Teaching learning disabled students in the general education classroom

Abstract

This paper folio addresses the need for general education teachers to acquire knowledge necessary to teach students with learning disabilities in general education classrooms. -- The first paper, A History of Special Services, Learning Disabilities, and Inclusion, traces the development of special education in Canada and Newfoundland, discusses the concept of learning disabilities in the context of special education, and addresses recent initiatives to merge special and regular education. -- The second paper, Attitudes Toward Inclusion, defines the construct of attitude and addresses the influence of participants' attitudes on the inclusion of learning disabled students in the general education classroom. -- The third paper, Increasing Academic Achievement of Learning Disabled Students in the General Education Classroom, examines methods of increasing learning disabled students' ability to achieve academically in the general education classroom.