A study comparing the effects of a full-time mainstreaming approach for handicapped students with a resource room approach suggested that the full-time mainstreaming approach, known as the Adaptive Learning Environments Model, exceeded the resource room in attaining desirable classroom processes, student attitudes, and student achievement in basic…

A resource program for mildly handicapped secondary students combines direct instruction with an emphasis on generalization. Additional support is given directly or indirectly (through the regular teacher). Resource teachers have to find time to consult with students and teachers, adjust the resource curriculum, and develop rapport with regular…

The looseleaf binder reports on the Educational Resource Centers (ERC) model program in Jackson County, Oregon, which fosters the mainstreaming of mildly handicapped elementary and secondary students (including learning disabled, educable mentally handicapped, emotionally disturbed, and physically handicapped). The ERC provides academic and social…