This information packet is intended to provide special education administrators with information and materials regarding inservice education and staff development. The first section presents a research and development model based on Project TAMEC (Technical Assistance for Mainstreaming Exceptional Children), a North Carolina program which assists…

Increasing diversity among student populations and shifts in special education delivery systems have combined to create a tremendous need for interventions that can help children with learning and behavior problems achieve success in the regular classroom. Noting that many of the published, empirically validated interventions are relatively…

This monograph summarizes recent research on the education of learning disabled students. After an introduction by the editor, individual articles include: "Teaching Listening Skills" (Linda Higbee Mandlebaum and Richard Wilson); "Study-Skills Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities" (Deborah Gartland);…

Designed for early years' teachers and trainee teachers, this volume adopts a holistic approach and focuses on the child with special educational needs as an active learner, rather than on how to cope with a disability. It emphasizes that young children with special needs can be very active learners when provided with environments that encourage…