The publication describes the special education programs and services for exceptional children in the Los Angeles City Schools. Content is organized under the three following major sections: physically exceptional pupils (discussing the deaf and hard of hearing, orthopedically handicapped and other health impaired, speech handicapped, and visually…

Noted are problems such as the increased incidence of handicaps additional to the hearing impairment, the lack of homogeneity among the hearing impaired, and the poor language ability of most hearing impaired students. Current programs in Missouri, California, and New York are briefly described. (DB)

The Los Angeles City Unified District's special education (SE) programs and services for exceptional children from 3 to 21 years of age are presented textually and graphically. The programs are described as resulting from a recently formulated master plan for future service delivery in as normal a school environment as possible. Information about…

Informal and formal programing for gifted children in grades 4 through 12 in Israel are described. After school and summer enrichment programs, special classes and special schools for the gifted are discussed; and a number of programs for gifted children from disadvantaged backgrounds are presented. The author reports on her own research studies…

Described are schools, classes, programs, and services provided by the Los Angeles Unified School District for children with special physical and educational needs. Section I contains a general description of the Division of Special Education and organizations for parents, a chart of organization within the division, and a map indicating the…

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…

All superintendents of schools in cities of 5,000 population and over were recently invited by the United States Commissioner of Education to describe plans or methods they had worked out in their respective schools during the past few years. In response to this invitation, several hundred letters were received. Some gave complete accounts of one…