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Wimmer, Diane – Exceptional Children, 1981
The author addresses the issue of the match between traditional secondary school curriculum and the skills/competencies needed by many handicapped students. A functional model used by the Department of Defense Dependents Schools is discussed in terms of individualized programing, modification/addition of competencies, scheduling, generalizability…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Competency Based Education, Curriculum, Disabilities

Rosenfield, Sylvia; Rubinson, Florence – Exceptional Children, 1985
The consultant interested in helping teachers adopt curriculum-based assessment techniques should consider the process of innovation along with aspects of school culture. The consultant should examine four stages in developing a model program: creating a need, supporting change, implementing a guided practice, sequence, and allowing for…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Consultants, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities

Johnson, David W.; Johnson, Roger T. – Exceptional Children, 1986
Elements of cooperation learning and the specific actions for implementing it are presented, including positive interdependence, individual accountability, collaborative skills, and group processing. Effects on relationships between disabled and nondisabled students are summarized. The teacher's role in implementing cooperative learning is…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies

Gresham, Frank M.; Sugai, George; Horner, Robert H. – Exceptional Children, 2001
This article discusses probable explanations for the weak effects in some meta-analyses that have investigated the effectiveness of social skills training (SST) for students with disabilities and offers specific recommendations for designing and producing more effective SST interventions. Treatment integrity issues, assessment issues, and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Generalization, Instructional Effectiveness