Observation of seven resource teachers of learning disabled and educable mentally disabled students revealed that four teacher behaviors had a substantial impact on task involvement: teacher positioning, effective surveillance, provision of consequences for task involvement, and management of transition times. (CL)

The training program at Simmons College (Massachusetts) is competency-based and is organized around five instructional modules. Learner change data are reported from a single class of 18 trainees followed through their first and second years, showing increased skill acquisition and time spent in the regular classroom. (CL)

Follow up of special education teachers (N=27) graduating from a resource/consulting teacher program found that respondents (1) were very satisfied with their training in data-based instruction (DBI) skills, (2) found the skills useful in both direct teaching and consulting teaching, and (3) were promoting the use of DBI. (Author/DB)

A survey measured perceptions of staff members in 23 elementary schools on degree of emphasis placed on 18 role functions by the resource teacher. Eleven experts' conceptual views of "ideal" resource room teacher were also examined. Significant differences were found between ratings by resource room teachers and by (1) their classroom teachers,…

Analysis of factors involved in the interaction between resource and regular teachers revealed that the only significant relationship found was between regular teachers' perceptions of the resource room teachers' interpersonal behavior and the regular teachers' perceptions of the quality of resource room support services. (CL)

This study of the instructional ecology of 52 high school resource room programs for mildly handicapped students found that teachers instructed in a wide variety of content areas and had high student engagement rates. Instructional practices generally associated with high achievement were not typically employed. Implications for teacher training…

Studies of time needed for initial curriculum-based measurement (CBM) training and classroom use, administration of CBM tasks, measurement schedules, and teacher-selected independent variables among special education resource teachers (N=10) indicated that several factors can increase teacher efficiency in CBM and decrease the time initially…

A high school pilot program is described in which 10 special education staff members provided services to 33 regular educators and 83 learning handicapped students in regular classrooms. Implications for defining the structure and service delivery of an effective program and the teacher competencies needed for successful implementation are…

Teachers (n=129) completed the School Modifications Assessment Checklist to assess their accommodation practices and preferences for working with students having attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder. Findings indicated that full-time special educators tried and succeeded with more accommodations than general, resource, or itinerant teachers.…