Student responses to a program designed to promote interaction and understanding between severely handicapped and nonhandicapped fourth- through seventh-grade students are presented. The children spent three weekly recess periods with their handicapped peers and one to three weekly sessions in a discussion group attended by the regular class…

The study examined the social relations of 23 third-grade children with learning disabilities (LD) and 154 without LD. LD children were less accepted but not more rejected by peers than nonLD children. Significant group differences in friendship concepts and levels of reasoning about friendship and conflict resolution were also found. (Author/DB)

Describes eight-session social skills training groups designed to improve elementary school students' social interaction skills, thus promoting more positive peer relationships and giving children vehicle for social acceptance by others. Discusses group membership and structure; behavior management; getting started; and session format. Each…

The third of six volumes in the series on the Making Special Friends Project (designed to increase interactions between handicapped students and their peers), describes an inservice training program to help implement the model. Suggested steps in organizing and preparing to implement the model are outlined, and a plan for inservice training is…

The fourth of six volumes on the Making Special Friends Project, an approach to promoting social interactions between severely handicapped students and nonhandicapped persons in the school and community, details procedures for implementation. The first section discusses a cornerstone of the project, the expanded Individualized Education Program…

A model for integrating severely handicapped children and youth is composed of five major components: (1) general integration (in which a needs assessment determines such aspects as visibility of the classroom, interaction with regular classroom staff, and school-home communication); (2) active integration (in which educational and social…

The paper describes three strategies featuring a microcomputer to promote the integration and acceptance of students with disabilities among their nondisabled peers. The first strategy is a cross-age tutoring program in which disabled, learning disabled, emotionally disabled, or mildly retarded students demonstrate computer use to nondisabled…

The student health center at a university is seen as an innovative clinical site for student nurses that will allow them to interact with clients without serious health problems. (JD)

Describes the Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) at a high school in Canton (Massachusetts), a school-sanctioned student organization that gives gay and straight students a safe place to discuss sexual orientation issues. The GSA serves as a forum for educating students and can be a base for larger community education efforts. (SLD)

A mother describes the decision-making and the process involved in mainstreaming her five-year-old hearing-impaired son into a mainstream kindergarten program. The parents considered input from other parents and the need to achieve true social integration in the mainstream setting. (DB)

This case study describes emotional problems experienced by two gifted children as they grew to adulthood. The children were from a minority immigrant family background and suffered from parental pressure to excel, conflicting cultural demands, and family problems as well as lack of acceptance. (DB)

Describes the characteristics of nonaggressive rejected youths and the generalist systems-ecological perspective as a framework for intervention. The article also specifies strategies for school social workers to use at multiple levels--individual, peer, school, family, and community systems--to help this population. (Contains 73 references.) (GCP)

This manual makes a case for cooperative (as opposed to competitive) play among disabled and nondisabled children. Part 1, which concerns the philosophy involved, discusses the rationale for cooperative games, the importance of play, cooperative games as an alternative, components of cooperative games, structure of cooperative games, and…

This article introduces a conceptual model of emotional or psychological abuse as applied to destructive teacher student interactions in the school environment. The model distinguishes between growth-enhancing and growth-debilitating actions by teachers. (MT)

Sesame Street has developed curricula for and about children with special needs. Further efforts of The Children's Television Workshop have included programs to show parents and teachers how to use Sesame Stree with normal and disabled children. (CL)