The National Secondary School Survey was conducted to obtain information regarding the state-of-the-art in service delivery to learning disabled and emotionally disturbed adolescents. Volunteer public school teachers in all 50 states completed a survey instrument regarding their own characteristics and those of their students and educational programs. The analyses of responses from 222 teachers of emotionally disturbed adolescents to questionnaire items regarding their personal and educational characteristics are presented and discussed. Based on the response analysis, four implications for teacher trainers and inservice directors were identified.
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