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Neff, Franklin W.; And Others – 1987
The final report documents a 2-year project which trained volunteers to help preschool disabled and non-disabled children work together as part of a transitioning and mainstreaming effort. The report describes project development, implementation, and dissemination. Specific objectives included the following: form an advisory council; orient staff,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Interpersonal Competence, Language Acquisition, Mainstreaming
Cowden, Joey – 1978
A description is given of three workshops developed to assist school administrators in implementing programs in adapted and developmental physical education for mainstreamed students. The first workshop included information regarding services for the handicapped and approaches to program change in adapted physical education. The curriculum of an…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Change Agents
Reece, Harriet F. – 1993
The purpose of this manual is to promote the inclusion of special needs children in child care environments by applying an eight-step process of training, mentoring, and evaluating. The material in the manual covers approximately 6 months of enabling experiences for child care center owners and directors preparing to include special needs children…
Descriptors: Audiotape Cassettes, Check Lists, Day Care, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Maguire, Thomas O. – 1989
This report describes the education of gifted and talented students in the Calgary (Alberta, Canada) Public Schools based on achievement information, classroom observation, and a survey of parents and teachers. Chapter 1 introduces the report, outlining recent changes in the gifted education program, controversy over the development of gifted…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Educational Philosophy
Bauwens, Jeanne; Hourcade, Jack J. – 1995
This guide explains in a step-by-step fashion how all educators can remodel their professional practice through cooperative teaching. The guide outlines the planning, implementation, and evaluation of cooperative teaching between general educators and special educators. After considering basic features of collaboration, ways to implement…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Disabilities, Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education
Medved, Richard Michael; And Others – 1986
A needs assessment instrument was developed to aid rural (upstate New York) school officials in implementing staff development programs and determining special staff development needs for serving handicapped students in the mainstream. Survey responses were gathered from 85 elementary and secondary teachers in 3 school districts over 2 counties.…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Disabilities, Educational Improvement, Educational Needs
Borden, Eileen M. – 1997
This report discusses the outcomes of a study that investigated the operation of the Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE) in response to the implementation of the least restrictive environment (LRE) mandate for preschool children with disabilities within two selected counties in New York State during the 1994-95, 1995-96, and 1996-97…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Educational Legislation