance, and the role of the Council for Exceptional Children by John Kidd. Transcriptions are provided of…

THESE 11 PAPERS WERE PRESENTED AT THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF INSTRUCTORS OF THE BLIND NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PRESCHOOL SERVICES FOR VISUALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES. PHYSICIANS, SOCIAL WORKERS, EDUCATORS, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF COMMUNITY SERVICES PARTICIPATED IN THE CONFERENCE HELD MARCH 28-30, 1965. IN THE KEYNOTE ADDRESS,…