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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 061 697 TITLE Selected Convention Papers: Inspection and Introspection of Special Education. INSTITUTION Coun DOCUMENT RESUME ED 061 697 EC (41 TITLE Selected convention Papers: Inspection and Introspection of Special Education. INSTITUTION Council for Exceptional Children, Arlington, Va. SPONS AGENCY Bureau of Education for the Handicapped fDHEW/OF), Washington, D.C. PUB DATE 64 NOTE 292p.; Papers presented at the Annual CEC Convention (42nd, Chicago, Illinois, March 31-April 4,1964) EDRS PRICE MF-$0.65 HC-$9.87 DESCRIPTORS *Conference Reports; *Educational Needs; *Exceptional Child Education; *Handicapped Children ABSTRACT Presented are 48 short, selected convention papers /conference reports) on different aspects of educational needs in various exceptionalities. Five general papers precede two papers on international aspects of special education, two papers on administration, and six papers on auditory impairment, in which representative topics include educational and vocational guidance of the deaf and an auditory approach to the education of deaf children. Representative topics among the seven papers on visual impairment include a comparison of the imaginative productions of congenitally blind and seeing children to structured auditory stimulation crld pronoting mental health in teachers. Following are eight papers on mental retardation; selected topics discussed are some research problems in programed instruction and training of visualizing ability by the kinesthetic method of teaching reading. Four short papers are presented on the gifted and four on speech, language, and communication. Learning and learning disabilities are tht.n discussed in six papers, while behavioral disorders are examined in four papers, and rehabilitation is covered in two papers. (CB) INSPT:CTION AND INTROSPECTION OF SPECIAL EDUCATION lected Convention Papers 42nd Ainua CEC Convention Chicago, Illinois March 31 - April 4, 1964 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION & WELFARE OFFICE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRO- DUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIG- INATING IT. POINTS OF VIEW OR OPIN- IONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT OFFICIAL OFFICE OF EDU- CATION POSITION OR POLICY. The Council for Exceptional Children, NEA 1201 Sixteenth Street Northwest, Washington 36, D. C. TABLE OF CONTENTS General Sessions The Sword and the Spirit.Frances P. Connor, Teachers College, Columbia University 1 Stimulating Special Education through Federal Legislation.John E. Fogarty, United States Representative, Second Congressional District of Rhode Island 8 The Handicaps and Gifts of Special Education. Archibald B. Shaw, Amerir. Association of School Administrators 12 The Persistent Statement in the Real World.Louis M. Smith, Washington University 17 Pediatric Aspects of Special Education.-.:erald Solomons, State University of Iowa. 27 International Aspects of Special Education World Concern lor the Handicapped Child. Morris Fishbein, M. D., Medical World News, Chicago, Illinois 33 Cross-National Research in Special Education. John E. Jordan, Michigan State University 35 Administration Inspection and Introspection a Supervision in Special Education. June P. England, Wayne County Intermediate School District, Michigan 39 The Relationship between Supervision and the Quality of Special Education as Measured by Evaluative Instruments: Needed Research. Robert A. Henderson, University of Illinois 47 Auditory Impairment Educational and Vocational Guidance of the Deaf.Stanford C. Blish, The Clarke School for the Deaf, Northampton, Massachusetts 51 An Hebbian Approach to the Study of the Visual Perception of Deaf Children. George Brabner, Jr., Boston University Center for Exceptional Children 56 Counseling the Deaf.William N. Craig, Oregon State School for the Deaf 59 Rationale for Educating Hearing-Impaired Children in Programs Integrated with Regular Public Schools.Alice A. Kent, East Cleveland Board of Education.62 Training Programs for Professional Workers with the Deaf. Edna S. Levine, New York University 63 An Auditory Approach to the Education of Deaf Children.Daniel Ling, Montreal Oral School for the Deaf 66 Visual Impairment Effects of Experimental Teaching on the Visual Behavior of Children Educated as Though They Had No Vision.Natalie Carter Barraga, University of Texas 70 Some Educational Characteristics of Partially Seeing Children.Barbara Bateman, Institute for Research on Exceptional Children, University of Illinois. 