Described is a program in which two special education teachers from the Austin Early Childhood Special Education Program served as helping teachers with mildly handicapped kindergarten and first grade children in regular classes. It is explained that the goals of these helping teachers were to identify children with learning and/or behavior…

A program designed to train learning specialists called consulting teachers who, in turn, train classroom teachers to educate handicapped children in the regular classroom setting is described. Consulting teacher trainees are selected on the basis of teaching experience, leadership capability, academic promise, and commitment to special education.…

Materials are presented which were used for a consulting/linkage skills training program. The program is divided into three phases. In phase one, various training techniques such as presentations, case studies, role-playing, and simulations are used to lead the participants through a series of knowledge-increasing and skill-enhancing activities.…