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Daggett, Eleanor W. – Academic Therapy, 1979
A prekindergarten screening program using a team consisting of two kindergarten teachers, a school psychologist, a speech/language therapist, a nurse, and an occupational therapist/special education teacher for the identification of "high risk" children is described. (PHR)
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Disabilities, Disability Identification, Preschool Tests
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
Strichart, Stephen S.; Mangrum, Charles T., II – Academic Therapy, 1985
Comprehensive college programs for learning disabled students may include special admission policies, diagnostic testing, and prescriptive planning, special advisement, remediation of basic skills, tutoring in subject area courses, spelling courses for college success, auxiliary aids and services, and counseling services. (CL)
Descriptors: College Students, Delivery Systems, Learning Disabilities, Program Descriptions
Pecchenino, Eve Hill; St. John, Jeanne – Academic Therapy, 1983
An approach relying on the principles of acupuncture and emphasizing relaxation and trust has promoted psychomotor, health, communication-cognition, and affective skills in handicapped students. The approach has involved staff, parents, and community members. (CL)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Descriptions, Relaxation Training
Czerniejewski, Carol; Tillotson, Katherine M. – Academic Therapy, 1973
Descriptors: Community Programs, Exceptional Child Education, Learning Disabilities, Program Descriptions
Ward, Robert R.; Trembley, Phillip W. – Academic Therapy, 1972
Described is the Educational Services Center in Granville, New York, which provides diagnosis, prescriptive planning, and evaluation of students referred for learning problems from four school districts. (KW)
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Exceptional Child Education, Learning Disabilities, Program Descriptions
Savage, Dorothy; And Others – Academic Therapy, 1973
Described is a study utilizing sensorimotor training techniques with 25 retarded Ss at a state school. (DB)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Learning Disabilities, Mental Retardation, Program Descriptions
Schanzer, Sharon Stern – Academic Therapy, 1973
Descriptors: Children, Exceptional Child Education, Independent Reading, Learning Disabilities
Moyles, Laura C.; Newell, Jeanne – Academic Therapy, 1982
The Learning Skills Program at Cabrillo College (Aptos, California) utilizes microcomputers to provide diagnostic and instructional services to learning disabled adults enrolled in this two-year community college. (SW)
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Learning Disabilities, Microcomputers
Garvar, Adrienne; Papania, Anthony – Academic Therapy, 1982
The team teaching approach was applied to a resource room program for learning disabled children at the junior high school level. Factors for program success were considered, and advantages of team teaching were pointed out. (SW)
Descriptors: Junior High Schools, Learning Disabilities, Program Descriptions, Resource Room Programs
Hardman, Patricia K. – Academic Therapy, 1981
The Dyslexia Research Institute has diagnosed and remediated dyslexic and hyperkinetic children through the use of trained paraprofessionals under expert supervision. (SB)
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Elementary Secondary Education, Hyperactivity, Learning Disabilities
Sharp, Linda Schaffner – Academic Therapy, 1981
Project Heroes is a humanities program for learning disabled children which is designed to maximize four principles--appreciation of process, acknowledgement of independence, development of a sense of worth, and skill acquisition. (SB)
Descriptors: Cultural Activities, Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Humanities Instruction
Barsch, Jeffrey – Academic Therapy, 1980
The article reviews the major components of the Ventura College (California) program for learning disabled adults. (SBH)
Descriptors: College Programs, College Students, Community Colleges, Higher Education
Minick, Barbara A.; School, Beverly, A. – Academic Therapy, 1982
The authors discuss the issue of increased record-keeping responsibilities which are the direct result of the individualized education process (IEP) as mandated by P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act), and they describe one method of alleviating the burden of this paperwork through the use of computers. (SW)
Descriptors: Computer Managed Instruction, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Education Programs
Zwaig, Marilyn S. – Academic Therapy, 1974
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Camping, Children
