This study explores key indicators of special education service delivery based on responses from 92 special educators and 36 administrators in 19 Vermont schools. Special educators reported on their work, the work of paraprofessionals they supervised, and 103 students with disabilities who were receiving one-to-one paraprofessional supports within…

The paper outlines the findings from a literature review of the English government's response to the issue of training pre-service teachers in the delivery of effective special educational needs support. The review's findings detail that although educational practice in mainstream classrooms has changed considerably since the 1970s the training of…

This article reports on a study that investigated the extent to which central ministry policy initiatives result in large-scale educational change in developing countries. Specifically, Lesotho's policy of inclusive special education was examined as a case study. The study employed a multi-method approach to yield a large data-set. Results…

To compare the efficacy of three different short-term service delivery methods on first grade children with soft neurological signs who suffer from visual-motor difficulties. One hundred and forty seven first grade students who scored below the 21st percentile on the Visual-Motor Integration Test (VMI) were recruited from schools and randomly…

The booklet describes an activity designed to help nonhandicapped persons understand and develop solutions to problematic situations faced by mentally and physically handicapped students, their parents, and school personnel. The assumption is made that integration is desirable, and the issue therefore becomes not whether children with disabilities…

One of a series of case studies on mainstreaming programs, the report describes an integrated first grade program. The physical setting of the school and the organization of the class are described along with the progress of a Down's Syndrome child who participates in a resource class. The following program aspects are addressed: classroom and…

With the emphasis on mainstreaming special education students, it was hypothesized that teachers with mainstreamed students, who were instructed on successful classroom intervention techniques, would show significantly more cognitive student gains when compared to teachers who were not instructed. Three hundred eighty-two elementary school…

The paper addresses the issues of testing modifications with handicapped students in Houston (Texas) Independent School District. Using descriptive data, the performance of secondary mainstreamed and nonhandicapped students on course proficiency field tests without modifications are compared. Approximately 65% of the mainstreamed students were…

A system developed by R. Holcomb is contrasted favorably with other unplanned efforts at mainstreaming deaf children that are said to result in irreversible educational and psychological damage. (GW)

The second of three booklets developed by Project MAY (Mainstreaming Activities for Youth) is intended to aid youth serving agency personnel in planning, organizing, and implementing the mainstreaming of handicapped youth into regular programs. Eight steps in a planning/program development model are explained: describing the present program,…

The third of three booklets developed by Project MAY (Mainstreaming Activities for Youth) is a personal guide for youth serving agency personnel involved in the planning, development, implementation, promotion, and evaluation of a program to mainstream handicapped youth. The document contains the following: a checklist on the staff/agency…

The paper describes a junior high school mentor program for gifted students. Noted among responsibilities of the coordinating teacher are finding a mentor to guide the student and arranging for the student's classes to be covered while he is away on field trips or in meetings. College students, nonpracticing teachers, hobbyists, and professional…

Presented is a collection of essays reporting on a number of different inservice programs designed to prepare teachers to deal with the requirements of Public Law 94-142, which requires equal education for handicapped students via a mainstreaming approach. Included in each article are names and addresses of contact persons for further information.…

The paper examines the extent of integrated placement (Mainstreaming) of hearing impaired children in the United States and describes a variety of educationally salient characteristics of these students. As compared with hearing impaired children in other types of educational programs, students in integrated programs are reported to have…

The discussion of educating handicapped children without special classes emphasizes the importance of looking at the educational process in socio-psychological terms. Referred to are some of the unsuccessful results of segregating students, such as achievement of similar or smaller academic gains, perpetuation of much of the mild mental…