The studies involving two blind adults evaluated a new system-- Trigemina--that relates visual information to blind persons by tactile stimulation through a matrix of 10 x 10 vibrating rods applied to a postage stamp-sized area of skin over the forehead. (Author/SBH)

This study tested whether the first level in processing orientation information results in perceiving whether a shape is upright or nonupright. Theory states that nonupright orientations are not distinguished from each other. As predicted, three- and four-year-olds discriminated upright from nonupright pictures more readily than they discriminated…

Paraprofessionals are being employed to support special and regular educators in mainstreaming multihandicapped students. (Author/SBH)

Reports a personal commitment dimension in client expectancies about counseling. The findings extend and amplify considerably the information available on the dimensions underlying client expectancies about counseling. (Author)

The article discusses two subtests of the Detroit Tests of Learning Aptitude: the Disarranged Pictures subtest which measures visual perception, and Memory for Designs, which assesses recall and reproduction of abstract visual presentation. Diagnostic and prescriptive considerations are reviewed. (CL)

A short speech perception test for severely and profoundly deaf children (4 to 19 years old) was developed which incorporates "distinctive feature" elements in a minimal contrast, forced choice, word-picture format. (Author)

The article reviews the literature on auditory perceptual impairments in children with language disorders. It is suggested that, rather than a higher order cognitive or "linguistic" deficit, the underlying deficit in childhood language disorders is a perceptual one. (Author)

The study demonstrates that, with a brief training period, deaf adolescents (N=8) can attain a high level of perceptual performance with a tactual speech system in discrimination of certain hard to lipread word pairs pronounced by both a male and a female speaker. (Author/SBH)

Provides four characteristics of "total aliveness" and illustrates each characteristic with examples from technical literature, clinical and research practice, and a novel about mental illness and its effects. (FL)

Discusses a study comparing children's perception of temporal acoustic cues to that of adults. Subjects were asked to identify voiced or voiced CVC words with uniformly voiceless final obstruents but in which vowel duration was systematically varied. Results show that subject age and vowel duration of test stimuli affect identification processes.…

To facilitate appropriate line choice for tactile graphic displays, 42 visually impaired Ss traced four types of tactile lines in a simple display (without intersections), and in a complex display (having intersections). (Author)

Short rapid movements of great precision increase programming time for motor reaction. (JD)

Other school personnel have significantly different perceptions of the school nurse's role when compared to the perceptions of the nurse herself. (JD)

Provides information on required personal characteristics, problems, environmental needs, action plans, deadlines, and evaluation for those interested in becoming consultants for business, industry, or education. (CMV)

Data reported here were gathered in three educational research settings (a single school, a school district, and a research center/school district team). Described are perceptions of subjects of ethnographic observation (teachers, administrators, and program coordinators) regarding ethnographic techniques, the roles of ethnographers, and their own…