Surveyed 400 regular and special educators from New York and Massachusetts on mainstreaming attitudes and perceptions of handicapped exceptional children. Results, implications, and future research directions are discussed, so that services to handicapped exceptional children can be improved and implemented. (Author)

College freshmen of both sexes in the classes of 1976 and 1986 were compared on the basis of individual items (problems) reported on a checklist. Results focus on class and sex differences in personal development, living conditions, social activities, social, personal, and interpersonal relations, home and family, morals, adjustment to college,…

Focuses on the educational experiences of Barbara Young, a high school dropout and visually handicapped adult learner, who obtained a General Educational Development diploma and enrolled at a community college, a state university, and finally at a graduate school for a Master's degree in counselor education and research. (DMM)

Because public school music teachers, particularly those involved with choral and instrumental ensembles, have the opportunity to develop a long-term relationship with their students, they can often help students solve difficult growing problems. Discussed are basic communication skills which a teacher can use in the teacher-student relationship.…

Describes the Alternative Rehabilitation Program at Horner Junior High School (Pennsylvania). This program takes problem students out of regular classrooms so that students who want to learn no longer suffer from classroom disruptions. (MD)

Findings from the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) show a substantial decrease in alcohol use by youth during the past decade. Yet despite these trends, an estimated 1 in 5 teenagers were current alcohol drinkers and 1 in 13 were binge alcohol drinkers. This report provides data showing the relationship between emotional state,…

This paper aims to clarify some important elements for counseling students. It states that the majority of troubled and disturbed primary school and college students are that way because they have trouble relating to their parents. The emphasis is shifted towards counseling troubled students' parents. It argues that the coordination of students'…

This paper shares some of the experiences of the author, a former Ph.D. overseas student from Thailand, during the time she was conducting a research project in Australia. Being abroad for the first time, as well as coming from a culture with different norms, values, languages, beliefs, and ways of life, led to most of her days studying overseas…

Quality sequence for each student in reading instruction is vital. If "learnings" to be acquired are not sequential, then a student might well face difficulties in learning to read well. Some of the problems in reading instruction may be inherent in the basal textbook being used, and sometimes, problems of reading instruction reside…

Article describes a procedure to protect student rights and improve the process of identifying students' social, emotional, or learning problems. (Editor)

The role of distributive education in the suburbs differs greatly from that in the inner-city; to expect identical results in terms of the finished product is unrealistic. Distributive education must serve each student in the program regardless of his socio-economic status and geographical location. (Author/AG)

Foreign students who seek an education in the United States for careers as scientists in their native countries face many difficulties. This article enumerates various remedies for their problems including: information sources, financial aid, transportation vouchers, and foreign advisers. (PG)

Of the three barriers to adult education development - economic cost, work restrictions and family responsibilities - only the first has been effectively reduced in Finland; author feels that every adult should have a right to use part of his working time for studies.'' (Author/ST)

This article describes one method, an extinction technique, that has been used efficiently with college students experiencing school related anxiety. (Author)