The paper describes the role of a consultant/co-ordinator of Learning Assistance in a typical, large school district in British Columbia. Eleven effective strategies are examined, including assessing students, coaching, modeling, and networking. (CL)

Literature written between 1968 and 1978 on British Columbia's Learning Assistance Centres (LACs), part of the multilevel supportive service offered to the exceptional student, is reviewed; and guidelines for developing an LAC are offered. (SBH)

A review of the literature concerning desirable management practices associated with three secondary resource room models serving mildly handicapped students (teacher-consultant, pull-out, and study period) is followed by reported results of a survey of 80 secondary educators in British Columbia, who preferred the study period model. (JW)

The article presents a teacher training model based on the Agricultural Extension Service Agent Model to meet the educational needs of handicapped students in rural areas. The model involves training regular classroom teachers to become in-house specialists on maintaining the mildly handicapped student in the regular classroom. (DB)

To evaluate suggested improvements in rural special education services, behavior disordered, learning disabled, and educable mentally handicapped students (total N=89) in grades seven through nine were compared on three measures. Instructionally relevant differences were minimal, the need for categorical resource rooms was questioned, and…