Judy W. Wood

Adapting Tests for Mainstreamed Students

Suggestions for regular and special class teachers for adapting teacher-made tests so that LD students can experience success

Drug Therapy? Let's Take a Closer Look

Biofeedback and relaxation are considered to be practical alternatives to drug therapy in controlling the behavior of hyperactive children and youth.

Adaptations for Rural Behavior Disordered Pupils in the Mainstream.

Modifying the instructional program of mainstreamed pupils not only meets individual needs but also results in a successful school experience. This article summarizes instructional adaptations which help not only behavior disordered mainstreamed students but all students to be successful. These strategies, field tested by educators teaching in rural settings, easily implemented in regular class settings, can be grouped into five major categories: teaching modes, media, content format, evaluation, and management.

Book Report Adaptations

Providing adaptations and alternatives to book reporting helps students master objectives and material that, under normal conditions, would go unlearned.

Innovations in the Classroom: Adapting the Presentation of Academic Content for the Mainstreamed Student

requently, the mainstreamed student can learn the academic content presented in the regular classroom. However, learning will be easier when alternative ways of presenting the academic content become a standard procedure in the classroom. For example, teachers usually teach reading from a basal reader, being careful to follow the teachers manual, standardized worksheets, etc. But mildly handicapped students may not be able to reach objectives or finish assignments when such standard procedures are followed. Their success may depend on the teachers being able to modify the presentation of content. The regular class teacher can often help mildly handicapped students solve their various problems with assignments by adapting academic content in some way. A discussion of those problems follows, with some ideas for ways to adapt presentation of content.