This article explores two important factors which indicate the need for more sophisticated inservice training for special education teachers. It covers in detail a suggested extensive inservice training program involving the use of a model demonstration-observation classroom and the establishment of an extension course through a university or college. The inservice training program suggested is one that could be ongoing and could be implemented by many different school systems.
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