For availability, see EC 103 600 Provided is an overview of the programs of each of five research institutes for the study of learning disabilities, located at the following universities: University of Illinois (Chicago), Columbia University (Teachers College), University of Kansas, University of Minnesota, and University of Virginia. (IM)

A project in which six nonprofessional personnel were used for supplementary instructional services in elementary schools was examined in terms of the roles, selection, training, supervision, special assets and evaluation of the nonprofessionals. (GW)

Described is an 8-month program for remediation of learning disabilities in regular classes while receiving supplemental instruction in academics and perception. Significant improvement in arithmetic and perception was obtained, while reading gains were recorded only after 20 months. (Author/KW)

The article describes a beginning reading program that was planned and implemented by an interdisciplinary team for 14 first-grade language-handicapped children. (DLS)

Twenty kindergarten children, identified as being at high risk for future learning disabilities (LD) were matched with a control group on the basis of age, sex, IQ, and cognitive scores and were provided with a highly structured sequential curriculum aimed at remediating deficits identified in the screening process. Among skills evaluated by the…

The ten conference papers on learning and language disabilities begin with discussions of staff development procedures for teachers of language handicapped children, methods of instructional intervention for such children, and the comparative utility of the limited, intensive, and comprehensive methods of identification and evaluation of language…

Presented is the final report of Project TEAM (Teacher Encouragement to Activate Mainstreaming) to improve the attitudes and skills of seven regular secondary teachers serving 27 educable mentally or educationally handicapped students. Methodology is explained to have involved analysis of student records to identify students ready for…

An attempt was made to modify the attending, on-task behavior of hyperkinetic children in a naturalistic school setting. The boys were taught how to "pay attention." The procedures utilized were based on previous research findings regarding the performance of hyperkinetics on a vigilance monitoring task. (Author)

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…

Provided is the 1975-76 evaluation of a center providing individualized prescriptive programs for secondary-level learning disabled students. Changes in the program for the third year of operation are noted to have been an emphasis on the evaluation of the group counseling format (based on Reality Therapy and using a team of two co-facilitators)…

Provided is an evaluation report of a special education program in New York City designed to improve the reading and arithmetic skills of brain-injured children in mainstream classes (grades 1 through 8). An assessment of the extent to which participants improved in reading and mathematics and a study of the extent to which the actual program…

The report describes ASSIST, a teacher-controlled computer assisted instruction (CAI) system in special education. Field tested with aporoximately 200 handicapped elementary and junior high students (educable mentally retarded, educationally handicapped, learning disabled, and oral language handicapped). Results are said to demonstrate that such a…

A 3-year program for early identification and remediation of perceptual deficiencies to prevent or minimize learning disabilities was conducted with two successive kindergarten classes. The 1967 class received intensive training for 3 years, while the 1968 class received intensive training for 2 years. Comparison of pre and posttest data for…

Presented is the final report of the Leadership Training Institute (LTI) in Learning Disabilities at the University of Arizona. Purposes of the LTI are reported to have been to give technical assistance to the Child Service Demonstration Centers which were alloted funds by the Bureau for the Education of Handicapped Children in eight states…