Presented is the continuation proposal for Title III funding of a program which serves approximately 2,000 kindergarten and first grade children by early identification of learning needs and diagnostic-prescriptive intervention. Program components are given to include comprehensive screening to identify individual needs in the areas of motor…

Significant events in this field include the learning disabilities movement, diagnosis and prescription, attempts at early detection, and international comparisons. (MKM)

The purpose of this study was to establish specific guidelines for the initial screening and identification of children with learning disabilities in the state of Washington in the elementary grades. Approximately 6,000 children in the state of Washington were screened for learning disabilities using two methods, teacher identification and…

A Chicago suburban public school with approximately 450 children per grade level demonstrated a system-wide program for identification, diagnosis, and educational treatment of children with learning disabilities in grades 2 through 6. Children were judged to underachieve when achievement measures in language or mathematics fell more than 10% below…

Examined with 59 inservice teachers was the ability to learn to identify and manage children with learning difficulties through participation in a training program using the module "A Decision-Making Model for Teaching the Handicapped", the transfer of knowledge obtained from the training program to the teacher's classroom behavior, and…

Academic and behavioral assessment of learning disabled students (ages 3-11 years) at the Greene County Learning Center (Xenia, OH) is comprised of three tests (Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests, the Peabody Individual Achievement Test, and Group Learning Skills Tests) and teacher observation. An individualized educational program is determined based…

The Northwest Special Education (NWSE) program model was designed to identify and provide analysis of academic and behavioral characteristics of rural area learning disabled students to facilitate prescriptive planning to be carried out through tutorial activities. Formal assessment procedures were carried out by the consultant while informal…

The handbook presents guidelines for the learning disabilities teacher-consultant (LDT-C) in evaluative and integrative consultation, educational plan development, instructional leadership, and educational assessment including an historical perspective of the development of this group of professionals in New Jersey and a description of their…

The manual is designed to provide a basis for inservice training for replication of components of the MECCA (Make Every Child Capable of Achieving) model, a project designed to develop and implement early identification procedures and prescriptive educational programs for children entering kindergarten with a variety of potential educational…

This paper examines the effectiveness of the Project MECCA (Make Every Child Capable of Achieving) model for early identification and mainstreaming of children with potential specific learning disabilities (SLD). The MECCA model incorporates collaboration between the learning disabilities teacher and the classroom teacher within the classroom…

TWO SPEECHES PRESENTED AT THE THIRD ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM HELD BY RUTGERS STATE UNIVERSITY IN 1967 CONSIDER LEARNING DISABILITIES. IN "NEUROPHRENIC CHILDREN--THEIR EARLY IDENTIFICATION AND MANAGEMENT," EDGAR A. DOLL EXPLAINS HIS CONCEPT OF NEUROPHRENIA AND THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY IDENTIFICATION AND DISCUSSES THE USE OF THE VINELAND SOCIAL MATURITY…

Presented are nine papers given at a 1973 seminar at the University of Queensland in Australia on the identification and treatment of children with learning disabilities. Noted are recommendations of the Senate Standing Committees on Handicapped Persons and Teaching Education which would require increased numbers of trained teachers and other…

A 3-year Title III project in Union, New Jersey involved screening of 869 incoming kindergarten children in 1967 and 840 children in 1968, subsequent identification of children's perceptual difficulties, and remediation. The children were screened in areas of perceptual-motor match, auditory dynamics, associative processes, and gross-motor…

Approximately 400 learning disabled (LD) junior high school students in eight schools were provided identification, diagnosis, and intervention services during 2 years of a program based on meeting students' needs for special help, mainstream success, and parental understanding. Program objectives included significant gains in language…

A 1 year preschool program and a summer elementary program in a model cities area southt to detect and remediate children's learning disabilities, and to evaluate remedial techniques. Thirty-three perceptually handicapped preschool children took a battery of eight tests, and daily received remediation through fine and gross motor training, and in…