The report describes the planning, organization, and provision of special education in Finnish comprehensive schools (for students from 7 to 16 years old). School officials address the following topics: relationship of special education to overall school reform, curriculum development, the education of the visually and aurally handicapped, numbers…

Compared were the performances of 28 cerebral palsied, 19 mentally retarded, and 30 normal children between the ages of 8 and 16 years on measures of four components of visual perception: figure-ground relationships, form constancy, spatial position, and spatial relationships. The figure-ground component was tested tachistoscopically; the…

The effects of modifications in intelligence test procedures upon the scores obtained by 232 normal, 102 mentally retarded, 106 cerebral palsied and 35 orthopedically handicapped children were investigated. Stanford-Binet tests in year-levels II through V were modified to require only a pointing or yes/no response. The modified form appeared to be…

The report covers the first 2 years of operation of the Summer Family Conference, a 5-day program designed to provide intensive educational and counseling services to families with young (2-6 years) cerebral palsied children. Families involved were those considered hard to reach due to poverty or other factors by United Cerebral Palsy of New York…

With the aid of an innovative electronic device, the Tufts Interactive Communicator (TIC), a severely handicapped, cerebral palsied 16-year-old boy has been able to enter a regular sixth-grade classroom. (PHR)

Discussed are the types, content, physical layout, and use of communication boards, which assist physically handicapped children who cannot communicate orally. (DLS)

An automated procedure for range of motion training was tried with two cerebral palsied retarded young men. (Author/CL)

In an effort to obtain data on services delivered by one clinical center (Downey, California) to nonspeaking cerebral palsied persons, demographic and clinical characteristics were obtained on 66 such patients during the assessment, management, and follow-up phases of a service delivery program. (Author/DB)

A case study discusses factors influencing the selection of microcomputer instructional software for a cerebral palsied 6-year-old boy. Complete descriptive information is provided for 25 software programs selected in language arts, mathematics, problem solving, communication, and music. (JW)

The impact of augmentative systems on the communicative abilities of two groups of young cerebral palsied children (total N=40) who were learning either Blissymbols or Makaton Signing was evaluated. Results indicated no significant differences between the systems and slow progress and severe limitations in sign/symbol repertoires of most children.…

An interview with parents of a child with cerebral palsy recount their struggles to find a diagnosis and treatment for their daughter and express their anger over the lack of information and help they were given by professionals. They emphasize the need for honesty and straightforwardness in professionals dealing with parents. (CL)

Reviewed is the 21-year history of the Spastics Society in Great Britain which provides education and care for severely handicapped cerebral palsied children through 60 of 140 local units. (DB)

Reported were scores on the Cattell Infant Intelligence Scale, the Stanford Binet Intelligence Scale (Form L-M), the Quick Screening Scale of Mental Development, and the Vineland Social Maturity Scale achieved by 102 retarded, cerebral palsied infants who were in a hospital rehabilitation program. (GW)

Studied was the validity of the Revised Objective Perceptual Test in discriminating among 40 normal and 60 neurologically handicapped (40 minimally organic and 20 grossly organic cerebral palsied) children between 5 and 10 years of age. (DB)