The author's research has shown that juvenile and adult diabetics, because of the pressures of dealing with their illness over time and because of the ways they are treated by others, develop certain traits and characteristics in common. (Author/PHR)

Discussed is goal attainment scaling, an individualized, goal-based measure for systematic program evaluation in agencies working with visually handicapped persons with other disabilities. (BD)

Based on a paper presented at the 55th Annual International Convention of the Council for Exceptional Children in 1977, the article examines ways of defining competency-based training for teachers of the visually handicapped, and notes some practical difficulties of establishing competency-based programs. (Author)

This overview of new products from library equipment manufacturers includes shelving and storage systems for print and non-print materials, reading aids for the visually impaired and physically handicapped, library materials repair and maintenance products, audiovisual equipment, microfilm readers, and microfilm duplicators. (JAB)

Thirty-three suburban elementary classroom teachers were surveyed to determine their attitudes toward their mainstreamed visually handicapped students. (Author)

A research project at Florida State University developed teaching materials for secondary home economics teachers faced with teaching hand and machine sewing and other clothing construction skills to visually handicapped students. The article gives some suggestions for presenting instructions and adapting equipment for cutting and sewing garments.…

Available from: Elizabeth K. Chapman, School of Education, The University of Birmingham, P. O. Box 363, Birmingham, 15, England. Reported are background information, methodology, findings, and implications of a study of the population of visually handicapped children in Hampshire, England. (SBH)

Discussed is the nature of a central scotoma, or decreased central vision, and described are current techniques for training an individual to use the peripheral retina. (Author/IM)

Examined with 213 graduate education students and 175 graduate theological students were differences in attitudes toward blindness between education and seminary student groups, between conservative and liberal student groups, between first-year and third-year seminary student groups, and between the sexes. (Author/IM)

The study evaluated the consistency of goodness-of-example ratings by 27 orientation and mobility (OM) instructors for photographs depicting five environmental concepts (curb, hallway, intersection, shoreline, sidewalk). Results, which were highly consistent across raters, are discussed in relation to design instructional and directions for future…