From its beginnings as a bush camp for hard-core juvenile delinquents, Project DARE has expanded to provide programs to a variety of troubled youth in Ontario, Canada. Programs include residential schools, remote wilderness adventure programs, and community-based experiential learning and recreational opportunities. (SV)

Fifty profoundly deaf residential school adolescents were administered the Boredom Proneness scale and a modified version of the Beck Depression Inventory. Deaf students had a significantly higher incidence of depression and were more boredom prone than were hearing subjects. (Author/JDD)

Presents three college residence halls that show how administrators are working to provide students with all the comforts of home. Photos and floor plans are included. (GR)

Limited information exists about treatment programs for children with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) in the elementary grades. This national study provides a description of first-through sixth-grade day treatment and residential schools for students with EBD in two areas: (a) characteristics of schools (e.g., philosophy, accreditation,…

State residential schools specializing in mathematics and science are schools of choice for gifted young people who are interested in pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Fourteen states have such schools supported by state funding. These schools offer educational opportunities for high school young people who are…

Children identified as having emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) may have different out-of-home care placements than their peers without EBD. This study compared the factors influencing placement movements for 362 children with EBD and 363 children without EBD, using clinical "Child Behavior Checklist" (CBCL) scores at baseline…

The directory, compiled from published sources relating to 43 countries, lists educational provisions for handicapped children. The following headings have been maintained for each country (whether or not entries have been made under each): responsible authority, other public or private bodies involved, publications and reports, schools and…

Often regarded as equivalent instruments, Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised and Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R) yielded significantly different Verbal, Performance, and Full Scale scores for intellectually subaverage group, with WAIS-R consistently providing higher scores. This has implications for issues of…

Questionnaires completed by teachers and administrators from 46 residential schools for the blind revealed that while almost all of the career education activities mentioned in the questionnaire were viewed as important, they were not practiced with corresponding frequency in the classroom. (CL)

Five cow barns were recently converted to provide additional space at a residential school farm facility for emotionally disturbed children. Provides pictures and drawings. (Author)

Described are the operational features of the Drumheller Composite High School in Alberta, Canada. (JS)

Examines relationship between psychological assessment and academic performance within framework of the largest residential facility for the mentally retarded in the world, Willowbrook State School, made possible by analysis of requests for psychological reevaluation of patients made by institution's Education Department. (Author)

An administrator in a school for the deaf details concerns in implementing a computer assisted instruction program. He touches upon the state's bureaucratic approach to decision making, funding, the importance of changing the system to meet current needs, and selection of appropriate technology. (CL)

The Behavior Problem Checklist was completed by teachers of 104 students in a residential school for the visually impaired. Overall, the visually impaired children tended to have problem-behavior patterns similar to other populations and these patterns were largely independent of the visual handicap. (Author)