Divided into 7 units, the book provides vocational educational teachers with inservice training on practical knowledge and work skills for working with mainstreamed handicapped students. Unit 1 explores the rights of the handicapped, the capabilities and characteristics of the handicapped, training for competitive employment, shaping the training…

The book discusses movement and music activities for handicapped students. Activities are described for ambulatory preschoolers, nonambulatory students, mentally retarded students, deaf children, and blind and visually impaired students. Each activity lists titles of accompanying songs or music as well as a brief description of the teaching…

A sociometric study of 70 male and 32 female vocational rehabilitation clients at the West Virginia Rehabilitation Center concluded that clients with visual, hearing, mental retardation and orthopedic disabilities were found to associate most with others having that same disability; however, this was not true for psychoneurotic clients. (EA)

This article considers implications of two British government initiatives for training teachers of children with sensory impairments or severe learning difficulties. The first is the draft Code of Practice which provides guidelines on the identification and assessment of pupils with special educational needs. The second is an Education Bill which…

Three adults with intellectual and visual disabilities were taught vocationally relevant tasks through the use of a self-operated verbal instruction system. Data showed that during the training all participants achieved percentages of correct task performance exceeding 90. Use of instructional clusters was effective in maintaining high levels of…

In the second half of the eighteenth century, intellectuals, stimulated by the sensualist theories of Etienne-Bonnot de Condillac (1714?80) and John Locke (1632?1704), tried to understand how a sensorially disabled person, such as one suffering from deafness or blindness was able to reason and develop ideas, for the senses were thought to be the…

This paper describes special education for children with visual impairments, hearing impairments, and intellectual impairments in China, especially in the city of Beijing. It reports a long history of special schools for individuals with visual impairments (since 1874), noting curriculum components at one school for the blind including braille,…

Intended for teachers in office education programs and those working with coordinated vocational-academic education programs, this material provides information for adapting the regular classroom, equipment, and curriculum to meet the particular needs of students with special needs. An introduction briefly describes the three major laws…

Four separate bibliographies list references regarding infants with such disabilities as blindness, visual impairments, mental retardation, and Down Syndrome. Citations listed include journal articles, books, manuals, and other publications. The first bibliography lists 24 references regarding blindness or visual impairments in infants and ways to…

One of a series designed to help Florida school districts provide special programs for exceptional children, the training packet is intended to be used in a 2-day training session for school bus drivers who transport handicapped students. The manual includes a brief introduction to five disability areas (physical impairments, visual impairments,…

The guidelines are intended to provide caregivers with ways of working with children who have special needs. Following general guidelines on working with special needs children, information is summarized on the following exceptionalities: special health needs, physical needs, sight needs, hearing needs, speech needs, intellectual needs, emotional…

The bibliography lists approximately 100 citations of documents discussing the ways in which toys are used with handicapped children. It is explained that the materials listed cover uses ranging from simple play and recreation to more remediation and therapy oriented approaches. Citations are organized alphabetically by author according to their…