A special education administrator raises questions about separating learning-disabled students from the regular education classroom for specialized instruction, proposes strategies to accommodate learning difference and address specific learning needs in the regular instructional program, and suggests the need to reevaluate the benefits derived…

Written job description information of 76 resource programs was compared with administrator perceived resource teacher job requirements in the areas of direct instruction, assessment, administration, and indirect service. Results indicated significant differences with far fewer responsibilities being formally described than informally perceived as…