The developmental program emphasizes the early identification of children with learning problems through the observation of the regular classroom teacher in conjunction with a special education team working in a school setting. The developmental teacher is an important member of the special education team because he/she is in the school on a daily…

Described is a program designed to provide appropriate teaching materials and strategies for learning disabled students in regular classrooms. The program is explained to include special education resource teachers, a learning materials center, and pre-planned self-instructional learning packages, with the goal of supporting and complementing the…

Described is an experimental program in which students with behavioral and/or learning difficulties are helped within the regular classroom by a diagnostic-prescriptive teacher or a crisis-resource teacher. (CB)

Presented is the final report of Project TEAM (Teacher Encouragement to Activate Mainstreaming) to improve the attitudes and skills of seven regular secondary teachers serving 27 educable mentally or educationally handicapped students. Methodology is explained to have involved analysis of student records to identify students ready for…

Presented is the administrative and resource personnel kit developed as part of Project TEAM (Teacher Encouragement to Activate Mainstreaming) to improve attitudes and skills of regular secondary teachers working with educable mentally retarded or educationally handicapped students. Sections of the kit include an introduction, a listing of the…

Based on a sample of 12 school sites in California, the report documents the effectiveness of the secondary Resource Specialist Program (RSP) which provides instruction and services for handicapped students--primarily the learning disabled--who are assigned to a regular classroom for a majority of the school day. A number of program components are…

The report describes and evaluates George Washington University's Complementary Teacher Training Program during the 1971-74 period. It is explained that the demonstration program was designed to prepare undergraduate special education resource teachers to work directly with mainstreamed handicapped (including learning disabled and emotionally…

The handbook provides general information about the resource program for learning disabled (LD) students at the secondary level in Augusta County, Virginia. Noted in the section on program philosophy is the intention to provide academic skills and coping strategies through a unified combination of remedial and compensatory teaching. The section on…

Described is a multidisciplinary team approach to helping elementary and secondary students with learning or emotional problems to achieve educationally and socially. Resource room teachers and special education consultants, functioning as part of the full-time team in each school, work with the regular classroom teacher to meet student needs for…

Brief research monographs produced by The Demonstration Center for Language Handicapped (LH) Children are collected. The monographs address the following topics: the historical background and objectives of the language center; the effects of support personnel on the academic performance of LH children; the incidence of language handicaps among…

Data for evaluation of the Mobile Remedial Unit, instituted to assist approximately 250 isolated Queensland children with learning difficulties during 1978 and 1979, were obtained by visits to 10 schools; discussions with principals, teachers, administrators, and the 2 mobile remedial teachers; document analysis; and travel with a remedial teacher…