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Innovative inservice teacher training programs are needed to address the growing shortage of special education teachers. Such programs must also consider the varying needs for professional development and support for beginning special education teachers and the complex demands facing the working educator trying to acquire special aducadon teacher competencies. This articie describes a model higher education inservice Project in the state of Louisiana that addresses these concerns for beginning special educators. The project is based on a faculty consultation and supervision model where students earn university credit for independent study. The advantages and disadvantages of implementing this project are discussed, with implications for similar project development.

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Louisiana Department of Education. (1989). Comprehensive system of personnel development [CSPD]. Baton Rouge: Office of Special Education Services.

Reiff, H. , & Anderson, P. (1989). Training needs of rural special educators in Louisiana . Research in Rural Education, 6, 45-50.

Smith-Davis, J. , Burke, P.J. , & Noel, M.M. (1984). Personnel to educate the handicapped in America: Supply and demand from a programmatic viewpoint. College Park : University of Maryland, Institute for the Study of Exceptional Children and Youth.

U.S. Department of Education. (1988). Tenth annual report to Congress on the implementation of the education of the handicapped act. Washington, DC: U.S. Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

Success and Certification for Special Education Starters

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