The objectives of this program, funded under Title I of the 1965 ESEA, were as follows: (1) to raise the achievement levels in reading for children in the special schools who were retarded in reading two or more years. Each of the 28 special schools selected a target group of children for whom intensive remediation was provided; (2) to develop…

This booklet provides information on the rights of parents of handicapped children (according to both Illinois and national laws) and describes services required by law for the handicapped child and the necessary steps to obtain these services. Definitions of various mental, physical, and emotional handicaps are given according to legal…

One of the major aims of the schools is to develop well integrated and socially adjusted citizens. When personal-social difficulties arise, the schools frequently are called upon to cooperate in programs of prevention and habilitation. The schools, therefore, can and should occupy a critically important position in this as well as in other…

Associations between parental and teacher reports of conduct problems at age eight and psychosocial outcomes at 18 were longitudinally examined with 1,265 New Zealand children. Overall, conduct problems at age eight predicted elevated rates of educational underachievement, juvenile offending, substance abuse/dependence, and mental health problems…

In this article we discuss the definition of emotionally disturbed (ED) from the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, with a specific focus on the clause contained in this definition, which is designed to exclude from special education services students who are considered to be socially maladjusted (SM). The history of the SM exclusionary…

THE PERSONALITY STRUCTURE, CAUSES FOR DEVIATION, AND MAJOR DIAGNOSTIC CATEGORIES FOR SOCIALLY MALADJUSTED AND EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED CHILDREN ARE DISCUSSED. SCHOOL ROLE, GOALS, AND DEFINITIONS ARE RELATED TO STRATEGIES FOR RECRUITING AND TRAINING TEACHERS OF EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED CHILDREN ARE CONSIDERED. A DISCUSSION OF THE SELECTION OF TEACHERS…

Follow-up study of mildly mentally retarded adults (N=40) hospitalized as adolescents for psychiatric disorders 10 years earlier rated 30 percent as having "fair to good" vocational and social adjustment; 42.5 percent indicated "marginal" adjustment. These ratings were poorer than those found for mentally retarded individuals without psychiatric…

Rates of change in behaviors in relation to community adjustment were examined for 292 participants in the 7-year longitudinal National Adolescent and Child Treatment Study (NACTS) as they transitioned to the adult world. Participants with initially higher social-adaptive behavior and whose behavior improved over time attained higher adjustment…

This response to Maag and Howell (EC 602 677) stresses that the prevention and treatment of students' emotional and behavioral problems requires system restructuring, a change of values, and such coercive change techniques as a revised, more inclusive, federal definition of emotional and behavioral disorders. (DB)

Issues related to the exclusion of students considered socially maladjusted from consideration in Public Law 94-142 are discussed in light of current research evidence and school practices. A broader, more inclusive perspective is advocated, including early intervention and special education for such at-risk pupils. (Author/PB)

The document contains eight papers on research in career development of the handicapped, and is one of three volumes of selected papers presented at a November, 1981, international conference on the career development of handicapped individuals. Papers have the following titles and authors: "Research in the Area of Career Development for the…

The Balthazar Scales of Adaptive Behavior II (BSAB-II) provides a system for program development and evaluation and for social behavior assessment of profoundly and severely mentally retarded individuals as well as of the younger less retarded and emotionally disturbed individuals. The specimen set consists of six parts: a Manual, a Tally Sheet…

This study examined whether students with learning disabilities (LD) differed from general education (NLD) students in terms of depressive symptomatology, causal attributions for success and failure, self-concept, and locus of control. Eighty-two students in grades 4, 5, and 6 participated in the study. Subjects were given the Intellectual…

A SAMPLE OF 236 FORMER MENTAL PATIENTS WAS DIVIDED INTO (1) AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP OF 111 CLIENTS WHO RECEIVED FROM 6 TO 12 MONTHS OF AN INTENSIVE AND GRADED SERIES OF VOCATIONAL EXPERIENCES, WITH SUPPORTING PERSONAL AND THERAPEUTIC SERVICES, (2) A CONTROL GROUP OF 40, AND (3) TWO COMPARISON GROUPS OF 63 AND 40 CLIENTS. SOME PURPOSES OF THE STUDY…

WRITTEN BY A FORMER HOUSEPARENT WHO HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR INDOCTRINATING NEW HOUSEPARENT PERSONNEL, THE BOOK EXAMINES WHAT IS REQUIRED OF MATURE, EFFECTIVE HOUSEPARENTS IN A RESIDENTIAL SETTING WHICH SERVES DISTURBED ADOLESCENTS. TOPICS ON TREATMENT INCLUDE THE TREATMENT TEAM, HOUSEPARENTS AND EMOTIONS, A HOUSEPARENT SPEAKS OUT, SO YOU WANT…