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The article announces a call for papers for the Council for Exceptional Children's 57th Annual International Convention slated in April 1979 in Dallas, Texas. Individuals may submit papers, program sessions or other types of convention ideas to program chairperson, Kenneth E. Wyatt. Deadline for submission of papers and convention ideas is June 15, 1978 which could include workshops, demonstrations, and other practical application formats. Topics must have relevance to the exceptional child and other key concerns.

The article announces the need for ideas, suggestions and program proposals for the Council for Exceptional Children's 55th Annual International Convention slated in April 1997 in Atlanta, Georgia. Suggestions may be submitted to Program Chairman, Harold W. Perry and deadline is on June 15, 1976. The program chairman and his advisory committee will accept papers that contain the practical applications of comprehensive programming for exceptional children focusing on interagency and community planning and cooperation, delivery of services, cultural diversity and parental involvement, among others.

The article provides information about the services of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) in the U.S. The Information Services Program of the CEC is a comprehensive data base on handicapped and gifted children with a specialty in special education. The Council will provide customized information products and services including a topical mini library that focus on specific areas of concern such mainstreaming and right to education. A series of special interest papers was developed by the Council to focus on current issues or trend in the field of special education.

The article announces a call for papers and programs for the Council for Exceptional Children's 59th Annual International Convention slated in April 12 to 17, 1981 in New York city. Individuals are invited to present papers or organize program sessions for the conference which may be submitted to the Program Chairperson, Jo Thomason. The selection criteria include the quality of the proposal, innovativeness, currency of the topics, estimate of audience appeal, evidence of thought and planning, feasibility of presentation made or the degree to which it addresses a special need.

The article comments on the development of the 1962 International Council for Exceptional Children Convention (CEC) in the U.S. There are various changes occurred in the 1962 programming; there were fewer sectional meetings than in the 1961 program and at one afternoon meeting only six large section meetings were held. The convention hoped that teachers, professors, research specialists and others among the membership of CEC would seek the opportunity to present their problems, their ideas, their methods, results of new research and demonstration projects, to the participants.

The article focuses on the plans and budgets of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) for the year 1962 in the U.S. Total income of the CEC for 1961-1962 was 184 713.41 dollars and expenditures for the year amounted to 180 162.03 dollars. The projected income for the 1962-1963 is 227 030 dollars. The CEC has established the Student Organizations Planning Committee to stimulate the interest of various colleges and universities in the CEC. The Council has also planned a student reception for the 41st Annual Convention.

The article presents the annual report for the fiscal year July 1, 1976 to June 30, 1977 of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) in the United States. Membership decline during the period while divisions had a four percent increase in membership. During fiscal year 1976 to 1977, the CEC Information Center/ERIC Clearinghouse on Handicapped and Gifted Children acquired and evaluated books, journal articles and other publications, has selected documents for its database, has prepared full citations, indexing terms for articles, sold topical bibliographicals and conducted inservice training sessions.

The article provides information about the Kenfield Hearing Awards. It is open to a teacher or prospective teacher of lipreading. Application forms for the award are available at the headquarters of the American Hearing Society in Washington, D. C. The winner of the award will be entitled to a course in methods of practice in lipreading.

The article comments on the future of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC). The author asserts that the CEC of the year 2000 is similar to the CEC of 1968. He predicts that the council's expansion and organizational progress in both the U.S. and Canada will increase by 2000. The membership of the council in 1968 is over 36,000 and by 2000 it will go over 100,000 members. However, the author suggests that institutional organizations like CEC are evolved and not revolutionized despite of its organizational progress. He also outlines several factors that could change the organization within the next 30 years.

The article reports on the proposed amendments of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) constitution. These amendments were proposed and submitted by seven council members including Samuel C. Ashcroft, Walter Cheetham, Arnold Fassler, Edward C. Frierson, Vernon L. Johnson, Maynard C. Reynolds and Stanley Witkowski. One of the proposed revision pertains to the purpose of the council, which would be included as Article II, Section 2 in the constitution and the present statement of purpose in Article II would be made as Section 1. Another amendment is the inclusion of Article XIV, composed of four sections dealing with the departmental status of CEC. The proposal will be presented at the next meeting of the delegate assembly to be held in Toronto. It needed the approval of two-thirds of the majority of delegates in order to be adopted.

The article comments on the effort of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) in establishing its own headquarters building in Reston, Virginia. The need for a new building arises due to the apparent space demands made by the National Education Association. An unplanned committee was appointed to facilitate the planning for the housing needs of the organization. The site was chosen because it enables immediate realization for their goals due to the adequate access roads and utilities readily available.

The article focuses on the reactivated history project of the Council for Exceptional Children in the U.S. The initiative is designed to trace the founding and development of the organization. A committee formed to carry out the project is searching for materials that are classified into four types including records and information needed in writing the chronological history of the Council, items needed to be assembled into exhibits, figures necessary for Council membership statistics and additional records for the interpretative history of the council. Other types of materials the committee is presently seeking are also cited.