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Selected Topics of Interest: 1982 The following "special" section, a feature of the April Annals since 1974, presents data on selected topics of current interest to educators of the deaf. This section will be continued annually, focusing each year on different standards, statistics or trends in order to extend coverage beyond that available in the Annals literary issues. The editors invite suggestions on special areas of consideration . To date, the selected topics have included: 1974, Volume 119 —Certification Standards for Teachers of the Hearing Impaired — Certification Requirements for Dormitory Counselors — Hearing Impaired-Mentally Retarded Persons in Facilities for the Retarded — Frequency of Reported Mental Retardation Among Hearing Impaired Students in Special Education Programs: 1972-1973 — Follow-Up Data on Educational Programs Serving Hearing Impaired Students 1975, Volume 120 1976, Volume 121 1977, Volume 122 1978, Volume 123 -Hearing Impaired School Leavers -Deaf Students with Other Disabilities -Mainstreaming and Partial Integration of Deaf with Hearing Students -Mainstream Education for Hearing Impaired Pupils: Issues and Interviews -School Achievement Scores of Hearing Impaired Children: National Data -Statement on "Least Restrictive" Placements for Deaf Students -Standards for Evaluation of Programs for the Preparation of Teachers of the Hearing Impaired —Personnel, Facilities, and Services Available in Schools and Classes for Hearing Impaired Children —Current Findings Regarding the Performance of Deaf Children on the WISC-R 1979, Volume 124 —Deaf-Visually Impaired Persons: Incidence and Services — Federal Actions on Interpreters and Telecommunications — Educational Significance of Hearing Loss at Three Levels of Severity 1980, Volume 125 —Public Residential Schools for Deaf Students in the United States, 1970-1978 — Due Process. A Status Report on Schools for Deaf Children —The Impact of 504 on Schools for the Deaf 1981, Volume 126 —Profile of Psychological Service Providers to Hearing-Impaired Students — Health Care Delivery for Deaf Patients: The Provider's Role —Otologic Survey of Schools for the Deaf — Hearing-Impaired Children from Non-Native Language Homes The current selected topics relate to the current status of services for hearing-impaired children and adults in Canada. They include: "Structure of Canadian Instructional Systems for the Hearing Impaired," "Canadian Services to Hearing-Impaired Adults," and "Hearing-Impaired Children and Youth in Canada: Student Characteristics in Relation to Communication Patterns in Four Special Education Settings." A.A.D. / April 1982 Introduction 73 ...

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