The Granite School District (Salt Lake City, Utah) tracking program provides a practical framework for incorporating many of the recent developments in secondary special education into a single program. The approach has a dual focus--providing direct instruction in the resource room and indirect consultative and backup services for the regular…

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)

Discusses the practice of using a portfolio reporting system in a learning disabilities resource room. Gives several rationales for the superiority of portfolios. Provides specific examples of student work. Provides a detailed description of how to implement portfolio reporting in the classroom, including planning, selection of materials, and…

The article describes a management system used in a secondary resource program for exceptional students that incorporates a clinical teaching model, task analysis, and the use of management objectives to provide individualized services. Five-year evaluation data reveal increased completion of assignments, decreased teacher preparation, and a more…

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 Learning Resource Support Program provides academic support services to learning disabled adolescents. (SB)

A reading resource room program for 65 deaf high school students was implemented at the South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind in an attempt to improve the reading levels of its resident hearing impaired students. (SEW)

Computer assisted instruction (CAI) in the form of tutorial and drill programs supplements language, vocabulary reading, and math instruction in special classes and resource rooms for hearing impaired secondary students. Development by staff of software programs is an integral part of the system. (CL)

The paper describes a three level resource room designed to provide a comprehensive program to meet the widely varying needs of handicapped students at the secondary level. An introduction provides the historical background of services to the handicapped. A description of the program includes the organization; the resource room services, such as…

Discusses the problems of hiring substitutes and Ellington High School's (Connecticut) plan to deal with the problem: relieve teachers of supervisory duties, assign them to resource rooms organized around a particular academic discipline, and utilize these teachers as substitutes in their area of discipline when the need arises. (LC)

The paper discusses the interaction of learning disabilities with the typical developmental tasks of adolescence and adulthood. Typical high school programs (resource room and segregated classroom models) are reviewed to determine how services can better meet the needs of this age group. (Author/DB)

A resource room and special station program for seriously emotionally disturbed junior high school youth is described. The author discusses the philosophy and programs of the Responsibility Resource Rooms and Resource Center. (Author/PHR)

The paper describes steps taken in initiating a program for gifted students undertaken in 11 secondary schools in Cape Province, South Africa. The development of an identification model was made difficult because the fixed South African educational system inhibits creativity and productive thinking abilities. Factors used to select students for…

To share information with parents of resource room students, special education teachers developed programs involving panel discussions, guest speakers, films, etc. Subsequently, a program for secondary-level resource room students was also developed, with panel presentations and group discussions. Lists of discussion topics and guidelines for…

Based on a sample of 12 school sites in California, the report documents the effectiveness of the secondary Resource Specialist Program (RSP) which provides instruction and services for handicapped students--primarily the learning disabled--who are assigned to a regular classroom for a majority of the school day. A number of program components are…