ERIC Number: ED142645
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1976
Pages: 26
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Bridge to School Program; School Year 1975-1976.
Budoff, Milton
The Bridge To School Program was designed to supplement and extend the scope of an ongoing early childhood developmental program, the "Readiness Program", by providing individualized attention and instruction to specially selected seriously learning disabled children between the ages of 5 and 7 in order to facilitate the development of their reading and mathematical skills. One hundred and fifty-nine children who had been evaluated by special clinical medical-educational teams and cited as having high potential to benefit from the individualized instruction were served by the program. The instruction, under the supervision of a teacher-coordinator, involved 8 specially selected teachers trained in learning disabilities and special education, utilizing a combination of teacher-created and commercial learning materials at 16 designated sites which included hospital work areas and clinics as well as special classrooms within schools. The Psychoeducational Evaluation of the Pre-School Child was used as a program evaluation instrument, administered to each child when first admitted to the program and again at the end of program participation. The data indicated that participation in this highly individualized program appeared to significantly foster the development of academic capacities. (Author/AM)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Authoring Institution: New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Educational Evaluation.
Identifiers - Location: New York (New York)
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I
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