This chapter examines the role that instructional development (ID) can, does, and should play in the public school library program, particularly the ID activities that can be undertaken by the school library media specialist (LMS). The LMS literature is examined to determine the extent to which ID activities are considered, and a factor analysis…

Project PRIDE, a regional model for providing educational services to severely/profoundly handicapped school-aged individuals in rural southeastern Kansas, was designed to develop exemplary services in multiple special education cooperatives using a regional resource team approach. Resource team members served as consultants to classroom personnel…