Analyzed were the academic achievement test scores for approximately 46 language or learning disabled elementary school students receiving instruction in a program based on the resource room concept. The Iowa Test of Basic Skills was administered prior to and following the program. Resource room instruction appeared to have a positive effect upon…

Evaluated were the attitudes of 10 principals and 38 teachers (20 regular classroom teachers and 18 teachers who were voluntarily individualizing instruction) toward an instructional program for language and learning disabled elementary students based on the resource room concept. Principals and those teachers who had volunteered to individualize…

The Specific Language Disability Test developed by Neva Malcomesius was administered to 195 regular sixth grade students for the purposes of standardization and correlation with achievement and intelligence test scores. (DB)

While the WISC and Bender-Gestalt are widely used for differential diagnosis, there is a need for empirically determined criteria for classification. Multivariate techniques seem especially promising in classification problems. This study determined the extent to which such an approach can classify children into rational, a priori categories of…

Disadvantaged, language handicapped, or visually impaired children can make puppets in class and use them to improve language development or raise self concept. (MC)

Fourth graders with language and learning disabilities and nondisabled fourth graders were compared on tasks measuring primed picture-naming and item recognition. In the experiment, both presentation format and retention interval were manipulated. Results are discussed in terms of implications for disabled children's memory difficulties. (LB)

A total of 42 language-deficient second- through fourth-grade children participated in an experiment investigating the effects on children's skills and self-efficacy of strategy self-verbalization during listening comprehension instruction. An equal number of boys and girls who had been placed in remedial classes received didactic instruction in…

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…

Describes the development of an approach to reading comprehension by teaching 9- and 10-year-old language-disabled and learning-disabled children to think about their thinking. The juxtaposition of reading books and watching videos of the same stories stimulates these children to process written information into a sequence that communicates…

Tasks involving several areas of cognitive functioning were given to 10 psychotic children and 30 normal children. Comparisons of performance were made between the two groups and also within the psychotic group. The dimension for differentiation was the psychotic children's varying degree of language facility. The psychotic children were…

Presented is the final report of Project CHILD, a research effort to develop and validate screening procedures for the identification of language disabled (LD) children, three intervention models for LD children, and a competency based teacher education model. In the two phases of the first study, a battery of screening tests was evaluated with a…

The curriculum modification guide, developed by project success (Nebraska) through a Title III grant for language disabled elementary level students, contains suggested activities and instructional materials to be used in units of art, health, mathematics, music, science, and social studies. Explained are program planning, criteria for selecting…

Presented in the language arts teaching guide, developed by Project Success (Nebraska) through a Title III grant for language handicapped elementary level students, are 33 basic lessons stressing phonics, a daily writing program, and ideas for creative writing. Noted are characteristics of students and goals of Project Success. The language…

Describes a variety of devices that can assist students with disabilities. Highlights recently developed devices for students with specific learning disabilities, and with vision, hearing, health, physical, and speech and language impairments. The devices can help rehabilitate, reeducate, facilitate normalcy, or augment current functioning. (GLR)