Research on the effectiveness of the special education class is reviewed and studies on the role of resource rooms are discussed. (CL)

Four trainable mentally retarded students (10 to 14-years-old) participated in a program designed to teach students to label words as they occurred in stories, to label words as they occurred in questions, and to print answers to the questions without requiring the physical presence of instructional personnel. (SBH)

A short term residential summer camp treatment program provided for 18 autistic children, 15 boys and 3 girls (5 to 13 years old), was seen to be successful by the camp staff and parents. (IM)

Two studies measured the effects of parent-administered listening training on the performance of 30 preschool misarticulating children. (Author/CL)

Three programs to improve test-taking performance were evaluated. Subjects who had failed the Chartered Life Underwriter examination were assigned to four treatments: (1) training in test wiseness; (2) systematic densensitization of test anxiety; (3) a combination of (1) and (2); and (4) control. (Author/CTM)

A difficult aspect of continuing education is evaluation, especially of publications used for program development. This case study was undertaken to determine the usability of four publications in a 4-H forestry seedling planting program as rated by professionals and 4-Hers. The intent was to develop instrumentation that can be used in any program…

Describes implementation of an Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission program evaluation system at the Quadco Rehabilitation Center. While there was some initial staff resistance to implementation, facility personnel was to see that using the system did not significantly raise operating costs yet did help increase programmatic effectiveness and…

The review surveys published and unpublished reports of the use of the Initial Teaching Alphabet (i.t.a.) with several types of sensory handicaps. (Author/SBH)

Nearly 20 educational models were studied in an effort to determine varying patterns of effects of educational programs in different settings. Children's academic achievement was measured from kindergarten through third grade in each model program. The study's design, methodology, and findings are reported in this article. (GC)

Teachers and other personnel at the Arizona State School for the Deaf and the Blind planned and carried out a pilot program to guide low-achieving and poorly motivated older deaf students (16 to 19 years old) through a real working experience and the functional academic skills and language associated with it. (Author/SBH)

Describes a placement office which needed computer service but couldn't justify a complicated system. Presents a means which was found to eliminate tedious handling of data. (Author)

Reported are preliminary results of a 3-year project to survey special and regular schools in England and Wales regarding educational practices with emotionally distrubed children. (DB)

Analysis of objective reference test results indicated that health education was found to be an effective means of raising the knowledge levels of elementary school children concerning health-related topics. (MJB)

The main implication seems to be that the national government should take care. If it wants to solve social problems at the level of the individual, the Follow Through experience offers no encouragement that it can be done through federally directed curricular reform. (Author)

Data indicates that use of a clinical approach by supervisors in dealing with teachers promotes more effective communication and is so perceived by teachers; yet the approach requires careful training and subsequent monitoring to assure that the method is indeed consistently used. (MJB)