Focusing on the career education potential of physically handicapped individuals at Massachusetts Hospital School (MHS), the project included a current population assessment, a survey of employment prospects, and career education resources for physically handicapped students. Based on a series of data collection procedures, 18 career education…

College and university students who live in campus residence halls are found to have a significant educational advantage over those who commute to campus, either from their parents' homes or from apartments or other off-campus housing. Residence hall dwellers are better off financially, educationally, and in other ways to begin with. Then, largely…

Residential vocational school programs have been authorized in federal legislation, and a few have been established in spite of the lack of appropriated funds. The three acts in federal legislation of primary importance to residential schools are the Vocational Education Act of 1963, and 1968 Amendements and the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964.…

Summarizes research on the impact of parent-institution relationships on child development. Argues that, in Israel, the institutional placement of children tends to ignore parents. Recommends means of improving cooperation and communication within the placement process. (KH)

This guide, in workbook format, is intended to assist staff at British residential colleges and schools in developing individualized programs to meet the learning needs of students with disabilities or other special learning needs. Emphasis is on integration of educational and residential programs in an extended curriculum involving continual…

This study compared the cost and effectiveness of residential schools for students with hearing and visual impairments to the education of these students in Mississippi's local public school districts. To compare the service providers, the study first calculated annual costs per student at the residential schools and per student with hearing and…

Blind children are entering the Nation's schools in larger numbers than ever before. In addition to those blinded by usual causes, a new eye condition primarily affecting prematurely born infants swept the Nation between 1945 and 1955, leaving thousands of visually handicapped children. Most of these are attaining school age at this time. There…

A Delaware program seems to demonstrate that with proper backup, the blind can advantageously join sighted pupils in the classroom. (Editor)

A study compared four groups of students with physical disabilities: 53 U.S. integrated students, 14 Czech integrated students, 51 Czech students in special schools, and 66 Czech students in residential special schools. More integrated students reported lower levels of aggression, more positive self-concepts, and more positive views of the world.…

A study investigated two cohorts ((n=16) and (n=15)) of graduates (1993-99) from a state residential school for individuals with visual impairments in the areas of employment, living arrangements and finances, postsecondary education, leisure activities, and usefulness of high school experiences. More Cohort 2 participants were working full time…

A survey of 35 parents of children with severe physical handicaps and severe/profound learning difficulties either attending or not attending a residential special school in Britain found that parents chose the school because of lack of local services, lack of family support, the 24-hour curriculum of the residential school, and provision of a…

This paper presents cognitive and social data on 134 gifted students at a Moscow (Russia) residential math/physics high school. Three case studies of students frequently selected by students in a sociometric task are detailed. Discussion focuses on effects of lack of emphasis in humanities and social sciences, and on social and gender issues. (DB)

Interviews with 189 deaf seniors from 16 residential and day high schools found that seniors with vocational training were more knowledgeable about their vocational aptitudes and had considered various careers prior to making career decisions. Amount of interest in one's career choice was related to ratings of motivation, readiness, and prospects…

A teacher of fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade students with deafness in a residential school shares methods and activities found to be effective. The methods stress the importance of expectations for learners, ways that design of the learning environment can encourage student ownership, risk taking, and responsibility. (Author/DB)

The relationships between residential setting (home or away) and gender and the perceptions of late adolescents of their relationships with their parents were studied for 404 undergraduates. Living away is associated with greater independence, support, and mutual respect between students and parents. Women report more mutuality and support than do…