Developments in the integration of handicapped children in the educational system of Ontario, Canada are reviewed. (GW)

The study examined the ability of intellectual, achievement, and behavioral data to predict placement of 95 learning disabled students (ages 7 to 15) into a special program. Only 27-33 percent of the variance was accounted for by the battery of assessment instruments in student placement decisions. (Author/DB)

The study compared the physical fitness of 283 segregated resident, 64 segregated nonresident, and 137 integrated visually impaired subjects aged 10 to 17 years. Results indicated that educational environment (favoring the segregated environment) was a significant factor on four of the six items in the physical fitness test battery. (Author/DB)

Comparison of attitudes of 47 deaf and normal hearing high school students taught in either self-contained or mainstreamed classrooms found that deaf students in self-contained classrooms expressed significantly more negativism than did students from other educational milieus. (DB)

"Challenge classes" for secondary students are described in the context of their five-year history in one school district and by comparison with traditional approaches to education of the gifted. The program encourages the learner to push beyond normal curriculum expectations. Content is determined by individual teachers and their students. (JW)

Ninety-four administrators and secondary resource teachers, who were surveyed about program needs for learning disabled (LD) students, ranked individualization of instruction as most important and self-contained LD classes as least important among 15 programs. (MC)

A guide for special teachers to use in selecting instructional materials contains nine steps. (MC)

A crucial aspect of the teaching-learning process for educable mentally handicapped children in special classes are the attitudes of teachers toward the impaired children. (DB)

In response to a paper by David Sabatino (EC 051 608), the author provides data from a 13 year study of special education placement further supporting findings of the ineffectiveness of special class placement, and suggests that resource personnel can best function by providing assistance to regular teachers. (DB)

Hyperkinetic children are usually helped by a coordinated program of medication, parent and child counseling, and teacher consultation. Medication usually facilitates everything else that is done for the child. Therefore, referral to and cooperation with the prescribing physician deserves special attention. (Author)

The purposes of elementary school career education for mildly handicapped students, and specific learning activities and materials, are discussed. Elementary level career education components are identified as the development of social skills, self-understanding, communication and computation abilities, and the exploration of a variety of careers.…

The failure of common methods of research synthesis to arrive at conclusions about effectiveness of special education is discussed. Meta-analysis, the analysis of analyses, is proposed as an alternative. Results of meta-analyses in the areas of special versus regular class placement, process training, and medically-based intervention are…