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Yanito, Trenly; And Others – 1987
The paper is a product of the 3-year project, "Functional Mainstreaming for Success," designed to develop a model for instructional mainstreaming of handicapped children (3-6 years old) in community settings. The literature review on teacher attitudes toward mainstreaming stresses implication of these attitudes for successful mainstreaming, and…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Knowledge Level
Payne, Sidney L. – 1990
The practicum developed a four-part program to promote a community support network to meet the needs of head injured children and their families. A primary goal was to increase the membership in the head injury support group and provide a network of community support for this population. A second aim was to increase the awareness of head injuries…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Elementary Education, Head Injuries, Knowledge Level
Quintero, Maria; And Others – 1987
The paper is a product of the 3-year project, "Functional Mainstreaming for Success," designed to develop a model for instructional mainstreaming of handicapped children (3-6 years old) in community settings. The paper provides a seven point definition of successful mainstreaming and reviews the literature on the role of special…
Descriptors: Consultants, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Knowledge Level
Samuels, Marilyn; Price, M. Anne – 1986
The document summarizes results of a project to help design effective in-service training programs for regular and special class teachers dealing with students with learning disabilities (LD). Feedback from participants in inservice programs offered by the Learning Centre in Alberta (Canada) suggests the importance of better identification of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Inservice Teacher Education, Knowledge Level

Reed, Daisy F.; Seyfarth, John T. – Rural Educator, 1984
A study in a remote, rural, mid-Atlantic school system assessed how teachers regarded the curriculum and their instructional needs; 226 personnel directly related to instructional services responded to the questionnaire, 42 were interviewed, and 72 were observed in classroom settings. Teachers generally rated themselves much more favorably than…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Education
Samuels, Marilyn; Price, M. Anne – 1986
The report details information on a study of effective inservice programs in the area of learning disabilities (LD) in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Section 1 describes the content of the 28 Learning Centre inservice programs which were attended by 739 educators. Compilation of participant evaluations revealed a diverse list of recommendations for…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Inservice Teacher Education, Knowledge Level
Kissire, Pat – 1990
This practicum was designed to: improve the skills of personnel working with students with severe and/or profound handicaps in junior high school; to improve staff development; and to increase the consistency of services offered in a community-based instruction program for K-12. A needs assessment survey of 10 staff members determined the level of…
Descriptors: Administrators, Elementary Secondary Education, Independent Study, Individual Instruction