This silver anniversary issue contains papers from the World Congress on Dyslexia held in November 1974, as well as two case studies and reviews of books related to the study, treatment, or prevention of problems of specific language disability. Papers include discussions of 50 years of experience with dyslexia; prediction and prevention of…

Since 1974 the Appalachian Education Satellite Program, which is described in this report, has delivered graduate level teacher training courses in diagnostic and prescriptive reading and in career education to elementary and secondary teachers in remote areas of Appalachia. Evaluation of the courses has focused on determining how they affected…

A system for individualized instruction is outlined, and stress is placed on growth environments and administrator and teacher responsibilities. This open problem-solving system is one in which decisions are made according to established goals. It is made up of the following stages: (1) establishing the ideal base; (2) establishing a reality base;…

The author describes strategies and models (individualized instruction, diagnostic and prescriptive teaching, and behavior modification) which she suggests could result in improved special education services for exceptional children, especially Black and poor students. (CL)

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…

The purpose of this research study was to compare two kinds of perceptual training for kindergarteners. A control group was grouped for instruction in visual or auditory perception. The children whose weaker modality was auditory received an "Open Court" program which stressed the acquisition of phonetic skills. The Frostig-Horne program was given…

This document is a teachers' resource manual, grades Kindergarten through Twelve, for the promotion of students' facility in written composition in the context of a language-experience approach and through the use of diagnostic-prescriptive techniques derived from modern linguistic theory. The "Individualized Language Arts: Diagnosis,…

Presented is the pre-kindergarten prescriptive teaching program for learning disabled children including inventories and six instructional components: language arts, mathematics, science, health, motor skill development, and social experiences. Components consist of sequenced skills (identified as essential by kindergarten and first grade…

The primary purpose of this study was to determine the value of familiarizing third grade teachers with specific reading skills and to describe the effects of their using the word-attack element of the Wisconsin Design for Reading Skills Development (WDRSD) as an instructional management system for improving the achievements in reading…

Provided in the manual are 15 units of sequential instructional materials designed to teach blind elementary students to read standard print through the use of the Optacon, an optical-to-tactile converter manufactured by Telesensory Systems, Inc. The materials allow for individualized rate of student progress, integration of numeral and letter…

The instructional materials packet contains 15 units of sequential activities designed to teach blind secondary students to read standard print through the use of the Optacon, an optical-to-tactile converter manufactured by Telesensory Systems, Inc. The materials help the teacher monitor student progress on a unit to unit basis; diagnose reading…

Covered in the paper on the psychoeducational assessment of the multihandicapped child are the importance of the learning accomplished in the sensory motor period and the effects of evaluation media and sequence on child performance. Described are the six stages of sensory motor development measured by a Piagetian-based instrument developed by J.…

Evaluated was the effectiveness of the Portage Home Visit (PHV) Parent Involvement Program in improving the IQ's, and motor, language, adaptive and personal-social developmental skills of 36 multiply handicapped developmentally delayed preschoolers in rural Wisconsin during 36 consecutive weekly sessions. Home trainers provided parents with…

One of the programs included in "Effective Reading Programs...," this program, begun in 1972, serves about 2,200 disadvantaged high school students, most of whom are black or Spanish-speaking, in three New York City high schools. The program's main goals are twofold--the early identification and remediation of reading disabilities…

This program, included in "Effective Reading Programs...," was begun in 1971 and serves 145 randomly selected students in grades four, five, six, and eight. The program has two main objectives: (1) participating students will achieve higher standardized test scores in language arts and mathematics than control students and (2)…