This article explores some of the relevant features of the integration of technological tools into both regular and special education, seeking to determine those positive and negative features that would impact the usefulness of new technologies as aids to the inclusion of students with disabilities in general education classes. (SM)

This teacher training module presents the Student Membership Snapshot (SMS) system, a problem solving approach for teachers responding to increasing student diversity. The first chapter describes student diversity in learning styles, curricular outcomes, and social connections. The next chapter details the three steps of the SMS process:…

These guidelines and proposed program for Texas children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) were developed by a legislatively mandated multidisciplinary committee. An executive summary notes that 2 to 5 percent of elementary school children meet the diagnostic criteria for ADHD and recommends strategies including: instruction…

Workshops and related staff development activities designed for vocational education instructors, administrators, career counselors, and support services staff are described in this two-part report. Part I focuses on the Vocational Staff Workshops (VSW) project, indicating that its key objectives were to identify regional in-service training…

In August 1990, a statewide inservice training project for two-year college home economics instructors was initiated by the Chancellor's Office of the California Community Colleges. The project's three main objectives were to: (1) identify inservice priority needs through a review of existing data from previous home economics projects; (2) plan,…

The handbook is intended for the special education teacher and covers all aspects of mainstreaming according to the Monroe model, developed in Monroe County, Michigan. The model focuses on the special education teacher/consultant, who provides direct diagnostic and instructional services to special students, and indirect services to building…

This report is a guide for colleges of further education and training agencies in Great Britain on implementing computer literacy components of further education and training programs. The report gives findings and recommendations for the role and implementation of computer literacy based on a 2-year curriculum research project funded by the…

The purpose of this document is to provide standards for the preservice professional preparation of teachers, to encourage inservice professional development, and to describe the necessary conditions for teaching and learning the social studies. These standards may be used as goals toward which the professional social studies teacher strives, as…

This manual addresses the Comprehensive System of Personnel Development (CSPD) requirement of Public Law 94-142. It presents model procedures for the collection of data necessary to project personnel needs in special education. Implementation of the model will identify: areas of education which show need for additional teachers as well as areas of…

This manual was developed by the Project Capacity Building for States (CBS), a national bilingual vocational instructor training project authorized under Title 1, Part B, Bilingual Vocational Instructor Training of the Carl Perkins Vocational Education Act as an aid for individuals conducting in-service training related to serving the Limited…

This guide was developed to assist adult education program directors and staff to integrate technology into their programs. Adapted from the original guidebook developed by the Merrimack Education Center's Adult Education Computer Applications Project, it focuses on major considerations in matching computer applications with instructional program…

To provide administrators and teachers with a set of essential elements and principles to consider in using inservice programs for school improvement, this document presents a model comprised of 27 dimensions identified as important elements of effective inservice programs. These dimensions were identified through a review of the research…

This handbook concerns the victimization of children, community awareness of child abuse, what Texas law demands of educators, in-service training on child abuse and neglect, and implementing anti-victimization programs for children. The victimization of children is discussed in terms of four basic types of victimization, facts and myths about…

This document is a monograph in a personnel development series addressing issues that are pertinent for policy-making personnel concerned with personnel preparation for moderately and severely handicapped populations in the area of vocational preparation. The discussion is divided into three major sections. Section 1 addresses the state of the art…

Designed for Vocational Resource Educators (VRE) in Missouri, this guide contains basic information to aid VRE in helping handicapped students succeed in vocational education programs. The handbook is structured according to the eight goals for VRE, which define their major roles and responsibilities: to develop a communication network, to…