The reality of culture in the development of a national special education training initiative

Abstract

The New Zealand Government is supporting a major new initiative in special education through the creation of a nationwide network of 750 Resource Teachers Learning and Behaviour (RTLB) whose role is to provide specialist mainstreamed services through direct support of teachers working with students who have moderate learning and behaviour difficulties. This paper introduces and discusses the national professional developmental programme for Resource Teachers of Learning and Behaviour (RTLB).