The manual describes the results of a 36 month project to determine ways to modify existing curricula to meet the needs of special needs students in the mainstream. The handbook is designed in the main for administrators and facilitators as well as for teacher-adaptors. Each of eight steps in the adaptation process is broken down according to…

The manual is designed to be used in the Learncycle training program, a project to improve the mainstreaming process and education of the "high risk" student through a five step problem solving method known as the Learncycle Behavior Analysis Mainstreaming model. The manual is organized around the following steps: (1) pinpoint and define…

The study examined the teacher-student interactions of 29 adolescent learning disabled (LD) students and their regular classroom teachers. A review of research revealed that students who are low achievers, hyperactive, defiant, and dependent receive less approval and support and more criticism and disapproval from their teachers. Ss were observed…

To study the in class learning experiences of mainstreamed handicapped students, academic learning time (ALT) was measured for 79 mainstreamed learning disabled (LD) and 143 regular fifth and sixth graders in year 1 and 62 mainstreamed LD students and 166 regular students in year 2. Analyses of student records, responses to teacher questionnaires,…

This handbook is designed to help vocational educators identify students with special needs and be effective in teaching them. The first section describes disadvantaged students. A Federal definition is given, and some practical ways are provided to help identify disadvantaged students. Section 2 describes handicapped students and identifies…

Developed by the Initial Learning in Mainstreaming Project, the manual presents an instructional program to teach mainstreamed handicapped elementary school students how to round off numbers. In addition to detailed teaching instructions and accompanying tape recordings for students, the manual includes tests, worksheets, and pages to be made into…

Three hundred thirteen regular education, elementary classroom teachers participated in a study examining the relationship of their perceived role in implementing P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) and their job satisfaction to their degree of work alienation. Questionnaires addressed four aspects: (1) sample…

The paper describes the changing preservice teacher education structure instituted at the State University College of Arts and Sciences at Potsdam, New York to comply with the trends dictated by P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. Ten competency clusters are listed as the basis for the regular teacher education program,…

Written by disabled persons and intended for teenagers with physical disabilities, the booklet focuses on ways to become more independent. Family relationship are examined and suggestions are made for overcoming feelings of dependence and dealing with parents' overprotectiveness. The disabled teenager's social life, including dating and developing…

The facilitator's manual offers guidelines for conducting a workshop for regular educators which focuses on the following objectives--writing a rationale for mainstream education, describing the various instructional models and the role relationships of personnel within each, describing the characteristics and classifications of special students…

Preliminary data from a survey of 666 teachers of emotionally disturbed, behavior disordered (ED/BD) students in Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska are reported. Research on characteristics of the ED/BD student is reviewed along with survey respondents' views on the usefulness and availability of 15 types of information for placement and reintegration.…

A demonstration preschool program based on Piagetian principles and integrating handicapped children with their normal peers is described. Findings on the behavior styles of the children are cited based on the Coping Analysis Schedule for Educational Settings. It is explained that as groups, the non-handicapped and handicapped Ss exhibit similar…

Issues concerning the interpretation and application of the "least restrictive environment" (LRE) principle for handicapped children are examined. Overly optimistic predictions about the use of regular class placements for all exceptional children are cautioned against, and issues regarding LRE in private schools and separate segregated…

The report describes the development and validation of simulation-based inservice materials designed to positively change the attitudes of regular elementary teachers toward mainstreamed handicapped children. Results of pre and post-test comparisons on attitudes toward mainstreaming are said to indicate that the teachers scored significantly…

The report, second in a series of five on mainstreamed handicapped students in vocational education, synthesizes findings from a literature review and an organizational capacity study of the Portland, Oregon, school district. Considered are such topics as the status of the art, organizational issues (including inservice programs and planned work…