The study assessed elementary students' (N=680) preferences concerning special instruction for learning difficulties. Results of student interviews indicated children's preferences for in-class and pull-out services were affected by the service delivery model they experienced though most children preferred to receive additional help from their…

The report--half of which consists of appendixes--describes a pilot project in London, Ontario (Canada) designed to examine the issues involved in including constant communication and cooperation between classroom teachers (CTs) and learning resource teachers (LRTs) as part of the remedial process for students with learning problems. A series of…

The handbook provides general information about the resource program for learning disabled (LD) students at the secondary level in Augusta County, Virginia. Noted in the section on program philosophy is the intention to provide academic skills and coping strategies through a unified combination of remedial and compensatory teaching. The section on…

Two learning assistance (LA) centres in suburban elementary schools in British Columbia (Canada) were studied via a participant-observer approach to examine the changing role of the LA teacher, the impact on the school staff of more remediation in the regular classroom, and the concerns held by LA teachers and regular classroom teachers regarding…