Based on observations of all Title I reading teachers participating in the Program for Optional Assignment in District 20K, Brooklyn, New York, this report summarizes the program's policies, practices, and student achievement results. The program proposal called for assigning special reading teachers to work with second through ninth grade…

Seven programs funded under Title I Umbrella and Impact Aid and carried out in elementary and intermediate/junior high schools of District 24, Queens, New York, are described in this report. The programs are: (1) Strengthened Basic Skills Program; (2) Diagnosis and Treatment of Reading Disabilities; (3) Diagnostic/Prescriptive Mathematics Program;…

The results of a study in applied educational psycholinguistics are presented. The project used a theoretical model of communicative competence to develop testing techniques for diagnosing levels of ability in functional language skills, and to develop training techniques to promote the acquisition of speaking and listening skills among elementary…

Developmental education is based on a learning model as opposed to a teaching model. It requires strong communication between the student and teacher and depends upon a supportive learning environment. Some of the components of developmental education are: (1) diagnostic services which seek to answer why the student cannot learn; (2) independent…

The described learning modules are designed for the use of early childhood education teachers who serve mildly, moderately, and profoundly handicapped children from the ages of three to five. The scope and sequencing of module topics is outlined, and a description is given of activities and resources involved in their use. Ordering information for…

The described inservice education programs are designed for regular classroom teachers dealing with mainstreamed students who require specific diagnostic and corrective plans and strategies. Included in this informative report are an outline of the contents of the programs, the activities and resources they involve, and ordering information for…

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…

In an age when decision making is becoming more and more significant for us human beings as we face dilemmas about whether or not to clone, to engineer behavior on mass scale, to expand or to decrease nuclear power, we educators must assist students to increase their decision-making skills. Many of our students will soon be decision makers for…

This report evaluates a program designed to increase the reading ability of disadvantaged elementary school students in New York City. Three hundred twenty-five students, grades three through six, from three Harlem elementary schools were enrolled in the program on the basis of being at least a year below their expected reading levels. The…

Designed by the Massachusetts Center for Program Development and Evaluation, the Educational Evaluation and Planning Package (volume 2) is noted to provide Core Evaluation Teams (CET) with information for developing an individualized educational plan for the child with special needs. Each of the skill area sections--mathematics, language…

This program, included in "Effective Reading Programs...," serves more than 1200 students in first through third grade. The program, begun in 1968, follows the Responsive Educational Program model sponsored by the Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development. The program includes learning activities that are…

This report concerns one of the Florida Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title III projects validated as innovative, cost-effective, and exportable during 1973. The project rationale is that, through training, K-3 teachers may become adept at individually diagnosing specific language arts behaviors for all children in their classrooms and…

The resource manual describes procedures for replication of a 1 year Prescriptive Teaching Workshop project, a Title III educational program designed to maintain the learning disabled elementary school child in the regular classroom with additional special workshop help in order to raise his academic achievement. Evaluation of the student is by a…

This periodical is designed to disseminate information pertaining to exemplary innovative programs in Cook County, Illinois. Programs discussed in this issue are: (1) a child care program for female high school students; (2) interpretation of history-literature, a class for gifted sophomores; (3) pre-kindergarten service to children with…

This Taxonomy was designed to assist the instructor or reading specialist in the identification and location of specific instructional materials that can be used for remediation of skill deficiencies. The Taxonomy was developed by the White Plains Adult Education Center, and a description of the Center's program and method of integrating the…