This article documents the responses of a state-supported residential high school for gifted students following the 1994 suicides of three students. The school's measures to develop a screening procedure, design a prevention program, disseminate information about adolescent suicide, and host a conference are outlined, as is a separate crisis…

The education and related services provided by the Ohio Veterans' Children's Home (OVCH) to its 211 residents (ages 6 to 19) were evaluated. Children in the home arrive either by placement through a public agency or by private placement, and the average length of stay is about a year. Approximately half of the children appear to have severe…

A nine-state survey determined fiscal policies regarding educating children with disabilities residing in state institutions of mental health or mental retardation. States included California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and Wisconsin. It was found that predominantly state-appropriated dollars…

THIS DIRECTORY, INTENDED FOR BOTH THE PROFESSIONAL WORKER AND THE LAY PERSON, LISTS AND FURNISHES DETAILED INFORMATION CONCERNING FACILITIES FOR THERAPY, TRAINING, REHABILITATION, AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNABLE TO ATTEND REGULAR SCHOOL. LISTED ARE SCHOOLS AND TREATMENT CENTERS FOR THE EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED AND SOCIALLY MALADJUSTED, STATE SCHOOLS…