Race does not surface as a significant predictor variable for white social or academic acceptance. (Author)

An assessment was made of change in attitude toward trainable mentally retarded (TMR) students of 42 adults (members of the PTA Board and teachers of the experimental groups) and 127 children (in first, third, and sixth grades) as a result of special instruction and an integrated program. Regular class students in small groups were systematically…

In order to explore relationships among social cognitive ability, peer status and interpersonal behavior, the frequency of 11 different social actions was recorded with the target child being the agent of the recipient of the behavior. Twenty-three children from 3 to 8 years of age enrolled in an 8-week university summer school program were…

The handbook presents six papers dealing with integrating handicapped children into existing early childhood programs. An introductory paper reviews the rationale for mainstreaming, while a second notes such important considerations in mainstreaming as student characteristics, teacher characteristics, and the economics of day care and preschool…

Described is the development and evaluation of a demonstration project in which severely physically handicapped sixth grade children in a special school, are integrated into specific activities with their nonhandicapped peers in a nearby public school. Planning sessions are discussed, and such shared activities as the physical fitness group,…

This book was written for educators and counselors, but its concepts are applicable to anyone who works with youth. It contains five chapters, the first of which emphasizes that building self-esteem is the best way to counter serious drug misuse. In chapter two, the kinds of pressures youngsters must cope with are discussed. In this chapter…

Described in the Scoutmaster's Guide are discussion topics and sensory awareness activities to be used by adult leaders in helping Boy Scouts to understand and involve handicapped peers in troop activities. Among suggested activities for a troop development session are discussions of the five senses and of similarities between handicapped and…

Three different approaches to the creation of popularity indices from sociometric data are described. One involves a factor analysis of the sociometric matrix and the other two are different approaches to the weighting of sociometric choices. All turn out to have the same mathematical solution when the relationships are symmetric; it is certain…

Through the resolution of conflict, the quality of both interracial and intergenerational relations, and of education itself can be improved. Some of the major issues are: peer support, relations between black and white peer groups, educators' styles, professional roles, and community relations. Resolution techniques discussed include staff and…

Recent studies of children in integrated schools indicate that there are considerable racial biases in their friendship choices. Children appear to show more positive interracial attitudes toward one another, however, when the measure is one of acceptance rather than friendship. (Author/EB)

Educable mentally retarded children were mainstreamed into regular elementary school classes. Experimental subjects worked on a multimedia project with four to six nonretarded classmates. After eight weeks of treatment, the nonretarded children's acceptance of their experimental peers improved significantly more than that of the control children.…

Barclay Classroom Climate Inventory was administered to 45 randomly selected classes from a population of 115 classes representing Self-Contained Selected Academic Placement and Learning Center models. It appears that stronger social support systems exist and fewer problems emerge for children who are placed with others of similar cognitive…

Effects of the label "mentally retarded" and academic competence on 96 low-income sixth-grade children's attitudes toward peers were examined. (Author)

There is a need for a systematic evaluation of the socio-adaptive aspect, (peer group and teacher attitudes) within integrated educational programming for educable mentally retarded children. (Author/JYC)