ENROLLMENT FIGURES AND THE GROWTH OF SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSES FOR EDUCABLE (SPECIAL C CLASSES) AND TRAINABLE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED PUPILS IN THE MILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR 1965-66 ARE SUMMARIZED. THE EDUCABLE PROGRAM ENROLLED 1,819 STUDENTS IN 128 CLASSES. STUDENTS IN THE 36 TRAINABLE CLASSES NUMBERED 344. NUMBER OF TRAINABLE…

Presented is the final report of a 3-year Title III program which provided approximately 50 emotionally disturbed children (6- to 14-years-old) with special classes (10 pupils per class) utilizing behavior modification techniques and precision teaching. Explained are the project purpose of providing an instructional setting for children totally…

Nine emotionally disturbed deaf children (aged 10 to 16 years) were served by a day class which had as its main objective the successful return of each child to a regular class for deaf children. (Author/DB)

Described and evaluated is a Marion County, Florida, program which applied the team teaching method to instruction of 45 educable mentally retarded 10- to 14-year-old students. It is stressed that the philosophy of the middle schools and of team teaching is to provide a means of meeting individual needs of students. Described are the program's…

The paper describes the population served by the Dearborn Pre-Vocational Unit of the Schools for Children (Cambridge, Massachusetts) and discusses the Unit's major program components for meeting student needs. The needs of the behavior disordered/learning disabled adolescent population include basic academic skills, improved self image,…

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…