Successful integration of hearing impaired students on the secondary level requires that the resource teacher provide supportive help to the students and the classroom teacher. Functions of the resource teacher include acting as an academic tutor to students already equipped with basic academic skills, pre-teaching courses to students lacking…

The importance of mainstreaming (helping handicapped children achieve maximum participation in regular school programs) is emphasized, and underlying concepts are explained. Methods for implementing mainstreaming in protected settings (such as hospitals) and in regular classrooms (through the use of helping teachers, resource rooms, a modified…

Reported were data from the first year of a 2-year project in which four elementary schools implemented a new organizational pattern that stressed individualized instruction and maintenance of mild to moderately handicapped children in regular classrooms. Schools were selected on the basis of the following criteria: school population of 600 to 900…

This practicum report addressed the problem of role ambiguity in regard to effective utilization of special education staff within the regular fourth grade classroom and the need for support for the regular teacher working with special education students. The researcher, a special educator, conducted the following activities: (1) presented an…