This article addresses the role of the school psychologist in the evaluation of children experiencing significant difficulties in reading. The author addresses first the topics of what a reading diagnosis is and what should be expected as the result of the diagnostic evaluation of a child for whom reading has been a difficult task. Before…

Although some general practitioners now "prescribe" education to patients it would be wrong to see it as a panacea. Those who claim it can cure everything from memory loss to incontinence are being unduly optimistic. Education is an important mechanism for enhancing the health and well-being of individuals and reducing the health care and…

A defense of prescriptivism against charges that it is bad linguistics and a form of tyranny. (DD)

The article analyzes existing practice in assessment and recording in the special needs field and makes such recommendations as assessment with a wider perspective more continuously to aid in making the curriculum responsive to individual needs. (DB)

Two perspectives that have influenced teacher preparation--the product (categorical) and repertoire orientations--are reviewed, and components of the repertoire orientation are applied to a set of principles that foster clinical teaching. (CL)

Provides a self-test with answers and a rating chart to help teachers clarify their perceptions about the concept of diagnostic-prescriptive instruction. Asks teachers to evaluate their test results and determine whether myths about diagnostic-prescriptive reading instruction hinder their teaching. (DMM)

Traditional diagnostic approaches with handicapped and nonhandicapped children usually occur outside the instructional context and focus on the learner. Accurate conclusions about the learner, however, can only be reached after an adequate diagnosis of instruction. (Author)

Health educators are warned not to overlook the relationships among the academic, emotional, and social problems of a learning disability. (MM)

The need for developing a technology of teaching that equals current sophistication of microcomputer technology is addressed. The importance of principles of learning and behavior analysis is emphasized. Potential roles of stimulus control and precise error analysis in educational program development and in prescription of specific learning…

Proposes principles for classroom diagnosis: considering diagnosis as an integral part of instruction; basing diagnoses on natural language evidence gathered in real learning situations; and using the needs of individual students in performing academic tasks as a standard. Describes a model for reading diagnosis and instructional planning. Gives…

The article summarizes a typology of 21 selected curriculum-based assessment (CBA) measures available to early childhood specialists serving handicapped children, including normal developmental CBA scales, adaptive measures, handicap-specific instruments, strategy-matched materials, and curriculum-referenced measures. (Author/JW)

Suggests that new developments in prescriptive theory offer an opportunity for instructional designers to combine research and practice in developing instruction. Ways in which instructional theories can facilitate practical applications are suggested. (MER)

Considered are concepts and skills appropriate for basic teacher preparation, and those that should be reserved for more advanced, specialized preparation. The cyclical continuum of teacher education and models of teacher development are discussed. (MNS)

Argues that computers can be used in schools or reading clinics to maintain skill banks for organizing information about materials, tests, and prescriptive recommendations. (FL)

Important issues pertaining to educating the preservice undergraduate special educator are discussed by critically analyzing literature from a nontraditional, multidisciplinary perspective. Diagnostic-prescriptive teaching methodologies are found to be inadequate once again, and suggestions are provided to expand the field's conciousness level by…