Elementary special education teachers can enhance the transition of handicapped students into mainstreamed classes by careful planning and preparation of the regular class teachers, nonhandicapped students themselves. Followup communication with the regular class teacher must be maintained. (CL)

Special educators are encouraged to prepare the regular teacher for a handicapped child, familiarize the regular teacher with the individualized education program, prepare the regular students for the handicapped child's arrival, reinforce appropriate behavior in the handicapped child, involve others in the integration process, evaluate teacher…

Significant numbers of children with emotional and behavioral disorders receive services in settings other than general education, but it is expected they will return to a less restrictive environment. Reintegrating these students once they have completed treatment is a significant problem. Students can demonstrate improved behavior and…

Students with special needs are more likely to spend most or all of the school day in a typical classroom than they did in the past, when separate classrooms were the norm. As a result, teachers are faced with the challenge of teaching students with a wide array of learning needs. Marilyn Friend suggests that coteaching, a partnership in which a…

The guide is intended to help clarify P.L. 94-142, The Education for All Handicapped Children Act, and its implementing regulations for special educators. Information is organized in three major sections: (1) background and purpose of the law and regulations (including reviews of such major provisions as free appropriate public education, least…

Considered the special education needs of handicapped children and the role of the teacher advocate in satisfying those needs. (RK)

Prototypes of successful mainstreaming programs are described and suggestions made for school systems beginning this program. (JD)

Preparing teachers for mainstreaming is discussed by describing the necessary changes in the regular classroom teacher role and the roles of other school staff members and by considering the issues and problems that must be resolved by teacher educators. (JD)

The responsibilities borne by deaf students, interpreters, classroom teachers, and deaf education teachers which are necessary for mainstreaming to succeed are enumerated. A meeting among all parties early in the school year to review their respective roles and the compilation of a written summary for future reference can promote success. (VW)

Three facets of the teacher education model describe student characteristics which dictate the need for educational alternatives, the various roles which the successful master teacher must perform, and the various competencies which permit the teacher to function in a variety of roles. Examples of learning experiences are provided. (Author/CL)

A discussion is presented on the knowledge and skills helpful to special educators in their role as consulting teachers in mainstreaming. A parallel is drawn between adult development phases and career development. Sources of resistance to mainstreaming are cited. Three modes of consulting (provision, prescriptive, and mediation) are described.…

Defined are the roles of the psychotherapist and the teacher in working with learning disabled children in a special school. (KW)

The article posits that emotionally disturbed (ED) children routinely are diagnosed as learning disabled (LD), a situation deriving from diagnostic problems and inadequacies of definitions. Among suggestions made for special educators are knowing ED and LD definitions, and becoming assertive as evaluation team members. (MC)

The article encourages special educators to be more aware of their responsibilities regarding preventing, identifying, reporting, and intervening in child sexual abuse. Information on indicators of sexual abuse, issues in reporting sexual abuse, effects of reporting on the child victim, school-based interventions, and school-based preventive…

Vocational teachers can improve collaboration with special educators by developing mutual understanding, trust, and shared vision; seeking best uses of resources such as time, personnel, facilities, equipment, and funding; and sharing information about the two fields through staff development activities. (SK)