Members of the National Advisory Committee on Handicapped Children

Dorothy L. Bernhard, president, Social Legislation Information Service, and vice president, Child Welfare League of America, New York, N.Y.

John V. Irwin, Roy A. Roberts professor of speech pathology and audiology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kans.

Mamie J. Jones, director, services for exceptional children, State Department of Education, Atlanta, Ga.

Walter A. Kelly, director of special education, Archdiocese of New York, 31 East 50th Street, New York, N.Y.

Samuel A. Kirk, visiting professor, Department of Special Education, College of Education, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz.

Hon. Sander M. Levin, Michigan State senator, Box 240, State Capitol, Lansing, Mich.

John W. Melcher, assistant State superintendent, and director, Bureau of Handicapped Children, State Department of Public Instruction, 126 Langdon Street, Madison, Wisc.

Oscar V. Rose, superintendent, Midwest City Schools, Midwest City, Okla.
Hugo F. Schunhoff, superintendent, California School for the Deaf, 2601 Warring
Street, Berkeley, Calif.

Charles R. Strother, professor of clinical psychology in medicine, University of
Washington, Seattle, Wash.

Vidal M. Trevino, principal, Laredo Junior High School, 1701 Victoria Street, Laredo, Tex.

Frank B. Wilderson, associate professor, special education, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.

Harold Howe II (Chairman), Commissioner of Education,
U.S. Office of Education, Washington, D.C.

1 Presiding Chairman.

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LETTERS OF TRANSMITTAL

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE,

OFFICE OF EDUCATION, Washington, D.C., January 31, 1968.

Hon. HAROLD HOWE II,
U.S. Commissioner of Education,
Washington, D.C.

DEAR MR. HowE: Under title VI of Public Law 89-10, as amended, the National Advisory Committee on Handicapped Children is requested to make such recommendations as it may deem appropriate to the Commissioner of Education. The Committee is also required to review the administration and operation of the provisions of the law administered by the Commissioner, with respect to handicapped children, including their effect in improving the educational attainment of such children.

On behalf of the National Advisory Committee on Handicapped Children, I take pleasure in presenting its first annual report, entitled "Special Education for Handicapped Children."

Sincerely,

SAMUEL A. KIRK,
Presiding Chairman.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE,
OFFICE OF EDUCATION,
Washington, D.C., February 23, 1968.

Hon. JOHN W. GARDNER,
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare,
Washington, D.C.

DEAR MR. SECRETARY: As required by title VI of Public Law 89-10, as amended, the National Advisory Committee on Handicapped Children has reviewed the administration of the new Bureau of Education for the Handicapped, and the status of legislation pertaining to the use of Federal funds to assist State education agencies, institutions of higher education, and other nonprofit agencies that administer Federal programs relating to the education of handicapped children.

I am pleased to submit the enclosed report prepared by the Committee, which encompasses the period of its existence. The report shows that the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped, and the State education agencies and educational institutions, working together, have made demonstrable progress in less than a year's experience and operation by the Bureau.

Sincerely,

HAROLD HOWE II,
U.S. Commissioner of Education.