WRITTEN AS AN INTRODUCTORY TEXT FOR PEOPLE WHO CARE FOR CHILDREN WITH DEFECTIVE HEARING, THE BOOK DISCUSSES FACTORS FOUND TO BE HELPFUL IN THE EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL TREATMENT OF DEAF CHILDREN. AFTER SOME BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT DEAFNESS IS PROVIDED, THE YOUNG CHILD AND HIS FAMILY, COOPERATION BETWEEN HOME AND SCHOOL, REGIONAL SERVICES FOR DEAF…

This handbook addresses itself to Vietnamese refugees and is intended to help them cope with everyday situations in the United States. The entire text is given in both Vietnamese and English. The three main sections are: (1) Refugee Status--information about the legal status of refugees, identification procedures, obligations, some Immigration and…

In part, this focus is a result of substantial research demonstrating strong links between early social competence and later life adjustment and healthy development. The close connection between prosocial skills and a wide variety of future developmental outcomes provides a compelling rationale to examine what factors are associated with…

Maintains that the "tried and true" strategies for teaching about the early Cold War years highlight the U.S. response to Soviet expansionism. Identifies four other focus themes: (1) debates over mass culture and youth culture; (2) gender and sexuality; (3) the civil rights era; and (4) rethinking the cold war itself. (CFR)

The document presents 12 essays dealing with social implications of science-related issues. Intended for use by social studies/social science educators, the book focuses on curriculum, instruction, and learning environments as well as on intellectual issues related to science and society. The essays are organized into four sections. Section I…

Noting that the middle-school years are a time when adolescents "try on" roles and attitudes, test boundaries, and draw tentative conclusions about personal and social behaviors, this book draws on findings of a survey of nearly 2,000 10- to 17-year-olds regarding perceived and real differences between girls and boys to guide teens…

There are four groups of handicapped children for whom residential schools are generally considered indispensable. These are the blind, the deaf, the mentally deficient, and the socially maladjusted or juvenile delinquents. While each of these groups presents conditions and problems quite distinct from those of the other three, they are all marked…

The life adjustment movement began in 1945 as the result of a resolution offered at a conference for vocational educators. In response to this resolution, the National Commission on Life Adjustment Education for Youth was formed. The commission subsequently formulated a definition of life adjustment education that viewed the purpose of life…

EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSES IN THE COUNTY SYSTEM WAS VISITED BY SPECIALIST CONSULTANTS DURING A 2-WEEK PERIOD. PAROCHIAL AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS WERE ALSO CONTACTED. THE SURVEY WAS CONCERNED WITH PROVISIONS AND SERVICES FOR THE TRAINABLE RETARDED, THE EDUCABLE RETARDED, THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING,…

PRESENTING AN OUTLINE OF SUGGESTIONS, ACTIVITIES, TEACHING AIDS, AND GUIDELINES FOR EFFECTIVE PROGRAM PLANNING, THIS CURRICULUM GUIDE IS DEVELOPMENTAL, SEQUENTIAL, AND SPIRAL SO THAT EACH SUBJECT AREA IS TAUGHT, REINFORCED, AND ENRICHED THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM. MAJOR AREAS ARE MOTOR DEVELOPMENT, PERCEPTUAL TRAINING, COGNITIVE SKILLS, SELF HELP,…

Examined longitudinally the relationship between earlier risk factors and later problems in young Finnish women's social functioning. Found that low work involvement mediated between risk factors and accumulation of problems in social functioning in young adulthood. Risk factors increased the likelihood of early motherhood, but early motherhood…

This study used the Multiple Worlds Model, with culture as a central component, to examine adolescents' worlds and the types of transitions they make as they move from one context to another. Material for case studies was obtained from a 3-year research project with 55 adolescents varying in gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, achievement…

The occupational and social status of 106 former students with mental retardation was examined from 1 to 5 years after they graduated from or completed schooling in a special high school during the years 1982 to 1986. Results were compiled as a function of the former students' level of mental retardation, gender, and age. The study involved…

Three years of evaluation activities were conducted by the Institute for Developmental Studies (IDS) at New York University for the 1973-1976 program years of Project Mainstream, a Title III, ESEA project in New York's Lower Hudson Region. This work was carried out with the cooperation and support of the Yonkers, New York school system. Objectives…

LOCAL FLORIDA PUBLIC SCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN ARE COMPARED WITH PROGRAMS OF LIKE SIZE ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES. DATA ARE PRESENTED IN THREE TABLES. THE FIRST TABLE RANKS BY TOTAL NUMBER OF TEACHERS 95 OF THE 100 LARGEST PUBLIC SCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES. ELEVEN OF THE 95 PROGRAMS ARE IN…