SPED 504MM:
Theoretical and Empirical Bases of Education for
Learners with Mild/Moderate Disabilities

Learning Environments


Please consider the following information, as well as chapter
1 in the text, before completing the assignment for this week.  
The directions for the first assignment are at the very end of 
this page following the information on environments.

Systems for Delivering Educational Services

Important concepts for delivering special education services:

	* continuum of alternative placements
	* least restrictive environment
	* integrating general and special education
		* mainstreaming
		* The Regular Education Initiative
		* full inclusion

Alternative placement options: (U.S. Dept. of Ed., 1995)

(Percentage of students with LD)

	* general education classroom (34.2%)
	* resource room (43.8%)
	* separate class (20.8%)
	* separate school (0.8%)
	* residential schools (0.2%)
	* homebound/hospital environment (0.2%)

Promoting partnerships between general and special 
education:

	* peer tutoring
	* collaboration
	* co-teaching
	* cooperative learning

Competencies for teachers of students with
mild/moderate disabilities:

	* professional knowledge and skills
	* human relations abilities
	* parent reactions
	* parent support groups and family counseling
	* parent-teacher conferences
	* suggestions for parents



1st Assignment

Follow these steps in order after carefully reading all of the 
directions.  You may want to print out these directions so 
you'll have them handy.

1. Go to the Prentice Hall website.  The address is 
   http://www.prenhall.com/mercer

2. Click on Your Profile.

3. Complete the following boxes:
	a. My Name
	b. E-mail
	c. Instructor (be sure to enter Tamarah Ashton and 
	   tamarah.ashton@csun.edu)
	d. Under Send My Quiz Results To:
	   i.  Check the box next to Instructor.
   	   ii. Select "As Plain Text" to have results 
	       sent to yourself and me.

4. Ignore the "Mailing List Subscription."  We won't be using that 
   feature.

Now, for the REAL assignment:
1. Return to http://www.prenhall.com/mercer

2. At the bottom of this page, you will see a scroll box entitled 
   "Select a Chapter."  Choose Chapter 1, Creating Responsive 
   Learning, and click on "Begin."

3. You should now see an outline of Chapter 1.  Down the left hand 
   side of the screen you should see a list including the words: 
   Chapter Outline, Multiple Choice, Classroom Applications, Web 
   Resources, Message Board, Chat, and others.

4. The classroom applications will be due for each chapter that 
   we cover.  

Hint #1:  You can print out questions, complete them at your 
leisure, and then return to the site to enter your answers.

Hint #2: Your answers to the classroom applications can be written 
and saved in a word processing document.  When you're finished, copy 
and paste each answer into the text box.

Any questions?  Email me at tamarah.ashton@csun.edu