The report describes accomplishments of a program serving approximately 2500 handicapped students fomerly educated in New York state operated or supported schools. The program offered supplemental services to eligible students either through teacher training or through provision of materials and equipment. Curriculum areas in component 1 included…

This report analyzes the literature on the issues involved in providing summer school services to handicapped students (3-21 years old) in Illinois. Introductory sections examine the state legislative history regarding summer school and judicial decisions from across the country on the topic. A review of the literature is presented followed by…

Evaluation data are presented for the Open Door infant, toddler, and preschool programs (Las Cruces, New Mexico) for handicapped young children. Effects of intervention are reported in terms of learner gain for each child, mean gains for each child across developmental areas, mean gains for groups within each developmental area, subsequent…

The Exercises to Encourage Development (EXTEND) Program for developmentally delayed students is described and evaluation results presented. Designed to provide attention to the child with developmental lags in the areas of motor skills, perceptual sensations, or expressive-receptive language, the program attempts to prevent potential academic…

The presentation deals with four of the factors that have made the Illinois Developmental Centers for the Retarded a success. The following four factors are discussed: (1) the philosophy that the developmentally disabled are individuals and members of society with rights and privileges due all citizens; (2) intensive staff development programs…

Thirty-six children with poor learning skills were identified in an infants school by using D. Stott's experimental Guide to the Child's Learning Skills (GCLS). The children were allocated to three groups of 12, two of which had intervention teaching programs while the third was left as a comparison group. Pre and post test results showed that…

Longitudinal studies of disabled persons are relatively uncommon, and studies which have measured objectively the degree to which the disabled sustain their level of functioning after rehabilitation are nonexistent. This study investigated the concept of sustention as it relates to the provision of rehabilitation services. Based on a longitudinal…

Although the hypothesis that alpha biofeedback training would make a significant difference in reading gain scores of nine learning disabled students (7-12 years old) was rejected, most Ss gained in amplitude and duration of alpha waves and evidenced a slight improvement in hyperkinetic and maladaptive behavior with increased comprehension. (CL)

Describes the Community Mental Health Technology Program at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, City University of New York, which provided large numbers of middle-level technicians to work with the handicapped. The article describes program courses and purpose and the types of jobs technicians are qualified to perform. (CT)

Nine studies reporting child change data for nonhandicapped children participating in integrated preschool settings were analyzed in terms of methodology and specific classroom practices. The studies suffered from methodological weaknesses common to many early intervention efficacy studies. Documentation of child progress is only one measure of…

Two highly contrasting models of preschool education for mildly handicapped children were compared. Direct Instruction led to greater gains on the Test of Early Language Development and the Basic Language Concepts test. Mediated Learning led to greater gains on the McCarthy Verbal and Memory scales and Mean Length of Utterance measure. (Author/VW)

Contends that success of supported employment service programs depends on the ability of new programs to replicate results of supported work demonstration projects. Notes that the capacity to verify accurate replication independently is limited, as is knowledge of the extent to which supported employment demonstration programs generalize to a wide…

Subjects (N=224) were elementary, middle, and high school special education students receiving the Gillingham tutorial program services in reading and language arts for one school year. In general, progress was made at more than one-half the expectancy for the nonspecial education student. Spelling showed the least improvement. (Author/DB)

The study investigated whether 25 intermediate grade learning disabled students would generalize creativity training to increased competence on a spontaneous writing task. Following creativity training, including such activities as nonjudgmental brainstorming, the experimental group's writing significantly improved in number of thought units,…

Analysis of 326 studies of early intervention efficacy indicated significant positive benefits for most children but little evidence to support some common beliefs (such as the superiority of very early intervention or the necessity for parental involvement). Application of the steps in the scientific method are recommended for such large scale…