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President's Committee on Mental Retardation, Washington, DC. – 1962
The basic purposes of the President's Panel on Retardation and the significance, impact, causes, and effect of the problem are reviewed, and improvements suggested. Each section presents basic data and opinions, gives both specific and general recommendations for improving or expanding services or developing new programs, and indicates whether…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Comprehensive Programs, Cooperative Planning, Exceptional Child Education
Bortner, Morton, Ed. – 1967
Ten papers consider brain damaged children. Brain damage is considered as an educational category, and the following aspects of evaluation are treated: disorders of oral communication, hearing impairment, psychological deficit, psychiatric factors, and neurological considerations. Educational strategies discussed include the educational methods of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Methods, Educational Strategies, Evaluation
Rigrodsky, Seymour – 1967
A project was designed to provide therapy for disadvantaged children in New York City nonpublic schools who have the additional handicap of defective speech. Effectiveness of speech teachers in providing therapy services was evaluated. The measurements of effectiveness were determined from the following: trained speech pathologists' observation of…
Descriptors: Administration, Clinical Diagnosis, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Needs
Illinois Commission on Children, Springfield. – 1968
The results of a 2 1/2-year study to formulate an overall plan utilizing and coordinating existing services for hearing impaired children are reported. The definition, classification, incidence, and prevention of hearing impairment and the orientation of professional personnel are discussed. Recommendations are given for identification and medical…
Descriptors: Administration, Agency Cooperation, Auditory Evaluation, Clinical Diagnosis
Waldon, Edgar F., Ed. – 1968
Attention to differential diagnosis and diagnostic and testing procedures provides a framework for articles on the speech and hearing of the mentally retarded. Aspects considered include medical diagnosis, by Philip L. Calcagno; diagnostic evaluation, by Richmond S. Paine; developmental tests as diagnostic tools, by Katerina K. Haka;…
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Auditory Evaluation, Auditory Tests, Biochemistry
Blew, Carol Holliday; And Others – 1977
Project New Pride, a positive approach for dealing with juvenile delinquents with lengthy criminal records and social adjustment problems, is described in this report. The introduction includes the following: a discussion of the problems of juvenile offenders and their present treatment; an overview of the project and its services, which include…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Correctional Education, Counseling, Crime
Young, Peter Adams – 1975
Random polygons were used as stimuli in a two-choice multiple discrimination learning paradigm designed to test individual learning ability. A nonverbal test was developed in order to avoid the cultural and racial bias which, according to the author, is inherent in verbal tests. Information processing rate (IPR) was used as the measure of learning…
Descriptors: Ability, Ability Identification, Cognitive Processes, Culture Fair Tests
Glassboro State Coll., NJ. Dept. of Industrial Education and Technology. – 1978
This project was undertaken to develop programs for gifted/talented students in vocational education. The primary considerations were to investigate methods to identify highly creative students and to develop a curriculum model to nurture creativity. A seminar on creativity was held at Glassboro State College for the purpose of assisting in the…
Descriptors: Course Objectives, Creative Development, Creativity, Creativity Research
Klausmeier, Herbert J.; And Others – 1973
The Model of Conceptual Learning and Development (CLD) is an analytical, descriptive model. It defines four levels of concept attainment and the possible uses and extensions of attained concepts, specifies the cognitive operations involved in learning concepts at each of the four levels, and postulates internal and external conditions of learning…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Child Development, Classification, Cognitive Development
Klausmeier, Herbert J.; And Others – 1974
The Model of Conceptual Learning and Development (CLD) is an analytical, descriptive model. It defines four levels of concept attainment and the possible uses and extensions of attained concepts, specifies the cognitive operations involved in learning concepts at each of the four levels, and postulates internal and external conditions of learning…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Child Development, Classification, Cognitive Development
Roth, John; Sussman, Susan – 1974
Presented is a review of literature and research on identification, personality and educational needs, and effective programing for gifted children. Among the topics discussed are the difficulties of defining giftedness operationally, pros and cons with regard to using intelligence tests and informal teacher assessment to identify the gifted,…
Descriptors: Acceleration, Administration, Classes (Groups of Students), Early Admission
ERIC Clearinghouse on Handicapped and Gifted Children, Reston, VA. – 1975
The annotated bibliography on tests and measurements for identification of the gifted contains approximately 75 abstracts and associated indexing information for documents published from 1959 to 1973 and selected from the computer files of the Council for Exceptional Children's Information Services and the Education Resources Information Center…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Academic Achievement, Bibliographies, Creativity
Russell, Fay F., Ed. – 1975
The guide for nurses consists of 10 papers on identification and management of selected developmental disabilities. Included are the following titles: "The Importance of Early Mothering" (R. Benfield); "Infant Stimulation" (J. Arnold); "Failure to Thrive" (M. Haynes); "The Neurological Evaluation of Infants and…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Children, Developmental Disabilities, Etiology
Coursen, David – 1976
"Mainstreaming" is defined as a program whereby handicapped children are placed in regular classrooms for all or part of the school day, with steps taken to see that their special needs are satisfied within this arrangement. Key court decisions are cited because the implications of mainstreaming for contemporary education can be properly…
Descriptors: Classroom Desegregation, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Elwood, Patricia C.; And Others – 1975
Intended as a guide for the design and implementation of parent-infant programs for the hearing impaired, the volume provides suggestions and sample materials from the program in Prince George's County, Maryland. Included in the guidelines for assessment of local need and identification of hearing impaired infants in the community are sample…
Descriptors: Auditory Training, Community Programs, Exceptional Child Services, Hearing Aids
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