Incidental learning of film content was investigated in two studies involving 61 retarded institutionalized children. (Author/SBH)

In Experiment I, the effects of a verbal warning, such as is used in Overcorrection, delivered contingently on the stereotyped mouthing behavior of two 10-year-old autistic/retarded children were examined. (Author)

Eighteen children (7-12 years old) with lateral lisps learned correct 1s/articulation through the "straw technique", a procedure designed to eliminate lateral emission. (CL)

Based on interviews with 24 families, the article discusses family planning and the choices available to those families in which a child has previously died from Tay-Sachs or related lipid storage diseases. (IM)

A needs assessment survey was conducted with 178 physicians, service agency representatives, and school counselors and administrators in the Texas panhandle area to determine the most needed services for the developmentally disabled. (IM)

Investigated with 226 high school students (grade 11) was the influence of the contextual variables of disability framework and type of disability in the evaluation of the physically disabled by the non-disabled. (IM)

Involved in a study to identify long range predictors of social adjustment were 536 aggressive-disruptive children who were originally evaluated in third or sixth grade and whose social adjustment was measured 6 or 9 years later. (CL)

Described in the fourth of a series of articles dealing with primary science instructional materials for visually handicapped students, is a field test (with 61 Ss in grades 2 to 4) of a dial thermometer instructional unit. (IM)

A review of national trends in deinstitutionalization of the mentally retarded indicated limited progress toward depopulation of institutions and showed that much of the national effort has been directed toward interinstitutional relocation. (Author/CL)

Evaluated was the continuous recognition memory of 20 undergraduate students and 20 retarded adults. Available from: Ablex Publishing Corporation, 355 Chestnut Street, Norwood, New Jersey 07648. (CL)

Among findings of a study investigating the effects of labeling children as learning disabled (LD) or emotionally disturbed (ED) on the assessment by 128 Ss of four case studies was that behaviors of emotionally disturbed children were more disturbing and less accepted when they were thought to be exhibited by a LD child than by an ED child. (IM)

Results of a questionnaire completed by 100 social service agencies indicated that the agencies held positive attitudes toward adoption placements for mentally retarded children. (CL)