Several lawsuits in Connecticut have led to an attempt to develop public criteria for making residential placements of exceptional children for educational rather than noneducational reasons. This article delineates criteria for making the decision, the processes by which these criteria were developed, and the rationale behind them. (MLF)

Since career education encompasses education and training for life roles, including daily living skills and academic and vocational skills, it must become better integrated and focused for visually impaired children during the early years. Currently available career education materials are not always suitable for residential school students. (SEW)

Describes North Carolina's state supported residential high school for highly able students in science and mathematics. The school is viewed as a training ground for leading scientists and mathematicians to improve science and mathematics instruction in all the state's schools. Emphasis is on expanded courses in science and mathematics. (Author/DS)

Sections address the ascertainment of handicap, estimates of the need, statutory provisions, the National Education Commission's influence, the special residential school program, the integrated program, post school provision, and teacher training. (SBH)

Doctors, nurses, and counselors from residential schools got together to share ideas on counseling and the school infirmary. From this meeting, the Independent School Health Society was formed, dedicated to achieving good health within a school by teamwork among those involved in health care and health education. (KC)

This article argues that addressing the full spectrum of special needs of British students with emotional and behavioral disabilities requires mainstream school policies, behavioral support teams, satellite units, special schools, and residential special schools. A successful student placement into a special school is recounted. (Author/CR)

Findings from 26 former pupils of a residential school for boys (ages 7-19) with emotional/behavioral disorders indicate that, despite some concerns, the former pupils have very positive memories of the school and felt that it had helped them to overcome their learning and behavioral difficulties. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)

The paper compares institutional, legal, and political structures of adult residential colleges in Britain and Denmark and concludes that there are inadequate institutional safeguards in Britain, allowing the state to dominate nominally independent institutions. Danish folk high schools enjoy institutional safeguards against state power but suffer…

Analysis of survey responses from 33 residential schools for the blind found that 45% of students were classified as without other disabilities, 39% of graduates went on to college, 49% were in grade 8 or lower, over 30% of students were day students, and most schools provide mainstreaming opportunities (particularly during high school). (DB)

Comparison of hearing (n=222) and deaf (n=217) young adults on employment, independent living, and social experience outcomes found that the hearing group was generally more successful than deaf persons from mainstream or residential schools. Gender differences did not uniformly favor men. Suggestions for improving transition programs for the deaf…

This article attempts to refocus special education upon the child and away from the "least restrictive alternative" continuum, through proposing the adoption of an array of equally acceptable educational options which might include mainstreaming for part of the day, resource room instruction, and outreach teacher consultation and summer programs…

A residential school for deaf and hard-of-hearing students developed family living units for some students. Program features include student diversity as a selection factor, a teaching-parent couple in each unit, food acquired from the school kitchen but prepared and eaten in the unit, and close communication between teachers and teaching parents.…

This article describes the accelerated college level curriculum at the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts, a residential school for academically or artistically talented eleventh and twelfth graders. The curriculum combines a required core curriculum with specialized focus areas. Student perceptions of the curriculum are also…

A survey of 37 superintendents of residential schools for blind and visually impaired learners found that schools used federal funds under Chapter 1 (Public Law 89-313) to establish and maintain integration programs, remedial programs, adaptive technology, related services, and reading programs. The paper projects the impact of suggested federal…

This article considers the legacy of Samuel Gridley Howe and others such as Francis Campbell and Mary Caroline Greene who were committed to the education of individuals with blindness. The paper examines controversies over mainstreaming versus residential schooling and the need for emphasis on developing independence in individuals with blindness.…