Seven of 14 high school students with learning disabilities were placed in a resource room. Results were mixed, but staff affirmed the need for a special program. Learning disability programs in the elementary schools underlying the high school were proposed. Also, programs at 12 other high schools were reviewed along with the literature on the…

Involving seven Tucson school districts, a children's home, and a child guidance clinic, the Covert School (Children Offered Vital Educational Retraining and Therapy) was designed to initiate, compare, and evaluate educational approaches to the problems of emotionally disturbed children. Six distinct approaches were implemented, including a…

IN 1959, THE TWO EXISTING SPECIAL CLASSES FOR BRAIN INJURED CHILDREN IN NEW YORK CITY WERE EVALUATED BY OBSERVATIONS, EXAMINATION OF THE STUDENTS' MEDICAL AND EDUCATIONAL RECORDS, AND INTERVIEWS WITH TEACHERS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, PSYCHIATRISTS, AND SPEECH AND OTHER SPECIALISTS. RECOMMENDATIONS WERE MADE IN AN INTERIM REPORT. A LONGITUDINAL STUDY WAS…

Initiated in 1964, the Illnois gifted program provided funds for development of local gifted programs by local districts. General purposes and criteria for individual programs were realized with varying success. Gifted programs increased and were extended to less wealthy and smaller districts; techniques and inservice education spilled over into…