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Teachers Ask about Handicapped Children and the New Laws.
Aiello, Barbara – Education Unlimited, 1979
The article presents answers to teachers' commonly asked questions concerning P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. Questions and responses touch on such aspects as mainstreaming, legislative history, resource rooms, individualized education programs, due process, funding, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.…
Descriptors: Due Process, Federal Legislation, Handicapped Children, Individualized Programs
Boardgames in the Classroom.
Boucher, Robert F. – Exceptional Parent, 1979
The article describes the program at Wellesley (Massachusetts) High School's Academic Resource Center, a program in which game-playing is used to improve the academic functioning of special needs students in preparation for reintegration into the regular classroom. (SBH)
Descriptors: Games, Handicapped Children, Learning Activities, Mainstreaming
Toward the Development of Guidelines for Learning Assistance Centres in British Columbia.
Armitage, Doreen – B. C. Journal of Special Education, 1979
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)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Guidelines, Handicapped Children
Mainstreaming: Too Often a Myth, Too Rarely a Reality.
McIntosh, Dean K. – Academic Therapy, 1979
Problems of implementing a mainstreaming program for exceptional children include lack of staff preparation and inadequate guidelines concerning resource room operation. Four approaches to the problem are recommended: a total integrated effort of all staff, a well-developed plan for teacher education, good public relations, and early involvement…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Handicapped Children, Mainstreaming
Teachers' Preferences for Resource Services.
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Gickling, Edward E.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1979
A study of 121 administrators' and regular and resource teachers' preferences regarding in-service training, cooperative planning, and resource programs for handicapped children was undertaken using an open ended Delphi-type questionnaire and a second, forced choice questionnaire. (PHR)
Descriptors: Administrators, Cooperative Planning, Exceptional Child Research, Handicapped Children
Resource Rooms: Some Aspects for Special Educators to Ponder.
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Brown, Louis F.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1979
The article raises questions about the resource room model as an educational delivery system for handicapped students. (Author)
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Handicapped Children, Models
Educating the Emotionally Handicapped Child in the Public School Setting.
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Ramsey, Russell W.; Ramsey, Roberta S. – Adolescence, 1978
The authors urge educators to accept that behavior problem youngsters can no longer be barred from the public schools and that effective programs for these children need to be implemented. This paper was presented to the State Department of Education Conference on Emotionally Handicapped Programs, Orlando, Florida, August 9, 1977. (SJL)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Education