The article presents an approach to instructional design for mainstreamed students with and without mild disabilities, stressing functionality in a three-step procedure: (1) select what the student (general, gifted, learning disabled, or mildly retarded) needs to learn; (2) determine its functional value; and (3) decide how best to teach the…

This guide is designed to provide secondary teachers and administrators with the information necessary to adapt or develop a functional curriculum for children and youth who display academic difficulties. (A functional curriculum teaches functional skills in the most appropriate setting for specific skill acquisition.) It provides suggestions of…

This publication notes that while the elementary school student must learn to read, the secondary school student must read well to learn. With this purpose in view, this curriculum guide presents checklists that can serve as organizational tools for teachers who wish to plan meaningful reading experiences that develop skills and strategies for use…