In anticipation of adjustments regular class teachers will have to make as mainstreaming proceeds under the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, the author offers guidelines on welcoming and adapting teaching methods for handicapped learners. Available from: Allen Raymond, Inc., P.O. Box 1223, Darien, Connecticut 06820. (GW)

Mainstreaming of handicapped children in regular classes requires the stretching of normal individualized teaching methods to include meeting the needs of handicapped or gifted learners. A learning loop consisting of diagnosis, educational prescription, instruction, and evaluation should be applied. Instructional strategies appropriate for both…

Public Law 94-142 emphasizes the least restrictive environment and an individualized educational program (IEP) based on diagnosed needs for handicapped students. However, successful mainstreaming (regular class placement) of visually handicapped children involves many resources. Describes teacher role and what can be done in adjusting handicapped…

The use of academic games as a tool for the mainstreaming of handicapped children is presented. It is explained that the games should stress cooperation rather than competition. The following four phases of game development are explained: foundation, formulation, experimentation, and evaluation. (PHR)

Two articles "Bonus in a Snowstorm" by S. Boland and "Featuring Agnes Clark" by G. Gear, focus on three teachers working with handicapped children. (SBH)

The author discusses audio-visual material and other education techniques which eventually may facilitate the integration of children with mental, physical, and sensory impairments in the regular classroom. Films, radio texts, theater plays, and books are considered. Emphasis is on the introduction of impairments to the nonhandicapped population.…

Developed by the Initial Learning in Mainstreaming Project, the manual presents an instructional program to teach mainstreamed handicapped elementary school students how to round off numbers. In addition to detailed teaching instructions and accompanying tape recordings for students, the manual includes tests, worksheets, and pages to be made into…

Lists ten ways teachers can help the hearing impaired child in a normal classroom, and describes activities to help normal hearing students accept and cope with a peer whose hearing is impaired. (SB)

The rationale for preschool mainstreaming and observations of an integrated classroom are presented. Eight effects of integration are listed, including that special teaching is required to facilitate cross peer interaction and that children seem to prefer to play with children on a similar developmental level. (PHR)

Provided in three sections is a presentation on providing services to identify, assess, and develop intervention strategies for mildly handicaped students in the regular classroom. Section I provides a definition of an educational strategist, and background information on the referral system and program in Iowa. Covered in Section II are the…

Progress reports are given on the preparation of teachers for teaching handicapped children in the regular classroom. Discussions are presented on specific program developments in Massachusetts, competencies needed by regular classroom teachers for successful mainstreaming, the implications of Public Law 94-142, and the philosophy of…

Developed by the Initial Learning in Mainstreaming Project, the manual presents an instructional program to teach mainstreamed handicapped elementary school students how to do long division to remainders. In addition to detailed teaching instructions and text of tape recordings for students, the manual includes tests, worksheets, and pages to be…

Developed by the Initial Learning in Mainstreaming Project, the manual presents an instructional program to teach mainstreamed handicapped elementary school students how to tell and compute time in terms of hours, minutes, and seconds. In addition to the basic time facts, the lessons cover carrying or borrowing with off-base-10 time facts, and…

Developed by the Initial Learning in Mainstreaming Project, the manual presents an instructional program to teach mainstreamed handicapped elementary school students the carrying process (regrouping) for addition. In addition to detailed teaching instructions and text of tape recordings for students, the manual includes tests, worksheets, and…

Developed by the Initial Learning in Mainstreaming Project, the manual presents an instructional program to teach mainstreamed handicapped elementary school students how to tell and compute time in terms of years, months, weeks, and days. In addition to the basic time facts, the lessons cover carrying or borrowing with off-base-10 time facts, and…