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Classroom and playground behaviors of 95 integrated mildly intellectually handicapped and mildly disabled students were compared with those of 95 nonhandicapped, age- and sex-matched regular class students. All subjects attended state government primary schools and were between 8 and 13 years of age. Subjects' behavior was observed in the integrated classroom and in playgrounds by means of a time sampling method that contained 9 categories of classroom behavior and 9 categories of playground behavior. Data indicated that the behavior of the integrated mildly handicapped students was in many ways similar to that of their regular class peers. Both groups of students showed low levels of negative, disruptive, and aggressive behavior in the classroom and playground. The groups did not differ significantly in their amounts of interaction with adults or peers in the classroom. The groups' patterns of initiation with peers did not differ in either setting. But some differences were found between the groups' classroom and playground behaviors. Results are discussed in terms of theories of social acceptance and the influence of both individual and system factors on the successful integration of mildly disabled students. (RH)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert