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The article provides information about the 52nd Annual International Convention of the Council for Exceptional Children to be held in New York City on April 14-19, 1974. The responses received by the Advisory Committee have been distributed to the committees and are now in the final review and scheduling process. Detailed planning is required in the total convention week with time line commitments which make extensions impossible. A criteria is also established for accepting papers, including those which contribute to the teacher learner environment, those which speak to innovative teaching practices, research applicable to instructional programs, and presentations which deal with expanding educational options for exceptional children.

The article highlights the 46th annual international convention of the Council for Exceptional Children in New York City. There were 7,703 attendees from various states and countries outside the U.S. and Canada. Programs and activities include five general sessions, 93 section meetings and six special meetings on instructional materials centers. Social functions were given by alumni groups, Canadian membership, federations and other CEC units. The highlight of the convention was the President's dinner, featuring Senator Jacob K. Javits as the main speaker.

The article provides information about the series of meetings as part of the 46th Annual International Convention of the Council for Exceptional Children to be held on April 14-20, 1968 in New York City. During one of these sessions, a longitudinal study of the problems of a typical ten-year old child with communication disorder will be presented to the participants. Frank J. Falck, doctor of philosophy, will act as moderator of these meetings. Topics to be discussed include pre-, peri-, and postnatal factors related to children with communication disorders, child development from birth to three years old, suggestions and techniques of recognizing problems related pre-school children and consideration of these kind of children who do not function at expected levels of performance because of his communication impairments.

The article announces The Council for Exceptional Children Convention that will be held on April 20, 1968 at the Americana Hotel in New York. The morning section meetings will be spent discussing the two basic goals of the fourteen regional centers in the Instructional Materials Network for Handicapped Children and Youth. Some topics of the discussion will be the practical proposal for classroom management and instruction and the residential and public school programs for the emotionally disturbed.