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Wiseman, Douglas E.; Hartwell (Myers), L. Kay – Academic Therapy, 1980
The need for a new approach to the education of nonacademic students is stressed, and a nonreading approach for learning disabled elementary children, the Parallel Alternate Curriculum, is discussed. (PHR)
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities
Boyer, Charles W., Jr.; And Others – Academic Therapy, 1982
The authors look at the developments and events that grew out of the Learning Disability Act of 1969 (P.L. 92-20), particularly in relation to the role of Child Service Demonstration Centers (CSDCs). It is concluded that CSDCs spread the philosophies and technologies of the field of learning disabilities. (SW)
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Lundell, Kerth T.; Brown, William E. – Academic Therapy, 1979
A peer tutoring model is described and suggestions for implementing peer tutoring programs are provided. The seven steps in the development of a peer tutoring program are: establishing a need, considering curriculum, assessing, selecting learners, selecting tutors, monitoring, and coordinating. (PHR)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Problems
DeBonis, Donna M.; And Others – Academic Therapy, 1982
Learning disabled, educable mentally retarded, trainable mentally retarded, and gifted students (fifth through eighth grade) participated in a supplemental computer-assisted project in the Farrell Middle School (Farrell, Pennsylvania) to improve students' skills in the areas of computation, concept development, problem solving, and application.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Gifted
