This educational case, in two parts (A and B), requires students to assume the role of a business consultant and to use Excel to develop a profit-planning or a cost-volume-profit (CVP) model for a package-delivery company opportunity currently being evaluated by a client. The name of the proposed business is Pack-and-Go, which would provide an…

Itinerant special educators can be much more than "tutors" for young children with special needs. They can transform whole classrooms and help inclusion flourish--if they have the clear guidelines and best practices they need to make the most of their critical roles. This is the book that every itinerant early childhood special educator has been…

A consulting teacher can be most effective in working with mildly handicapped students by training the regular class teachers and support staff to use a problem solving technique in determining intervention. Actively modeling the skills in actual classroom settings is very important. (CL)

Advises those involved in setting up and running teaching skills courses. Reviews educational principles, research, and personal experiences. (CCM)

Humorously reports two failed attempts to give inservice information on teaching writing in content areas. (JL)

The author describes the range of services and duties of resource room teachers for handicapped students. Many conceptions favor the role of teacher consultant and emphasize needed skills in communicating with and demonstrating for peers. (CL)

Discusses the necessary first steps in preparing in-service business communication programs. (RL)

Speech-language clinicians should offer specific suggestions to classroom teachers for dealing with language handicapped children. Suggestions may touch upon listening behavior, classroom emotional climate, as well as specific techniques for talking with children (modeling, expatiation, expansion). Specific activity ideas may also be offered. (CL)

From her experiences as a writing consultant, the author gives examples of ways to motivate clients to improve their writing skills. (PD)

The article describes for classroom teachers the skills of school psychologists in the areas of assessment, counseling, and consultation, with special attention provided to the needs of hearing impaired children. (CL)

The model outlined here is one that has been used with great success in various districts to prepare an evaluation of the district's business operations. The key ingredient is local business executives who are usually quite willing to participate once the importance of the project and the quality of the team members are explained to them. Another…

An inservice program on dropout prevention was initiated in two middle schools in an Arkansas school district. A four-member consultant team was employed to direct 76 participants (middle school teachers, counselors, and administrators) through a series of four group sessions. The 76 participants were divided into four groups organized to include…

Urges speech communication students and professionals to assess carefully whether and how to approach consulting. Discusses misconceptions about lifestyle, ethical problems, and personal qualities of prospective consultants. Offers recommendations to make consulting both rewarding and legitimate. (PD)

Describes how a graduate class in communication consulting might be structured. Includes a list of readings and class assignments. (PD)

Consulting can give college writing instructors the opportunity to teach in a radically new environment. The conditions under which writing is taught in-house for business and industry are not as highly structured as they are in academia, and, in fact, point up the distinction between training and education. Training, focused on singular and…