Provides an overview of issues special services providers should consider as these providers review options for services. An array of factors affecting the planning and implementation of group interventions with school-aged children is reviewed. Available alternatives for group interventions and guidelines for selecting, implementing, and…

Analyzes the process of moving a group-based, teacher-led group intervention from the implementation phase to the institutionalization phase. Describes structures that implementers can establish to help operationalize the guidelines; illustrates structures using case examples, with emphasis on a special education setting serving an urban,…

Reviews how students' ethnicity shapes the goals of preventive interventions, the methods of program implementation, and program impact. Argues that workers must examine the underlying assumptions that guide definitions of social competence and methods of behavior change in intervention programs. Programs should be tailored for each ethnic group…

Discusses the role of related services personnel in system reform. Argues that the skills of related services staff will serve them well in the educational reform movement. Describes ways in which roles can be expanded and skills modified to meet the needs of schools and students undergoing reforms. (RJM)

Introduces special services personnel to the major national data collection agencies and select data collection programs that provide outcome indicators for monitoring the education system. Encourages special services personnel to become informed consumers and participants in education reform. Suggests improving local evaluations by borrowing from…

Describes the ways in which nonacademic outcomes have been identified as important. Discusses issues related to the measurement of nonacademic outcomes, and offers issues and recommendations relevant for special-services personnel. Argues that for students with disabilities, as well as other special-needs students, nonacademic outcomes are…

Describes the process that the National Center on Educational Outcomes used to generate outcomes that could be viewed as applying to all students. Descriptions of the process should provide special services personnel with a perspective on how they might be leaders in developing school goals and standards for students. (RJM)