Santa Cruz City Traveling School was created to help youngsters cope with life pressures and complexities and gain a more complete education. Each semester, 36 students in grades 7-12 tour a region of the U.S. or Canada in a school bus. They live in hostels and group camps while being taught full range of academics and personal growth skills. (MLH)

Disabled secondary students (N=62) who participated in the Self Protection for the Handicapped curriculum demonstrated significant growth in "safe" responses to role play simulations involving harassment and exploitation. (CL)

Thirty-five severely mentally retarded secondary students trained in the classroom and in natural settings according to the behaviorally based technology showed signficantly greater gains on those community living tasks for which they were trained than on those for which they were not. (CL)

A survey of 4-H school enrichment programs (813 responses) found that they reach large numbers of diverse youth and develop credibility with community and schools. Long-term programs such as 4-H clubs have proven effective in helping youth develop life skills, but Extension must carefully consider the purpose and consequences of diverting…

Classroom simulation activities helped multihandicapped hearing impaired adolescents acquire independent living skills related to finding employment, handling job finances, and finding an apartment. (CL)

English secondary students were shown pictures of everyday activities and interviewed about whether math was involved. They were aware of daily math and did not have difficulties identifying math in practical or traditionally female activities. However, they restricted math to activities involving single-solution problems and formal rather than…

Describes a curriculum guide to teach self-help skills for single parents. The guide features problem solving and decision making as the skills essential for effective management of one's life. (JOW)

An apartment living course at the Model Secondary School for the Deaf gives students the opportunity to practice decision making skills and independent living in training apartments. (CL)

A survey of 38 secondary business departments collected information on the number of basic business courses being taught, and enrollment, grade levels, and teaching department for each. Results indicate that all schools offer at least one basic business course, with 14 percent offering at least four courses. None of the schools had plans to expand…

The Community Adjustment Program (CAP), a summer collaborative effort between a residential school and a public school intermediate unit to instruct visually impaired mainstreamed adolescents in adaptive living and social skills, supplemented the limited daily living instruction available in the public school system. (Author/CL)

A unit on savings accounts helped learning disabled adolescents with the basic skills of writing dates and numbers on banking forms, using correct forms for withdrawal and deposit, and understanding vocabulary terms and concepts. (CL)

Includes three responses to David Lemire's article "Math Problem Solving and Mental Discipline." Contends that quality mathematics instruction should result in citizens capable of functioning productively in this highly technological, capitalistic, and democratic society. Proposes that mathematics is very relevant for real-life problem solving.…

The paper reports findings of a California committee on the need for differential graduation standards for students with learning disabilities and/or other educational handicaps. The committee proposes minimum levels of proficiency in career education, vocational education, work experience, and independent living skills to help students gain…

An assessment strategy uses pretests and posttests to assess deaf students' pre-independent, semi-independent, and independent living skills. The one-on-one assessment technique allows evaluators (and subsequently teachers) to tailor learning activities to the specific needs of the individual student. (CB)