The author describes the education of exceptional children and gives fair warning that they, too, are our children and will be in all our classes in the near future. (Editor)

Nine hundred twenty-four references (in English) and 198 references (in French) published in Canada on special education are included in the bibliography. Citations represent works from 1974 to 1980 on the following topics: identification, assessment, and treatment; mainstreaming; programs and services; rights of exceptional children;…

Focuses on unnecessary labeling practices, poor cognitive and affective performance of children assigned to special classrooms, and the mainstreaming of misplaced pupils from special to regular classrooms. The controversy generated by these problems resulted in three new terms: mislabeling, mainstreaming, and accountability. These terms are…

The study investigated whether 60 preservice and inservice, regular and special educators' perceptions of the emotionally disturbed/behaviorally disordered (ED/BD) would be influenced within a multidimensional framework by differentially labeling the target group. Among results were that the ED/BD categorical label was a significant factor in the…

The rationale of mainstreaming is discussed in light of the need for deemphasis on isolation and labeling, increased protection of human rights, individualization in all phases of education, increased attention to the development of the total child, and greater cost effeiciency in the delivery of services. (DLS)

Asserting that schools often label students who do not learn quickly enough as "learning disabled," this personal account of one young man's determination to overcome the label demonstrates the effect of a trusting teacher-student relationship and the need to reevaluate educational practices for these students. (SK)

Background: The study is set in the context of international moves towards more inclusion of children with disabilities into mainstream schools and the greater importance attached to the child's voice in decision making in education. Aims: To examine how children with moderate learning difficulties (MLD) in mainstream and special schools see…

Fifty-nine educable mentally retarded (EMR) students and 330 nonhandicapped high school students from mainstream classes completed semantic differential ratings of a stereotypic Popular Teenager, Juvenile Delinquent, and Special Education Student. Ss also rated their global self concepts and situation specific self concepts within the mainstream…

The paper describes pilot work in seven classes with mainstreamed physically handicapped students and four special classes on two measures (Classroom Index of Student Needs and Classroom Index of Individualized Instruction) to describe degrees of student diversity in the classroom and of the individualized educational service provided there. The…

A 6 month study of attitudes held by hearing students toward deafness on an integrated deaf-hearing campus examined changes in attitudes that are theoretically to be expected when ideal cultural norms confront real norms of daily life. (Author)

The author criticizes the Warnock Report on special education for failing to distinguish between children whose educational handicaps are biological or social in origin, and for attempting to deal with both groups through labels and a continuum of special services. (SJL)

Surveyed 195 school psychologists to examine whether competence-oriented information about children would lead to less restrictive special education placements than problem-oriented descriptions. Results showed children described through competence profiles were recommended for significantly less restrictive placements, while previous labels had…

Educable mentally retarded children who are mainstreamed are likely to have social problems due to personological concerns (maladaptive behavior, labeling) and environmental concerns (teacher attitudes and expectancies, peer attitudes). (CL)

Problems of definition are discussed and followed by a delineation of three major forces which induced the genesis of mainstreaming: research-based evidence and arguments, litigation challenging long-established practice, and legislative mandates (specifically, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act--P.L. 94-142). (DLS)

Definitions of intelligence have traditionally been rooted in literacy competence. In this article, the authors examine two historical examples where societal prejudices and institutional forces worked to limit and regulate access to literacy. The first example illustrates how racism and denial of competence were so profoundly linked and…