Provided is a collection of teacher developed activities for teaching social adjustment skills to elementary school students. Activities are categorized in such skill areas as communication, social, motor, and perceptual; and most include goal or purpose, grade level, and a list of materials needed. (IM)

The psychosocial and visual problems of proliferating diabetic retinopathy are discussed in terms of four stages: discovery of the diagnosis, developing awareness of the diagnosis, realization of disability, and stabilization of vision. (Author)

The hearing impaired child's social experience with mainstreaming is discussed, both in a chronological manner and across different types of programs. (Author/SBH)

Available from: Behavioral Disorders, Council for Exceptional Children, 1920 Association Drive, Reston, Virginia 22091. A study involving 60 university students in teacher training was conducted to investigate the difference between individuals with high attitude acceptance toward the handicapped versus individuals with low attitude acceptance…

Experiences of the black student in the residence hall on the predominantly white university campus. (Author/JP)

This analysis sought to determine the extent to which therapeutic recreation service is indeed a service as compared to a theoretical model of service delivery. (MM)

A group of 18 mentally retarded adults from a private residential facility were transferred to a transitional living environment before possible deinstitutionalization. (Author)

The differential diagnosis of learning disabilities (LD) and emotional or behavioral disorders is complicated by the high incidence of concomitant emotional or behavioral disorders in LD children. (DB)

Examined practice of grade retention and its effects in two Utah school districts in 102 students recommended for retention. Showed retention did not benefit the children academically, personally, or socially. Reanalysis showed retention did not benefit these subgroups of children: children receiving supplementary instruction, children of average…

Three models of intentional therapeutic communities for troubled youth are described: psychiatric communities, communities with a spiritual orientation, and collectives inspired by A. Makarenko. Applications of the Makarenko model with adolescents having problems of substance abuse and serious social maladjustment in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark…

The author reports results from the Bristol Social Adjustment Guide and the Rutter Children's Behaviour Questionnaire for 42 hearing-impaired children aged 7 to 16 years who attend public school. Results are compared with those of hearing students and with those of hearing-impaired children in special school. (CH)

Describes case study approach that developed a profile of incarcerated Mexican nationals in a Federal Bureau of Prisons correctional facility as intelligent, complex, highly motivated, and resourceful. Examines Mexican inmates' social and cultural adaptation to prison and suggests that institutional staff be trained to recognize life essence of…

An approach to planning and teaching that emphasizes individual success in music could begin to provide the necessary social antidotes to inappropriate mainstreaming situations. Such an approach is discussed. (RM)

Books can help children develop a positive self-image and feelings of self-confidence. To aid in the development of a child's shades of self (personal, social, and ideal), a list of books is offered. (DF)

Interviews conducted with 30 disabled adults having varying degrees of orthopedic and spinal cord disabilities, deafness, and severe visual impairments revealed that 50 percent of the congenitally disabled would choose surgery guaranteed to completely cure the disability, and 50 percent opted for no surgery, fearing change in their satisfying…