Findings of the study suggest that unless residential schools serve families, the families' understanding of their children may lag and family members' development as parents and as individuals may also be arrested. Improved services to families are needed. Presented at American Association on Mental Deficiency, Boston, Mass., May 1968. (Author)

The Life Adjustment Program (LAP) of the Model Secondry School for the Deaf, Washington, DC, is a self-contained unit providing vocational and life skills training for multiply handicapped hearing impaired students. (SEW)

Participant-observation was used to evaluate the social behavior of 20 visually handicapped juniors and seniors in a residential school for the blind. Analysis revealed that the behavior observed was fairly typical of social behavior expected by sighted adolescents in any school setting. (Author/SW)

When seriously emotionally disturbed students from an institution are placed in public schools, transition programs are critical. Responses of public school teachers and institutional teachers to a questionnaire identified communication and long range planning as major concerns. (CL)

Statewide support for gifted education was assessed through a public opinion telephone survey with 400 respondents in one state. Results indicated general support for specialized programs, except residential schools, for gifted children. Appropriate public relations strategies utilizing such survey results are suggested. (DB)

Through conversations and classroom observation emerges a portrait of a teacher at a residential school for boys with severe emotional and behavioral problems. The account reveals the teacher's personal growth and professional development as well as the difficulties and dilemmas faced in the classroom, presenting teaching as an act of love.…

Discusses the needs of children brought up without parents and the state's care of children in boarding institutions in the USSR. Highlights the establishment and accomplishments of the Soviet Children's Fund which was set up to assist these children. (RJC)

Interviews with 16 gifted high school juniors explored their self-concepts and their expectations in entering a rigorous, residential academic program, the Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities. Expectations and self-concepts were found to be primarily "academic,""social," or "balanced." Sex differences were also examined.…

Describes eight innovative four-year and two-year residential college programs that allow exceptionally able high school students early entrance to college. Programs are compared in terms of admission requirements, tuition, curricula, residential components and requirements, enrichment and leadership activities, gender restriction, and grade of…

A study of 27 residential schools for students with visual impairments found the majority thought that at least an average amount of collaboration with local education agencies takes place during student transitions. They expressed concerns, however, related to cooperation, acceptance of students, and understanding of each other's programs.…

This article reports boys' experiences of life in a former residential school. The authors are all based at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. Mark Smith, who was a practitioner and manager in child and youth care settings in Scotland for many years, is currently course director of the MSc in Advanced Residential Child Care. Euan McKay is a…

An account is given of growing up as a child blinded as a result of a cancer of the eye known as retinoblastoma. The role of his mother is brought out, variously as a source of objective knowledge, of one's personal worth, and of the worth of other people in one's community. The strengths and weaknesses of his first school in his home area and…

The self-concept and quality of friendship of 40 adolescents with visual impairments (20 in public schools and 20 in a residential school) were compared to those of 41 sighted adolescents. The findings indicate a similar self-concept profile for sighted adolescents and adolescents with visual impairments, although the scores of the participants…

Restorative practices focus on repairing the harm to relationships rather than piling on more punishment for violations. Originally popularized in formal conferences between a victim and offender in the justice system, restorative practices have been extended to educational and treatment settings. This article describes how the adversarial climate…

Overselective stimulus control was assessed in 29 students at residential schools for individuals with developmental disabilities. Overselectivity testing included three different delayed identity matching-to-sample tasks. Sample stimuli for the Form/Color Test were nine possible combinations of three colors and three forms. On each trial, the S+…