Resource teachers have become a mainstay in the delivery of educational services to learning disabled youth. However, significant problems have occurred in implementing resource room programs and in specifying the parameters of the role of the resource teacher. McLoughlin and Kass have applied role analysis constructs to identify and describe critical considerations in the successful fulfillment of the role of the resource teacher. The authors delineate ways to identify problems common to resource delivery models.
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