This brief paper provides specific suggestions to help science teachers make the necessary accommodations to include students with disabilities in science instruction. Suggestions are organized under the two broad headings of difficulties in gaining knowledge and difficulties in demonstrating knowledge. Under each category specific student…

Describes various uses of audiovisual materials for individualized instruction to help language disabled students. (CMV)

Because low achieving kindergarten children attending a neighborhood school in the South Area of the Dade County Public School System were experiencing difficulty during independent work periods, a practicum study was designed to improve their basic skills by providing closely supervised visual, manipulative, language, and listening activities.…

A computer program named BUGGY is described. The program is designed to duplicate "traditional" student mathematical mistakes; pupils are to identify the nature of the errors the computer makes. (MP)

The conversations recorded here between teachers in open classrooms concentrate on ways in which they helped children who were having difficulties adjusting to classroom life and work. Described are strategies used in dealing with specific difficulties in the areas of communication, mathematics, organization, language, and reading. (EB)

Suggests that music education by its nature is well suited to meeting the special needs of at-risk students. Discusses the role of music in motivating and enabling students to succeed. Defines the causes of failure as inability and lack of desire to learn when at-risk students receive the wrong kind of instruction. (DK)

This paper presents basic information about the brain and how learning takes place, considers causes of differing human temperaments as explained by principles of Jungian psychology, reports on research on the causes of low achievement, and suggests a method to correct many educational problems. Principles of developmental neurology and right/left…

The document outlines steps in the process of developing intervention assistance teams, which are described as school-based, problem-solving groups whose purpose is to assist teachers with intervention strategies for dealing with students' learning needs and interests. Objectives include the following: (1) to enable the school district's…

This book offers an overview and a context for understanding learning disabilities in a regular education setting. An initial section offers perspectives for understanding the nature and scope of learning problems and learning disabilities. An overview of intervention is then presented, exploring each phase of the process, the types of programs…

Recounts the case of a learning disabled sixth grader mainstreamed into a social studies class. Describes a variety of instructional strategies and activities that capitalize on the student's strengths to facilitate learning. These include critical thinking maps, semantic maps, simulations, and kinesthetic learning. (MJP)

Suggestions for individualizing language instruction for students in England with learning problems are offered. Following an introduction, the second section looks at techniques for involving students in the presentation phase of a lesson through use of visual aids, mime, rhythmic chanting, and song. The third section discusses ideas for creating…