The Consulting Teacher Approach to Special Education: Inservice Training for Regular Classroom Teacher

A Tale of Two Teachers: Changing Teacher Commitment to Mainstreaming

“…As Christie, McKenzie, and Burdett (1972) stated: reader to read, or results in the classroom "terror" announcing from his desk that he "just loves school," it is difficult for her to return to or even tolerate the comfortable philosophies of the past. (p.3) This case study describes how the positive behavior changes of a mainstreamed child made similarly positive changes in the attitudes and actions of two teachers toward mainstreaming.…”

The State of the Art of Collaboration on Behalf of Students With Disabilities

“…A first phase related to teacher-teacher interactions was the development of fledgling models for teacher consultants. In these early models, highly prepared teachers functioned in a manner intended to be very similar to school psychologists, mental health professionals, and counselors although with an emphasis on academic and behavior interventions (Christie, McKenzie, & Burdett, 1972). However, their effectiveness was constrained by programmatic mandates and practical conditions that prevented teacher consultants from implementing proven models used in other fields.…”

Etude de besoins relatifs au perfectionnement des enseignants du Saguenay en vue de l integration scolaire des eleves mesadaptes socio-affectifs au primaire

“…Ces programmes sont généralement implantés de façon ponctuelle, alors qu'il serait impératif de travailler avec eux sur une base continue. Pour y remé-dier, le soutien à l'enseignant assuré par le personnel spécialisé est un autre moyen suggéré par différents auteurs (Christie et al, 1972;Lilly et al, 1981;Otis et al, 1981a;Goupil et al, 1981;Goupil et Boutin, 1983). Mais, comme le rapporte Speece et Mandell (1980), les services de soutien sont rarement orientés en ce sens.…”