This document reports on a state (Maine) legislative task force evaluation of the efficiency and effectiveness of the educational program and governance system of the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf in the context of the range of alternative educational models and placements available. Conclusions and recommendations are organized into the…

A study explored the types of services that 40 schools for students with visual impairments provided to students in local education agencies, the extent of collaboration, and perceived changes to improve the process. Most schools continue to serve a dual role as residential/day schools and as outreach service providers. (Contains 8 references.)…

This article describes events that have shaped gifted education, including: deployment of Sputnik, the Marland Report, advocacy organizations, curriculum differentiation, brain research, gifted residential schools, the Richardson Study, the Javits Gifted and Talented Students Act, "National Excellence: A Case for Developing America's…

To address calls for restructuring and reform in the mid 1980's, educators proposed joining schools and universities in collaborative partnerships to improve education. Little attention has been given in the educational reform literature, however, to the field of teacher education for teachers of students with blindness or low vision. Reform…

In 1978 a complaint was filed by New Hampshire Legal Assistance against Laconia Developmental Services, New Hampshire's only public institution for children and adults with developmental disabilities. The decision from the Federal district court judge in August 1981 ordered the state to devise a plan for: institutional improvement; development of…

Residential treatment centers have always steered a course between bureaucracy and anarchy. The conventional professional wisdom in the United States holds that residential group care programs for children and youth are intrinsically flawed. This volume seeks to remedy this perception by making a case for the adoption of Israeli and European…

Program evaluation guidelines are drawn from experience evaluating residential child-care programs at the Starr Commonwealth Schools (Michigan). Delinquent and behaviorally disadvantaged youth participate in treatment based on the Psychoeducational Model (Brendtro and Ness), including full-time school, service learning projects, physical education…

ACADEMIC CURRICULUM OBJECTIVES ARE PRESENTED FOR THE EDUCABLE MENTALLY RETARDED IN (1) KINDERGARTEN AND PRIMARY CLASSES AND (2) INTERMEDIATE AND SECONDARY CLASS LEVELS. CURRICULUM IS OUTLINED IN TERMS OF EMPHASIS AND TIME ELEMENTS. THE FOLLOWING ARE OUTLINED FOR EACH LEVEL--ACADEMIC READINESS, SOCIAL GROWTH, PHYSICAL GROWTH AND HEALTH, AND MENTAL…

Involving seven Tucson school districts, a children's home, and a child guidance clinic, the Covert School (Children Offered Vital Educational Retraining and Therapy) was designed to initiate, compare, and evaluate educational approaches to the problems of emotionally disturbed children. Six distinct approaches were implemented, including a…

The Memphis (Tennessee) City Schools Program for Autistic Children offers a comprehensive program which includes a day school and a residential training center with emphasis on language training. The primary objective of the day school is establlshing and maintaining behavioral control through opearant conditioning techniques. Other aspects of the…

Concept definition and activity description constituted the major focus of implementation proceedings of this outdoor education program designed for a residential school serving secondary students with emotional and drug related problems. Major program objectives were the development of greater academic growth and more positive self-concept for…

Research reviews in this volume are a consolidation of Research Visibility articles published in the "American Vocational Journal" from September 1969 through May 1970. The reviews are arranged by sub-topic in these major sections: (1) Manpower Research, (2) Exemplary Programs and Residential Schools, (3) Comprehensive Planning, (4)…

Statistics concerning Indian education for the fiscal year 1968 are provided by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) which had direct responsibility for the 55,799 children enrolled in Federal schools and housed in Federal dormitories. The BIA had partial financial responsibility for approximately 2/3 of those enrolled in public schools. Included in…

One of three projects included examined the effects of combined speech and fingerspelling on the development of language and communication using a survey of over 200 subjects from six residential schools. The results showed that fingerspelling in combination with speech leads to improved achievement, shows no detrimental effects on the acquisition…

The major provisions of the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968 are explained. Following discussion of the rationale of the legislation and of the extent and basis of allocation of state grants, separate sections of the document deal with: (1) exemplary programs, (2) residential projects, (3) consumer and homemaking education, (4) cooperative…