Examines the use of consultation and school-based multidisciplinary team conferences in the delivery of educational and psychological services for mainstreamed handicapped children. Step-by-step illustrations of problem solving in a consultative relationship are extended to team problem solving. Reviews research that supports these practices. (GLR)

Examines how classroom teachers have been prepared to teach students with disabilities and presents a reconceptualized approach to preparing educators to meet the needs of special students through educational partnerships. The article describes such an approach at the University of Utah's Graduate School of Education. (SM)