NCJ Number
110341
Journal
Remedial and Special Education Volume: 7 Issue: 3 Dated: special issue (May-June 1986) Pages: complete issue
Editor(s)
D M Murphy
Date Published
1986
Length
64 pages
Annotation
This issue contains several articles that focus on the problems and needs of handicapped juvenile offenders.
Abstract
Two of the articles point out that an unusually high percentage of incarcerated juveniles possess mental, emotional, and physical handicaps. These articles emphasize the importance of special education for these youngsters and the need to train corrections educators who can provide special education. Another article reports on a multiyear research project that explored the complex linkage between learning disabilities and juvenile delinquency. The article argues that learning disabled youth are at high risk for delinquent behavior and need special prevention and rehabilitation programs. A fourth article outlines some of the legal problems that may arise in providing special education to handicapped juveniles in corrections institutions. The article points out that handicapped juveniles under the age of 22 who are in correctional institutions are guaranteed special education services under Federal and State statutes and under the U.S. Constitution. A fifth article outlines the special human skills and professional training that are needed by those who teach incarcerated handicapped youth. The article argues that correctional and special educators should work together to provide the competencies that their students need. A sixth article argues for an improvement in the vocational education provided to handicapped juvenile offenders. Still another article in the issue demonstrates how correctional educators and public school teachers can work together to help ex-juvenile offenders move effectively from the institution to the community school. For individual articles, see NCJ 110342-110346.