Regular-class elementary students (N=240) were questioned about their attitudes toward integrated multiply handicapped children. Factor analysis of the attitudes questionnaire revealed four dimensions of attitudes: causal-contact, contact-desire, deviance-tolerance, and peer acceptance. The effects of sex, grade (or age), and integrated school…

This tipsheet offers suggestions for the instructor who has a student with both a vision and a hearing loss, stressing that the first step is to talk with the student to determine what modifications are necessary. Specific recommendations are offered for the following areas: (1) use of student aids/accommodations (such as interpreters, notetakers,…

Describes the rapid growth of special education programs in New Jersey, due largely to the efforts of lagislation promoted and encouraged by parents of handicapped children. (GB)

Post mortem examinations were done on two adult siblings (one female and one male) who had been clinically described as suffering from mental handicap, deaf mutism, ataxia, hypogonadism, and hormonal disorders. (DB)

Reported was an attempt to reduce the postural hypertonicity in certain facial muscles of a 64-year-old woman with a 15-year history of Parkinsonism. (Author)

Twelve blind retarded adolescents residing in a public institution for the mentally retarded participated in a 12-week project that sought to develop and implement a program focusing on stimulus behavior and motivation. (CB)

The report outlines some preliminary medical findings of a program of inservice medical examinations by medical specialists instituted at St. Mary's School for the Deaf in Buffalo, New York. (KW)