This short booklet contains questions and answers concerning aspects of vocational-technial education, inlcuding the (1) skills and expertise requirements for program administrators, (2) identification of opinion leaders, (3) adoption of an innovation, (4) role of residential schools, and (5) membership and responsibilities of state advisory…

Sixty-four residential schools for the deaf were surveyed regarding ten aspects of career education programs, including objectives, details of program implementation, program content, special needs, environmental factors, and occupational choices. (DLS)

Investigated were the language styles used by three teachers in a school for the moderately, severely, and profoundly handicapped in a one-to-one teaching situation with 8 children (8 to 17 years old). (IM)

Compared the ratings of 24 deaf children who judged each other, using a standard sociometric technique, with ratings by their teachers. The correlations between the two sources at four assessment periods replicated previous findings of substantial convergence of teachers' behavioral ratings and children's sociometric scores. (JAC)

An exploration of practices and materials used to teach reading to visually impaired students in 35 residential schools. Fewer that half of the programs use formal procedures for selecting reading materials and standardized achievement tests are measures used most often to determine students' instructional reading levels. (Author/CL)

A critique of the article "Experiential Deprivation: Unresolved Factor in the Impoverished Socialization of Deaf School Children in Residence" by D. Evans is presented. (Author)

"An Open Letter to My Colleagues", a satirical treatment of a serious problem, primarily written for superintendents of public day school classes, cautions against programing for deaf children on an emotional rather than an educational basis. (Author)

Briefly described is a model for inservice training of personnel who will be involved in providing a rich afterclass hours learning environment designed to foster social and educational growth in aurally handicapped children. (CB)

Forty-seven residential schools for the deaf were sampled to obtain a representative description of science program materials in use for students aged two to 14. (Author/SW)

The data indicated that achievement scores for students enrolled in residential schools were higher for the fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade levels than those of students enrolled in regular day schools. (Author/PHR)

A Scottish study of 615 pupils in 49 alternative day and residential schools found that over a two-year period, only 21 were successfully returned to the mainstream. Reasons for this finding include resistance of mainstream schools to reintegration; lack of financial support; family attitudes; sex differences in student placement; and the presence…

Basic dental examinations were conducted on 35 visually impaired students aged 5 to 16 years in a state-supported residential school, and results were compared with national and state findings. Oral hygiene and gingival inflammation levels were found to be suboptimal but not atypical. (Author/PB)

Interviews with 25 graduates from the National Technical Institute for the Deaf indicated respondents felt both mainstream and residential schools offer specific advantages and disadvantages and selection may involve trading academic for social opportunity. Both school experiences are important in the socialization of deaf people and development…

The transition programs of 326 secondary educational programs for deaf and severely hearing-impaired adolescents were surveyed. Results suggested that residential schools had higher implementation rates (for desirable transition characteristics) than did mainstream and other programs. All groups valued the identified transition practices more than…