The paper describes a systematic evaluation of medical health care services for exceptional children seen at the Comprehensive Child Care Center of the Marshfield Clinic (Wisconsin) from 1975-1976 and 1976-1977. Responses to questionnaires designed specifically for parents and for case coordinators are reviewed. It is explained that parents…

Survey data from five school system coordinators of special education in Alabama indicate incongruity between the criteria for identification of learning disabled adolescents proposed by J. Lee Wiederholt (1975) and the observed characteristics of 161 students, grade 7 through 12, already identified as learning disabled. (JG)

Questionnaires were sent to 912 physical educators to assess the level of preparedness of public school physical educators to meet the physical education requirements of Public Law 94-142 (Education for All Handicapped Children Act). (Author/PHR)

Three hundred thirteen regular education, elementary classroom teachers participated in a study examining the relationship of their perceived role in implementing P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) and their job satisfaction to their degree of work alienation. Questionnaires addressed four aspects: (1) sample…

One hundred eighty-six individualized education programs (IEPs) and corresponding psychoeducational assessments were collected from the files of learning-disabled children. Components were examined in relation to the requirements of P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (Section 602). (SB)

A survey of 77 schools was conducted to investigate the effect of P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) on private special education schools in 12 western states. Chapter I looks at the purpose, population, procedure, and data treatment of the study as well as defining several terms. The second chapter reviews literature…

Participants in an inservice workshop (n=121) and a graduate course in teaching the young handicapped (n=271) were surveyed concerning their perceptions of community attitudes toward the handicapped, the support school systems will provide for implementing P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act), and the current level of…

The study of overlap between Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I services and P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) services was designed to address two questions--to what extent is there a duplication of services to students who might be eligible for both programs, and to what extent do procedures and rules in the…

The project (1) reviewed the standards of the National Study of School Evaluation for residential schools for the visually handicapped, (2) identified additions appropriate to day programs for the visually handicapped, and (3) developed a guide to help school districts evaluate the effectiveness of their programs for the visually handicapped in…

Severely handicapped students who demonstrate severe skill regression during school breaks, and inordinate time to recoup, require extended school year services. A framework and rationale for research development to provide guidance for services to students is described. Research to identify objective methods to determine eligibility and evaluate…

Prior to attendance at the residential school, students were making an average of approximately .56 grade equivalent gains on academic achievement tests for every year spent in school. During the period under study, children achieved an average of approximately 1.19 yearly grade level increase. (SBH)

The paper presents the rationale, design and methodology, results, and discussion of a three-part statewide (Indiana) survey of special education teachers, special education directors, and parents of handicapped children on their knowledge of and expectations for P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children. (Author)

Outlines a brief history of the relationship between people experiencing disabilities and art education. Discusses the emergence of a sociopolitical orientation. Shows how that orientation can better inform research in art education. Proposes additional contributions that art educators can make to this civil rights movement. (KM)

The article reviews the development of public policy for exceptional children, identifies emerging policy issues, and describes activities of a research project investigating policy options for implementing P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. (CL)

The special section contains three papers focusing on the effects of federal legislation on deaf education: "Public Residential Schools for Deaf Students in the United States, 1970-1978" (A. Schildroth); "Due Process--A Status Report on Schools for Deaf Children" (G. Holman); "The Impact of 504 on Schools for the…