The guide includes a directory and description of services provided by the 30 federally funded child service Demonstration Centers (CSDC) for learning disabed students. A catalogue overview booklet reviews the history of P.L. 91-230, Title VI-G (Education of the Handicapped Act, 1970) and discusses the role of the National Learning Disabilities…

Described is an interdisciplinary mainstreaming program for individualizing instruction for secondary learning disabled students, utilizing resource facilities in grades 7-9 in eight separate centers throughout Franklin County, Missouri. Aspects of this program--such as the developmental and by-pass strategies of instruction employed to help…

Provided is a guide for school districts interested in adopting the Helping Eliminate Early Learning Disabilities (HEELD) Program, an early childhood learning program developed and operated in Oregon. The HEELD program is described, and guidelines for implementing the four phases of the program are presented. Sections cover each of the phases as…

Presented is the administrative and resource personnel kit developed as part of Project TEAM (Teacher Encouragement to Activate Mainstreaming) to improve attitudes and skills of regular secondary teachers working with educable mentally retarded or educationally handicapped students. Sections of the kit include an introduction, a listing of the…

The Child Study Center (CSC) program provides diagnostic, prescriptive, and consultative intervention services to elementary and junior high school students with serious learning problems. Because of the multi-causation factor present in children with severe learning problems, the CSC concept involves an interdisciplinary team approach which…

The booklet describes a rationale for teaching junior high school level learning disabled (LD) students. The author discusses how to recognize an LD profile, how to screen for learning disabilities, and how to diagnose using the discrepancy model (chart illustrating the difference between I.Q. expectancy and actual performance). A description of…

Described is the PASS (Psychoeducational Agency-School System) Project, a collaborative effort between the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools and the Child Study Center of George Peabody College for Teachers to demonstrate how agency and school system resources may be combined in an integrated service delivery system for learning disabled (LD)…

Presented are an overview booklet, a project selection guide, and six Project Information Packages (PIPs) for six exemplary projects serving underachieving students in grades k through 9. The overview booklet outlines the PIP projects and includes a chart of major project features. A project selection guide reviews the PIP history, PIP contents,…

This program guide is designed for elementary students that need special services to learn most efficiently. The program, conducted at three sites within the district and later validated at two other sites in Oregon, measures current behavior and develops an instructional sequence to meet prescribed objectives. The mainstreaming approach of the…

Described is Project ADAPT (A Developmental Approach to Psychomotor Transfer), a validated program used with 808 primary grade children, some with learning difficulties, over a 3-year period to enhance academic readiness and self esteem through psychomotor training. An introductory project summary explains program objectives, the needs assessment…