Investigated with 92 learning disabled elementary grade students were disorders of the vestibular system (response to gravity and changes in rate of movement). (Author/DB)

For availability, see EC 104 061. Examined is the need for early intervention with severely and profoundly handicapped infants and young children, and provided is a rationale for viewing infant and preschool education as the central point in the parent-school-clinic relationship. (CL)

Focuses on (1) some steps that President Carter and the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (DHEW) have taken to serve handicapped Americans, (2) new efforts that are underway in DHEW, such as closed captioning for the deaf, and (3) future effectiveness of rehabilitation programs in light of inflated expenses for health and hospital care.…

The Early Intervention Effectiveness Institute established by Utah State University will increase the knowledge base concerning efficacy of various types of early intervention with handicapped children. Let's Play to Grow is a recreation and support program for disabled children and their families with approximately 200 clubs and 6,000 members…

Compliance with policy mandates and instructional complexity are unique aspects of special education for which peer review, applied research, and qualitative/naturalistic methods used for evaluating general education are inadequate. A conceptual map designed to organize longitudinal, systematic evaluation of special education addresses its special…

School districts are making after-school day-care programs available for disabled children by expanding existing programs for non-disabled students to include children with disabilities. Project SCOPE (Serving Children of Parents Employed) in Springfield Illinois and school-age child-care programs in Arlington and Fairfax County, Virginia, are…

The study investigated the perceptions of student teachers completing a preservice teacher education program using the curriculum infusion model to prepare regular classroom teachers for mainstreaming of handicapped children. Students perceived the curriculum and their own knowledge as less than adequate and contact with handicapped learners less…

Investigated effects of a rational-emotive education (REE) program on learning-disabled adolescents' (N=60) self-concept and locus of control. Results suggest that the REE intervention strategy is an effective approach to helping learning-disabled adolescents enhance some aspects of self-concept and develop a more internal locus of control…

A comparison between adult and computer-delivered instruction was conducted with 17 children (ages 4 to 14 years) with severe learning and behavior problems. Results suggested that there was no overall difference in task performance between conditions, but that the children as a group did exhibit more deviant behavior in the adult condition.…

Sixty learning disabled children (8-11 years old) were randomly assigned to experimental and control conditions; the experimental group leaders were trained in REE (Rational-Emotive Education.) The REE intervention appeared to be beneficial in both enhancing self-concept and encouraging an internal locus of control orientation in LD students.…

The article cites the need for quality evaluation of the effects of early intervention programs for handicapped students and outlines a meta-analysis approach to examine issues of efficacy and cost effectiveness. Proposed plans for collecting and analyzing cost effectiveness data are detailed. (CL)

Studied the effects of conversation skills training for two retarded and one learning disabled participant in a sheltered workshop. Results indicated that participants improved their use of targeted conversational skills over the course of training, but had difficulty generalizing target behaviors to other individuals. (JAC)

Reported was a study of the effectiveness of a 40 week reading program using the Initial Teaching Alphabet with 10 male students (8 to 12 years of age) who exhibited auditory perceptual disturbances. (GW)

To assess the relative effectiveness of computerized over conventional remedial methods with handicapped learners, 205 learning disabled elementary school children were assigned to a mathematics computer assisted instructional (CAI) or spelling CAI treatment or a conventional instruction control group. Results indicated that gains for the three…