Results of a telephone survey of administrators at all 53 public residential high schools serving hearing impaired students indicated that the size of the graduating clases for 1983 through 1985 will be substantially larger than recent classes and that approximately 30 percent of the graduates in each year's class are expected to enter academic…

Sixty-nine teachers of deaf and multihandicapped deaf children in a school were administered the Purdue Teacher Opinionaire, a standardized device used to measure teacher morale. Among results was that teachers of younger multihandicapped students had significantly higher morale than other groups. (Author)

The development of a program in which hearing impaired students of a residential-turned-day school lived with volunteer families close to the school is described. Advantages for students and families are cited. (CL)

The intelligence test performance of 24 acoustically handicapped students (6 to 15 years old) applying for enrollment in a state school for the deaf during a 7-month period was analyzed. Data confirmed the need for such schools to maintain strong academic programs to meet the total needs of the bright, deaf child. (Author/CL)

This article summarizes findings of research into decision-making processes leading to residential special school placements in England. Results suggest the needs of individual children are not central to these decision-making processes and that local authorities who make such placements do not pay sufficient attention to protecting and promoting…

Thirty-three schools responded to a survey of 87 schools providing residential services for deaf, blind, and multihandicapped hearing-impaired individuals. The survey, focusing on characteristics of caregivers and systems of residential care, found great diversity among salaries, qualifications, and upgrade systems, although job titles were…

Explores the residential placement provision of the regulations accompanying the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. Describes federal court interpretations, analyzing the criteria for distinguishing a special education residential placement from a noneducational residential placement. Suggests that courts should construe the residential…

This article recounts a learning experience at the Kansas State School for the Deaf in which students invited an author of children's books about deaf children, Jean Andrews, to visit and participated with the author in developing her next book. Students also wrote their own books, and received feedback on them from Andrews. (DB)

This review summarizes bilingual/bicultural characteristics of programs at the California, Indiana, Texas, Arizona, and Maryland schools for the deaf, as well as the Learning Center for Deaf Children (Massachusetts), the Magnet School of the Deaf (Colorado), the Cleary School for the Deaf (New York), and Sign Talk Children's Centre (Manitoba). (DB)

Forty-three adolescents with learning disabilities attending a residential school were assessed for externalizing behavior problems and academic achievement in reading, spelling, and arithmetic. Some indices of externalizing behavior predicted some measures of underachievement, but the reverse relation was not evident. Inattention interfered with…

Brief articles report on eight programs, primarily developed by residential schools for individuals with blindness and visual impairments. The articles describe the Council of Schools for the Blind, the Michigan School for the Blind, precane mobility devices, drug education for teenagers, disability awareness, rural service delivery, parent/infant…

Two 1990 Ninth Circuit appellate court cases ("Clovis Unified School District v. California Office of Administrative Hearings" and "Taylor v. Honig") help redefine residential placements for students with severe emotional disturbances under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education act (IDEA). This article explores…

This article describes the special residential "key" high schools for mathematically talented students in China. It explains the admissions process, the general curriculum, and the mathematics curriculum specifically. (Contains references.) (DB)

In 2001, the California School for the Blind (CSB) was faced with a dilemma. The dropoff point for the day buses had to be changed. The new route to the only logical location for this change sent the buses through a driveway where residential students crossed to travel between the school and the dormitories. Some staff members wanted to eliminate…

This study examined the relationship between identity patterns and the communication modes of deaf adolescents aged between 14 and 18 years in Turkey. They were currently being educated in state residential secondary schools for the deaf. Deaf adolescents were administered the "Deaf Identity Scale" presented in Turkish using total…