With some children, teachers can't work the usual way; they have to do strange things. By accepting his hatred, using military manuals as textbooks, and employing an unorthodox reward system, the author helped a difficult child learn to read at his grade level. (MT)

Improving the balance of learning disabled children was investigated through the use of a 12-week structured gross motor home learning program. Analyses concluded that parents can significantly enhance the static and dynamic balance of their learning disabled children by implementing a structured gross-motor training program at home. (Author/PN)

Special program and other school administrators regularly confront the issue of whether students under their charge are entitled to receive homebound instruction and if so, what procedures and criteria they should apply in coming to a proper decision. Where a student is entitled to such services the administrator must decide what subjects must be…

The paper describes the Lafayette Parish Homebound Program (Louisiana) for students in grades K-12, with particular emphasis on the program's services for pregnant girls. Procedures for admitting students into the program, objectives for the pregnant girls (12-18 years old), and program components are considered. It is explained that the special…

Described is a home- and center-based preschool program for handicapped children. A toy education library system and an activity centered learning program are reported to focus on individualized programing and parent involvement. (CL)

The development of a simple and effective means of training parents and other non-professionals in the use of a home-based instructional program is the concern of this paper. The home-based program is the SWRL Parent-Assisted Learning Program (PAL). PAL was created as an adjunct to a broader communication skills program, First Year Communication…

The purpose of this investigation was to explore the relationship between experimental preschool intervention and changes in selected behavior responses of Appalachian preschool children from deprived environments who received 20 weeks of home instruction. Three groups received separate treatments. Treatment 1 consisted of association learning and…

Queensborough Community College (New York) initiated a program in 1973 to enable homebound high school graduates to continue their education. (Author/ER)

In this qualitative study, over the period of one year, we assessed the appropriateness of a mainstream early childhood education intervention, the Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) programme, in five on-reserve First Nations communities, by focusing on the experiences of the Aboriginal women who delivered the programme.…

These home learning activity guides have been developed for parents to use with their 4-year-old children. Most of the activities require only household items that are often thrown away and can be recycled for learning activities. Some require no materials at all. The guides frequently begin with a discussion of home activities; progress through…

Provided in the booklet are suggestions that school districts may use to develop home instructional programs for trainable mentally retarded (TMR), hearing impaired, visually handicapped, language and speech handicapped (as a result of physical or mental handicaps), and physically or multiply handicapped children from birth to 5 years of age.…

Frustrated by the public schools, the author took his child out of one and set up his own school. This book tells other parents how to do the same. The step-by-step account explains how to take a child out of the public school; set up a plan for the home instruction of a child; choose a more complex educational plan; set up a curriculum for any…

The MITRE Corporation has been experimenting with a system called Time-Shared Interactive Computer-Controlled Information Television (TICCIT) to show that standard TV receivers, cable television (CATV), and computers can be used to provide low-cost in-the-home information services. In the experiments computer generated pictures were delivered to…