The paper raises concerns about current intervention practices used with children who, while not handicapped, have academic and/or behavioral problems and who may be labeled handicapped. A lack of options for these high risk students is noted in regular programs, and the impact on the student and the system of the referral-to-testing-to-labeling…

Administrative steps necessary to provide needed educational programs for transitional students (students who have been declassified and are no longer eligible for special education programing) are discussed. The administrative steps include recognizing the new subpopulation of students, arranging for the gradual transfer of students from special…