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Lowenthal, Barbara – Academic Therapy, 1987
Suggestions presented for special education teachers evaluating or preparing mildly or moderately disabled students for integration into mainstreamed classes include: training students to understand the difference between the resource and mainstreamed classes (directions, group activities); meeting with the regular classroom teacher; and teaching…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Learning Strategies
Download full textFrey, Laura; Lane, Cindy – 1995
The Bridges Program of the Wyandotte Comprehensive Special Education Cooperative in Kansas works to have students with chronic aberrant behavior in alternative school settings function successfully in a self-contained setting in the student's home school. The program works to create an environment which will address the curriculum needs and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education
Waite, Gerald; And Others – 1982
A self contained behavior management classroom, an intensive program for children with multiple behavior impairments, is described. The classroom is designed to transfer the student back to the special education classroom for severely and trainable mentally impaired and autistic children. Typical behavior problems are considered, along with…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention
Quinn, Mary Magee; Rutherford, Robert B., Jr.; Osher, David M. – 1999
This digest identifies seven essential elements of effective programs for students in alternative programs because they have dropped out, are at risk for dropping out, or have behavior disorders that require special education outside the general education setting. Such alternative programs offer flexible curricula that can address the unique…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, High Risk Students
Heilman, Lanelle – 1982
The types of programs that can be established for behaviorally disordered (BD) students are discussed, along with behavioral monitoring systems and approaches to establishing staff and administrative support for programs. In addition, a checklist of program components for BD students is included. The following program alternatives are described:…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Check Lists, Classroom Design, Elementary Secondary Education
Sitlington, Patricia L. – 1986
Vocational education is an important component of the bridge leading from school to employment for special needs youth. Studies indicate that special needs youth are not being adequately prepared for work. Unemployment and underemployment of special needs youth seem to stem from three causes: lack of interpersonal skills, lack of job-related…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Education Work Relationship, Employment Potential
Riches, Vivienne; And Others – 1993
This report summarizes results obtained for the first cohort of students (n=98) with disabilities involved in the pilot Transition Project begun in 1989 in New South Wales (Australia). Students were in either special schools (56 percent), special classes in regular high schools (40 percent), or integrated regular settings (3.5 percent). Of the…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Employment