74 A Comparison of the Imaginative Productions of Congenitally Blind and Seeing Children to Structured Auditory Stimulation.Bernard Lax, Central State College, Edmond, Oklahoma 83 Blind Children; Degree of Vision, Mode of Reading: A 1963 Replication,Carson Y. Nolan, American Printing House for the Blind, Louisville, Kentucky The Establishment of School and College Ability Norms for Blind Children in ',Ades 4, 5, and 6.Margaret Ade Ile Pearson, Northern Illinois Unive rsity 94 Problems, Practices, Progress in Teacher Training Programs for the Visually Handicapped.Evelyn Rex, Illinois State University z;fi Promoting Mental Health in Teachers. Matthew J. Trippe, George Peabody College for Teachers, Nashville, Tennessee 103 Mental Retardation Some Research Problems in Programed Instruction.Rudolph J. Capobianco, Jolmstone Training and Research Center, Bordentown, New Jersey.. 108 Programed Testing in the Retardate Testing Program. Herbert Gerjuoy, Educational Testing Service, Irma R. Gerjuoy and Rudolph J. Capobianco, Johnstone Training and Research Center 113 Implications of an Unsuccessful Attempt of Language Therapy with Severe Retardates. Robert T. Fulton, Fort Wayne State School, Indiana 120 The Training of Mentally Retarded Children with Sense Modality Disabilities. Gerald S. Hasterok, University of Florida 128 Training of Visualizing Ability by the Kinesthetic Method of Teaching 7iding. Esther Hirsch, Yeshiva University., Role Playing and Discussion as Training Methods for Changing Role Definitions of Attendants for Institutionalized Mental Retardates.Floyd E. McDowell, District of Columbia Training School, Children's Center, Laurel, Maryland.139 Comparison of Psycholinguistic Patterns of Gifted and Retarded Children. Max W. Mueller, George Peabody College for Teachers, Nashville 143 Language Profiles of Mentally Retarded Children. Max W. Mueller, George Peabody College for Teachers, Nashville The Gifted Curriculum Development for Gifted Elementary Students. Joseph Buzzeli, Bloomington Public Schools, Minnesota 154 What State Departments of Education Can Do To Establish and To Improve Programs for Gifted Children and Youth.Paul P. Plowman, State Departmc at of Education, Sacramento, California 160 Early Admission to School for Selected Children.William J. Tisdall, Jack W. Birch, and W. David Barney, University of Pittsburgh 163 The Governor's School of North Carolina: A Case Study in Curricular Designing for the Gifted.Virgil S. Ward, University of Virginia 171 Speech, Language, and Communication Laterality, Dominance, and Language.Daniel R. Boone, University of Kansas Medical Center 179 Experimentation in a Speech and Language Program for the Mentally Handicapped Child. Myfanwy E. Chapman, Minneapolis Board of Education 184 Implications of Research fo-.. Professional Education of Speech and Hearing Clinicians. Ruth Beckey Irwin,Ohio State University 190 The Use and Usefulness of the ITPA. James J. McCarthy, University of Wisconsin 195 Learning and Learning Disabilities Maternal Verbal Factors in a Culturally Disadvantaged Population .LeRoy Aserlind, Jr. , University of Wisconsin 202 The Small Classroom - A Developmental Idiosyncratic Approach to Learning and Behavioral Disorders in Children of Normal Intelligence.Eleanore T. Kenney, The Miriam School, St. Louis, Missouri 208 Pupil Mobility and its Relationship to Learning. James L. Lehman, South Redford School District, Detroit, Michigan 217 A Method of Educational Diagnosis for the Brain Iniltred Child.Patricia Myers, Louisiana State Univer-ity 230 and Retroactive Inhibition among mentally Retarded Subjects. Richard C. Scheerenberger, American Association on Mental Deficiency 233 Program planning for Retarded Children with Psycholingziy ic Abilities.Douglas E. Wiseman, University of Illinois 241 Behavioral Disorders The Effect of Immediate Fe._ .back on Student Anxiety: A ase :Andy, an Hypothesis, and a Proposal for New Research.Pt-ggi L. Campeau, American Institute for Research, Palo Alto, CalifcrniL 253 Institution-School Liaison Procedures as an Aid to ;rat _on of the Disturbed Child, John L. Johnson, Michigan Statea ersity 260 Some Factors and Sources of Conflict which Influence the'e,cher's Role in the Psychiatric Setting. Melvyn P. 2obbins, Loretto Ho_ital, Chicago, and Ronald R Robbins, University o' Missouri 9 66 Recent Trends in Educating Emotionally Disturbed Childr Richard J. Whelan, University of Kansas Medical Ce `,er '71 Rehabilitation Vocational Rehabilitation Research in Collaborative Spectl] Education and Rehabilitation Practices.Charles S. Nicholas, Vocational Rehabilitation Administration, U. S. Department of Health, Edution and Welfare 277 College Preparation for Curriculum Needs in Special Edt'ion Programs Promotion Rehabilitation.William J. Younie, Teachers Col Columbia University.283 GENERAL SESSIONS THE SWORD AND THE SPERIT Frances P. Connor The title, "The Sword and the Spirit," represents an attempt to relate the story of special education's movement to perfect its effort.This presentation is also the render- ing of a dream and a promise a personal special education credo.It is a snapshot of past and a suggestion of the future of
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