Described is the Patterned Observation and Intervention (POINT) Project which provides teachers with diagnostic teaching plans and sequenced academic tasks for kindergarten through third grade handicapped children. (CL)

Described are three manpower development programs for handicapped children selected as examplary because of program elements worthy of further study or replication. Presented in the form of case studies, each program is examined in terms of an introduction, program operations, notable features, people in the program, program evaluation,…

Explained is an experimental program to provide supplementary instruction within a humanistic framework for 90 children (in grades K-12) with handicaps such as learning or behavior problems, mental retardation, cerebral palsy, and deafness. Cited is the need to avoid stigmatizing labels and instructional grouping by providing adaptive skill…

Presented is the final report of a 4-year project to develop and evaluate a prototype program for training special education consultants who are qualified to assist school personnel and parents in remediating academic and social behaviors of handicapped children in the Kansas City (Missouri) area. An overview and introduction are provided in the…

Described is a cooperative preschool program for 20 handicapped children on a rural Michigan setting. It is explained that the program involved screening procedures in a naturalistic environment, weekly parent training sessions, and diagnostic prescriptive teaching. Included in three appendixes are examples of news releases about the program,…

Detailed in the final report of the 4-year project designed to provide home preschool education for handicapped and non handicapped Appalachian children are organization arrangements, project objectives, curriculum design, dissemination methods, program findings and recommendations. Administration is explained to involve a regional board of…

Described are five elementary level resource room models which were developed in a 1-week Michigan summer institute and followup sessions to serve special education students in regular classes. Each of the models is explained in terms of an introduction, description of the resource room setting and components, population identification, program…

Described are eight early childhood education progrms for handicapped children selected as exemplary because of elements worthy of further study or replication. Each program (in the form of a case study) is presented in terms of program operations, notable features, people, evaluation, recommendations, and informational sources. Described are the…

The Infant-Parent Training Program is a model program providing day care, therapy-nursery, and home programs for handicapped children from 0 to 3 years old. Upon intake into the program, both parents and children attend four 1-hour diagnostic sessions during which children are assessed in the areas of cognitive functioning, language functioning,…

The looseleaf binder reports on the Educational Resource Centers (ERC) model program in Jackson County, Oregon, which fosters the mainstreaming of mildly handicapped elementary and secondary students (including learning disabled, educable mentally handicapped, emotionally disturbed, and physically handicapped). The ERC provides academic and social…

Presented is the administrative guide for Project ACTIVE (All Children Totally Involved Exercising) designed to assist school districts or agencies in training educators to organize, conduct, and evaluate individualized-personalized physical education programs for handicapped students, prekindergarten through high school. Chapter I provides the…

The first of nine volumes in the SER-LARS (Special Education Resources Location Analysis and Retrieval System) Series presents an overview of the system's diagnostic-prescriptive instructional data bank. Information for the user is provided on resources needed, information generated, and procedures for the model's eight levels: initial referral…

Described are three training programs for teachers of the handicapped in Florida, Vermont, and Maryland that have been designated exemplary by the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped, which supports 500 teacher preparation programs. Typically covered for each program are aspects such as instruction, curriculum content, recruitment and…

The report describes the step-by-step method used to design and implement a resource room program for 157 special needs children (elementary level) at the Abraham Lincoln School in Revere, Massachusetts. It is noted that a special needs committee investigated programs in operation throughout the state, researched special needs programs utilizing…

Reported is a 4-year project which resulted in a model service center for handicapped children, emphasizing the identification of handicapped students (18 months-adult) lacking adequate services; provision of multidisciplinary task force of specialized personnel to diagnose, prescribe, and instruct students, parents, and teachers; assistance to…