1. Martha L. Thurlow is assistant to the director, Instructional Alternatives Project and Minnesota University Affiliated Program. The focus of her research is on instructional decision making for students with mild handicaps at the preschool and elementary school levels, and on factors related to the postschool experiences of youth with mild, moderate, and severe disabilities.
2. James E. Ysseldyke is a professor of educational psychology and coordinator of the School Psychology Program at the University of Minnesota. He has been a special education teacher and school psychologist. Dr. Ysseldyke received his PhD from the University of Illinois. His research and teaching focus on development of appropriate instructional interventions for handicapped students.
3. Joseph W. Wotruba is a doctoral student in educational psychology and a research associate in the Instructional Alternatives Project in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Minnesota. He has been a psychologist in private practice focusing on appropriate interventions with families who have children with special needs.