Abstract: Instructional strategies explored in this review are class-wide peer tutoring, direct instruction and the behavioural strategy of self-monitoring. The teaching model is known as co-teaching, a model which is becoming the norm in schools in southeast Michigan. It is hypothesized that concrete knowledge of research based instructional methods that can be used in co-teaching situations may reduce rates of teacher frustration and attrition, and will improve academic and behavioural performance of students in a variety of setting.