This paper describes the Child Study Center (CSC) of the Pinellas County, Florida, Pupil Services Demonstration Project, an Elementary Secondary Education Act Title III project. The purpose of the CSC is to provide the diagnostic, prescriptive, and consultative intervention necessary to assist referred students with serious learning problems in…

A 10-day aquatics program for learning disabled children with hand-eye coordination problems and low self-esteem is described. Activities for each session (including relaxation exercises) are listed. (CL)

The kind of data base required for diagnostic-prescriptive instruction may be supplied by individual skills profile sheets of any standardized test. Discusses design and operation of a diagnostic-prescriptive program in an elementary school in rural South Carolina, designed because of wide differences in performance among students at all…

A fourth-grade teacher explains how she began planning for retention possibilities as soon as the Fall achievement test results became available by notifying parents immediately, working with them throughout the school year to help their failing children, and involving them in the promotion/nonpromotion decision. (SJL)

Project Catch-Up is a reading and math laboratory project for kindergarten through sixth-grade students. It features highly qualified teachers and aides who teach in the morning only, in an attractive, well-equipped laboratory, using an eclectic approach. Staff members are free to use whatever techniques they choose and to purchase instructional…

Project STREAM (Special Training in Remedial Education Activities for Mainstreaming), a program providing regular elementary teachers with skills to individualize programs for handicapped children in their regular classrooms, is described. (PHR)

Four aspects of computer assisted instruction (CAI) are treated: (1) an introduction to computer literacy and awareness; (2) guidelines for establishing a computer-assisted bilingual instruction site; (3) a description of some existing computer-assisted bilingual projects; and (4) identification of future needs. The first section provides a…

Investigated was use of an instructional simulation model with elementary classroom teachers to identify learning disabled children, to utilize effectively ancillary personnel, and to initiate remediation programs in the classrooms. Teachers participating in the model were said to view children on videotape in many school settings, review academic…

Students in need of supplementary reading and mathematics instruction were identified, their specific needs determined, and prescriptive activities formulated. Prescriptive reading and math teachers were responsible for program implementation and coordination with classroom teachers in three elementary schools and one junior high school. Staff…

The Perceptual Conditioning for Decoding Program, funded under a special grant from the New York State Legislature, was designed for the teaching of decoding as the first phase in learning to read to 1900 kindergarten through third grade students in eleven schools in Queens County, New York. For those target students not knowing the alphabet, a…

This report is an evaluation of a selected New York City Umbrella program, funded under a special grant from the New York State Legislature. The primary goal of the program was to improve the reading achievement of first and second grade pupils in selected schools through the use of photographs taken by the pupils. The program was conducted in six…

Describes the Integrated Learning Systems, a system of networked computers running both broad curriculum software and a management system that tracks student progress at St. Gabriel School in Philadelphia. Emphasizes its use as a remedial tool for reading and math, its location inside the classroom, and positive results/ reactions obtained. (BCY)

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…