Teaching LD Adolescents

Abstract

The National Secondary School Survey was conducted to obtain "state-of-the-art" information about service delivery to learning disabled and emotionally disturbed adolescents. Public

An Analysis of the Secondary Special Education Classroom Ecology with Implications for Teacher Training

“…In particular, there is a dearth of information available regarding teacher practices, teaching behaviors, and related student activities within secondary programs. In fact, a search of the published literature yielded only nine studies providing information about secondary resource room programs (Benz & Halpern, 1986;Brozovich & Kotting, 1984;D'Alonzo & Wiseman, 1978 ;Deshler, Lowrey, & Alley, 1979;Gerber & Griffin, 1983;Lerner, Evans, & Minors, 1977;McLeod & Armstrong,1982;McNutt & Heller, 1978;Wells, Schmid, Algozzine, & Maher, 1983). In these studies, researchers examined program characteristics such as teacher and student demographics and caseload size.…”

A Survey of Training Programs for Teachers of Mildly Handicapped Adolescents

“…Others have suggested the importance of including career, vocational, and applied life skills training in secondary programs for the handicapped (Irvine, Goodman, & Mann, 1978). Nonetheless, in a recent survey of approximately 1,500juniar and senior high school special education teachers, Wells, Schmid, Algozzine, and Maher (1983) found that secondary teachers continue to spend most of their time either remediating basic skills or tutoring students on content-area material. Such a discrepancy between recommended and actual practice raises serious questions with regard to how state and local universities are responding to teachereducation needs in this area.…”