Training special education teachers in rural areas: A viable model

Abstract

In 1983, the Program for Exceptional Children, College of Education, University of South Carolina, received funds from the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services to design, develop, and implement a service delivery model that would meet the unique learning needs of mildly handicapped children in sparsely populated areas of South Carolina. The model emphasizes the training of regular elementary teachers at the master's degree level to function as teacher-consultants to other regular classroom teachers to maintain these children in the regular classroom.