Progress reports are given on the preparation of teachers for teaching handicapped children in the regular classroom. Discussions are presented on specific program developments in Massachusetts, competencies needed by regular classroom teachers for successful mainstreaming, the implications of Public Law 94-142, and the philosophy of…

Developed by the Initial Learning in Mainstreaming Project, the manual presents an instructional program to teach mainstreamed handicapped elementary school students how to do long division to remainders. In addition to detailed teaching instructions and text of tape recordings for students, the manual includes tests, worksheets, and pages to be…

Developed by the Initial Learning in Mainstreaming Project, the manual presents an instructional program to teach mainstreamed handicapped elementary school students how to tell and compute time in terms of hours, minutes, and seconds. In addition to the basic time facts, the lessons cover carrying or borrowing with off-base-10 time facts, and…

Developed by the Initial Learning in Mainstreaming Project, the manual presents an instructional program to teach mainstreamed handicapped elementary school students the carrying process (regrouping) for addition. In addition to detailed teaching instructions and text of tape recordings for students, the manual includes tests, worksheets, and…

Developed by the Initial Learning in Mainstreaming Project, the manual presents an instructional program to teach mainstreamed handicapped elementary school students how to tell and compute time in terms of years, months, weeks, and days. In addition to the basic time facts, the lessons cover carrying or borrowing with off-base-10 time facts, and…

Developed by the Initial Learning in Mainstreaming Project, the manual presents an instructional program to teach mainstreamed handicapped elementary school students multiplication with multipliers of up to three digits. In addition to detailed teaching instructions and text of tape recordings for students, the manual includes tests, worksheets,…

Developed by the Initial Learning in Mainstreaming Project, the manual presents an instructional program to teach mainstreamed handicapped elementary school students borrowing (regrouping) in subtraction. In addition to detailed teaching instructions and accompanying tape recordings for students, the manual includes tests, worksheets, and pages to…

Developed by the Initial Learning in Mainstreaming Project, the manual presents an instructional program to teach mainstreamed handicapped elementary school students the principle of least common denominators in working with fractions. In addition to detailed teaching instructions, the manual includes tests, worksheets, and pages to be made into…

The paper defines the handicapped student, reviews legislation affecting the handicapped, points out funding for mainstreaming of students, and describes approaches to providing business education to the handicapped. Three broad categories of disability--physical, mental/emotional, and educational--are defined. The mandates of the Education for…

California's approach to training regular education teachers to deal with mainstreamed handicapped students as mandated by P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, is described. Training focuses on preservice education and the state's development of competencies regarding exceptional students for teachers and administrators.…

Four documents, intended for specific audiences, touch on screening and social integration of handicapped children. The first, for policy makers, reviews classification categories and describes early detection devices and prevention measures. Policy implications of integration within families, communities, and schools are considered. The second…

A study of National Technical Institute for the Deaf students who are cross registered into the other colleges of the Rochester Institute of Technology was part of an ongoing research project on mainstreaming. The initial study addressed three issues: the best methodology to employ, the research hypotheses which might be generated from the data…

The booklet outlines guidelines for reintegrating students with behavioral problems. Preplacement information on academic and social skills is helpful in relation to reintegration. Determining readiness for reintegration is based on analysis of social/behavioral and instructional considerations. Research is cited on factors for selecting teachers…

The paper presents a method for teaching music to the severely emotionally disturbed high school learner, a typology for relating the learner to the type of method to be used, and three case studies illustrating use of music as a way to provide students with the least restrictive environment. The music program involves group singing and playing…

The trainer's manual presents information to be covered in a workshop for regular educators on characteristics of all handicapping conditions. Strategies in the workshop acquaint trainees with techinques and methods for identifying, referring, and assessing the handicapped child, with emphasis on the awareness and understanding of the…