Describes both past and more recent efforts by the California State University (CSU) system to come to terms with "remediation." Describes recently mandated collaborations between high school language arts faculty and CSU English faculty to reduce the need for remediation. Describes an ongoing outreach program addressing the needs of…

Describes the Abbott Union School and its program for traumatized and neglected adolescents. Reproduces a short novel written by one of the students. (CRH)

The role of the learning assistance teacher in this model consists of three major functions: first-line diagnosis of learning difficulties, consultation with the regular classroom teacher, and direct instruction with a restricted caseload of students. (DLS)

This is an evaluation of a program designed to provide continuity of instruction in reading and mathematics for pregnant school age girls in New York City. The program was designed to provide instruction for monolingual and bilingual (English-Spanish) students. Selected students were two or more years retarded in reading and/or mathematics.…

This manual describes an English skills program which provided individualized basic skills instruction to 280 low-achieving high school students. English teachers and reading teachers worked together in the English classroom to meet the needs of students whom guidance counselors had determined, through achievement test scores, IQ, classroom…

A learning skills center was set up in Flint Hills Area Vocational-Technical School, Emporia, Kansas, to provide remedial instruction in basic skills leading to student success in the regular vocational program. Group instruction, individualized instruction, and multimedia aids are used to help the participants (high school students and adults)…

Project FOCUS has developed seven mathematics Instructional Modules, each of which focuses on a specific mathematical concept and related skills. The modules are: "Integers and Computation with Integers"; "Fractions and Computation with Fractions"; "Decimals and Computation with Decimals"; "Ratio, Proportion and Percent"; "Graphs and Their…

In 1977, a Behavior Modification Clinic was established at William A. Wirt High School in Gary (Indiana) as an alternative to suspending disruptive youth. The clinic operates with two programs--a remedial academic instruction program in five basic subjects, and a counseling component in which all students are involved. The results of the clinic…

The principal purposes of the preparation program at North Central Technical Institute (NCTI), Wausau, Wisconsin, were to provide opportunities for certain students to further their general academic development and to explore various vocational fields. Students intended for the preparatory program were those identified by their high school records…

Based on recent reading research, this secondary school developmental reading curriculum guide presents a reading program to help developmental students acquire strategies to begin independent reading of a variety of print materials and for a range of purposes. The introductory section of the guide presents a rationale and a declaration of…

This picture booklet was prepared as a public-information tool describing programs, facilities, students and faculty at the 108-year-old Chemawa Indian School in Salem, Oregon. The boarding school, operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), has a capacity of 400 students, housed in 10 dormitories. It serves American Indian students in grades…

The Georgia Coordinated Vocational Academic Education (CVAE) program for underachieving or alienatated youth focuses on combining vocational competencies and adjustment with remedial academic instruction in a classroom atmosphere where disadvantaged students can experience success and become interested in learning. An important program success…

The handbook provides general information about the resource program for learning disabled (LD) students at the secondary level in Augusta County, Virginia. Noted in the section on program philosophy is the intention to provide academic skills and coping strategies through a unified combination of remedial and compensatory teaching. The section on…

This report presents the findings of a study to evaluate the appropriateness of 63 alternative educational and vocational programs for high-risk adolescents in New York City, specifically youthful offenders and persons in need of supervision in the facilities of the New York State Division for Youth (DFY). The programs were established to provide…

The general objective of this project is to enhance the educational and psycho-social development of seventh and eighth grade students who are experiencing learning or psycho-social deficits. This is accomplished through a meaningful tutorial relationship with a senior citizen aide. Together the adolescent student and tutor create educational…