The purpose of this project is to present in broad perspective the conditions of the handicapped in relationship to society, the changes in those conditions in recent years (mainly through litigation efforts), and the challenges and possibilities of f . . .

There exists minimal information concerning Independent Living Skills for young adults who are deaf. The need for practical and comprehensive educational programs dealing specifically with the skills required for independent living has long existed. T . . .

The problem of underemployment of the deaf has led me to investigate the career opportunities in the para medical field. I have limited myself to this area primarily because the prediction is that medicine and the allied medical fields will be employi . . .

THE NEED FOR LEARNING CENTERS. When Charles Silberman's book, Crisis in the Classroom, dramatically burst upon the American scene in August, 1971, American educators began to take a serious look at their schools, their teachers, their curricula and th . . .

I. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM One of the most critical problems facing education today is the exedus of teachers from the classroom. The movement of teachers away from the profession is a waste of human effort and financial expenditure. For school board . . .

Statement of the Problem. The problem is the need for a parent education program to serve Spanish-American parents of children enrolled in special education programs. Background of the Problem. Registration day for enrollment into the program serving . . .

Most, if not all, state vocational rehabilitation agencies have incorporated the use of Rehabilitation Counselors for the Deaf (RCD's). California has 41 such counselors who serve those hearing-impaired people who rely on sign language primarily to co . . .

Post-secondary educational opportunities for hearing impaired people in the United States are limited in quantity and scope. There are presently three institutions functioning to educate hearing-impaired people eat the undergraduate college level on a . . .