The article examines the curricular dilemmas of resource teachers serving learning disabled students and proposes an instructional content emphasis that would include school and society--learning skills. The article also offers the term learning specialist. (CL)

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…

Problems with applying the career education model to students with learning disabilities or any type of disability are noted and similarities in curriculum development theory are charted. The role of the resource room teacher in a career education model is noted. (CL)

The responses indicated considerable agreement among educator groups in their estimations of the percentage of time actually and ideally allotted to eight role activities, with support for more time in communication and consultation roles and less time in clerical and miscellaneous tasks. (Author)

The article raises questions about the resource room model as an educational delivery system for handicapped students. (Author)

The developmental bypass teaching technique (which provides students an opportunity to bypass their learning deficits) was studied with regard to social studies achievement and classroom behaviors in 50 learning disabled junior high school students. (Author/PHR)