Background: Italy is internationally known as a Country with a longstanding "tradition" of inclusive education. Objective: Aim of the paper is to provide a frame on the educational policies that, since 1970s, have steered the school system according to a "fully inclusive" model, highlighting the instruments of teaching-learning…

Many students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have specialized interests and passions that are highly reinforcing. Such special interest areas (SIAs) are more than mere hobbies or simple curiosities. Rather, the SIAs of an individual with autism may be characterized by (a) significant depth and breadth of knowledge about the area, (b)…

The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) in the U.S. Department of Education funded the National Center on Intensive Intervention (NCII, or the Center) in 2011. NCII's mission during the first five years of funding was to build the capacity of local education agencies (LEAs) to support schools, practitioners, and other stakeholders in the…

This is a progress report on the development of the Minnesota State Individually Guided Education (IGE) Network. The foreword states that the state IGE network came into being in July of 1973 in response to a need for the continuing awareness, implementation, and refinement of IGE on a statewide basis. Section 1 is an introduction which explains…

A survey was made, once in the fall of 1968 and again in the spring of 1969, of schools participating in the individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) program. The results of questions concerning pupil placement, prescription, curriculum-embedded tests, and posttests are compared. (JY)

This report takes a broad, analytical look at three systems that emphasize individualized instruction: Program for Learning in Accordance with Needs (PLAN), Individually Guided Education (IGE), and Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI). In this assessment the following areas are examined: (a) the principles that characterize the system, (b)…

As a result of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA; 1990), public school districts are required to provide appropriate services to preschool students who are at risk or who are experiencing developmental delays. These services are frequently offered in preschool programs for children with disabilities (PPCDs). PPCDs are generally…

This report summarizes and compares results of three conference seminars on Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) held in 1967, 1968, and 1969 for administrators and teachers. Basic seminar objectives were to give participants an opportunity to exchange ideas about IPI, to provide them with information concerning future developments of IPI,…

The conference was designed to give teachers and administrators an opportunity to exchange ideas about the Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) program, ask them for feedback concerning recommendations for improvement of IPI, and provide them with information concerning the future developments of IPI. Fourteen workshop sessions on various…

Article is a report on NASSP's Model Schools Project that includes statements by a teacher, a student, and the principal of one of the MSP schools. (Editor)

Individually Prescribed Instruction (IPI) has been criticized as inhibiting the development of creativity. It is proposed that a pilot study be conducted whose goal will be the selection and trial of instruments for measuring creative problem-solving ability in order to compare IPI pupils with non-IPI pupils, and to differentiate among individuals…

A program for individualizing bookkeeping instruction utilizing script/tapes, illustrations, assignment sheets, study guides, and problem and unit tests is presented. A discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of the program conclude the article. (AG)

Chapter 1 of this status report on the implementation of individually guided education (IGE) states that this report is intended to serve the following two purposes: (1) to complete all the reported requirements relative to implementation funding provided by the U.S. Office of Education and the National Institute of Education and (2) to summarize…

While this interim report of the Insitute for the Development of Educational Activities (/I/D/E/A/) focuses primarily on the evaluation of its Individually Guided Education (IGE) program, it also includes discussions of (a) the /I/D/E/A/ Change Program in general, (b) implementation of IGE in other than traditional contexts, (c) the importance of…