This article describes the application of the Diagnostic Intervention Model and its effects in two case studies of 3-year-old boys, Rolf and Ruud, using individual interaction coaching with their mothers. Positive effects were found for all the target categories in both cases, although an interaction that used materials appeared to be more…

The focus of this article is recent CBM work that incorporates diagnostic reading assessment. The goal is to help general and special educators tailor more effective reading instruction for developing readers. The development process for this CBM diagnostic reading assessment is described; the resulting assessment is presented; and preliminary…

This booklet, the second in a series of eight describing the tenth-cycle Teacher Corps project of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the Lincoln Public School System, describes the diagnostic-prescriptive (D-P) instructional model used as the basic teaching process in the project. Key concepts in the D-P approach to teaching are presented, and…

Conquest is a laboratory project for first-grade repeaters and for students in second grade through sixth grade who have difficulty in reading. It features an individualized, eclectic approach made possible by low student/teacher ratios and by a wide variety of materials and equipment. Instructional and diagnostic procedures are highly structured,…

The purpose of this diagnostic-prescriptive reading system (DPRS), proposed by Palm Beach County and the Florida Atlantic University and sponsored by the Florida Department of Education, was to provide classroom teachers with resources which would enable them to more effectively meet the individual reading needs of their students. This report…

The Chidley Educational Center, Perth, Western Australia, provides a short term residential environment for 40 children (6-13 years old) with learning disabilities. The children served by the center are admitted because they have limited access, for geographic reasons, to other specialist help. The center's approach is based on the diagnostic…

The theoretical base and practical operation of the Learning Lab, a diagnostic teaching approach with learning disabled students, are described. The program's philosophy is said to be based on child developmental-interactional principles in an integrated intervention approach. The program is explained to feature one-to-one tutorial work, training…

The University of Connecticut's undergraduate special education program, which uses the prescriptive teaching approach to train special education teachers, is described. Student support services that help "high risk" candidates succeed in a demanding program are outlined. Program elements and evaluation criteria that provide students…

Described are two classroom programs for severely emotionally disturbed children (7-10 and 15-17 years old). Discussed are such program components as room arrangement, individualized schedule planning, the token system used in vocational training, and a sample prescriptive model (which includes language training, situational training, formal…

A description of this basic arithmetic program includes an outline of its goals, features contained in a teacher's manual, task cards and supplementary resource materials, steps involved in the implementation of the program, and answers to some questions about the program. An outline of the training program is given along with a workshop schedule.…

This second edition contains descriptions of 29 diagnostic-prescriptive reading programs (K-12) for which some success has been demonstrated in the classroom as shown by statistical evidence of significant improvement of student learning. A four-page program profile matrix provides the reader with easy identification of the salient features of…

Described are assessment procedures, scheduling techniques, and the use of the prescriptive model employed by the diagnostic/prescriptive specialist for educating severely disturbed children. Assessment areas are noted to include medical problems, specific fears or apprehensions, pertinent reinforcers, length of attention span, level of…

Paper describes some experiences with teachers and children who engaged in one-to-one teaching and learning situations. (Authors/CB)

VEAP is an intensly personalized program that eases the handicapped students into what for them is a new environment, making them aware of their learning potential, and watching over them every step of the way through academic and vocational instruction into employment. (Author)

The paper provides an overview of a data based physical education program for the severely handicapped which has been developed at Oregon State University's Department of Physical Education in cooperation with the Special Education Department of Teaching Research. Concepts which form the basis of the model include that there is no way of…