Described is a pilot study in an inner city elementary school which converted a bookmobile into a special classroom for children with reading problems. (GW)

Discussed is the changing role of the school psychologist in identifying the educable mentally handicapped child for special class placement in light of recent trends toward regular class placement of the mildly retarded. (DB)

This paper presents deficit grouping within a resource room as an organizational alternative to the creation of self-contained classrooms. (Author)

Language behavior of educable mentally retarded children in special classes is described as a function of IQ, sex, socioeconomic status, CA and MA, and special treatment effects. (Author/KW)

The educational relevance of a nonverbal procedure for assessing learning potential in educable mentally handicapped persons was tested with a classroom laboratory science program in electricity. (Author)

A method for identifying the possible rehabilitant or non-rehabilitant among socially maladjusted students at the time of placement in special classes was demonstrated to be possible at a level useful for prediction. (Author/KW)

Gifted classes were shown to have a broader scope of cognitive emphasis, to emphasize higher thought processes, have more opportunity for discussion, less teacher domination, and more enthusiastic students. (Author)

A review of the educational and emotional impact of restrictive educational settings on children in the lowest quartile of achievement asserts that the variables which are important for successful student outcomes can occur in most settings. For ethical reasons the least restrictive environment is preferred. (Author/PN)

The study investigated attitudes of nonhandicapped elementary school students toward trainable mentally retarded (TMR) students in schools where there were TMR classes (TMR integrated) and in schools where there were no TMR classes (nonintegrated). No statistically significant group difference was found in the attitudes toward TMR students.…

Types of training considered include selecting target behaviors which are likely to be maintained by natural consequences, promoting self-management skills, and extending stimulus control through creating similarities between the special and regular class settings and matching the regular class reinforcement frequency in the special class. (DB)

The article calls attention to the fact that one of the ironies of P.L. 94-142 is the constraining effect of the regulations developed to implement the law. A combination resource room and self- contained class are described as one alternative to strict adherence to the Deno Cascade model. (Author)

Fifty primary research studies of special versus regular class placement were selected for use in a meta-analysis. Special classes were found to be significantly inferior to regular class placement for students with below average IQs and significantly superior to regular classes for behaviorally disordered, emotionally disturbed, and learning…