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A Natural System Approach
Greenlee, William E. – Academic Therapy, 1977
Described are principles of a natural system approach to educating learning disabled children. (CL)
Descriptors: Educational Methods, Educational Principles, Learning Disabilities, Models
Myths, Mystification, and Magic in Teaching
Taylor, Linda; Adelman, Howard – Academic Therapy, 1977
The authors express their views on the teaching implications of positive myths, methods to demystify learning for students, and circumstances which enhance the magic of learning. (CL)
Descriptors: Educational Methods, General Education, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Skills
Learning Problem Children in the Open Concept Classroom
Palmieri, Jean C. – Academic Therapy, 1973
Descriptors: Educational Methods, Exceptional Child Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Problems
Basic Geometric Shapes and Reading
Gitter, Lena – Academic Therapy, 1976
Discussed for use with learning disabled children are the geometric materials and teaching methods developed by M. Montessori. (DB)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Methods, Geometry, Learning Disabilities
The Montessori Approach for the Elementary-Age LD Child
Guyer, Barbara P. – Academic Therapy, 1974
The Montessori language program is described as potentially helpful to the learning disabled child because of its emphasis on developing a concrete understanding of concepts prior to the teaching of abstract solutions. (GW)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Educational Methods, Exceptional Child Education, Handwriting
The "Therapy" in Educational Therapy
Bauer, J. R. G. – Academic Therapy, 1972
Principles related to the application of psychoeducational therapy to a group of six severely dysfunctional children (initially mute, largely unresponsive, repetitively behaving, unrelating) over a 9-year period are described. (KW)
Descriptors: Educational Methods, Educational Psychology, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Education
Math and LD: A New Perspective.
Sweet, Shiela C. – Academic Therapy, 1978
The article describes a math-oriented approach to remediating learning disabilities in children. (SBH)
Descriptors: Educational Methods, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials, Learning Disabilities
Bibliotherapy for the LD Adolescent.
Lenkowsky, Barbara E.; Lenkowsky, Ronald S. – Academic Therapy, 1978
The article discusses bibliotherapy as a classroom method to help meet personal, social, and emotional needs of learning disabled (LD) adolescents. (PHR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Development, Bibliotherapy, Developmental Reading
Mildly Handicapped and At-Risk Students: The Graying of the Line.
Aksamit, Donna – Academic Therapy, 1990
Difficulty in distinguishing mildly handicapped students from low-achieving children at risk for school failure resulting from socioeconomic and other factors is resulting in an apparent overidentification of students as handicapped. Strategies for improving the education of at-risk students, such as early childhood education programs, smaller…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Methods, Elementary Secondary Education