But They Can Do It in My Room.

08/01/2025 | PAXIS Institute | Teaching Exceptional Children

A major source of frustration among both regular and special education teachers is the difficulty many students experience who move from a special education setting to the regular classroom because they are not able to transfer academic and social skills to that setting. It is not uncommon to hear a special education teacher respond to the concerns of a regular classroom teacher with the phrase, “. . . but he does it in my room.” Even though a child might demonstrate skill acquisition in a special class, the special education teacher’s job is not complete until the skill acquired in the special class is demonstrated in other settings (e.g., the regular classroom). The purpose of this article is to describe generalization techniques which will assist the special education teacher in promoting transfer of learning for students in a mainstreamed setting.

Citation: Vaughn, S., Bos, C. S., & Lund, K. A. (1986). But They Can Do It in My Room. Teaching Exceptional Children,
18(3), 176-80.

But They Can Do It in My Room.

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