The Pre-Kindergarten Program for Hospitalized Children funded under Elementary Secondary Education Act Title VI was designed to offer pre-school instruction from September 1974, through June 1975 to handicapped and hospitalized pre-kindergarten children. The services of the program included diagnosis, individual and group instruction, and…

Described is the special education component of an early childhood education project for culturally disadvantaged preschool children. The component's purpose was to determine if children deviating from their peers could be educated as an integral part of the regular class. Children with an IQ under 80 were provided individual prescriptions in the…

A potential program for dealing with the identification of kindergarteners with potential learning disabilities is discussed. The subject is dealt with on the level of prediction. It is pointed out that as children learn in different ways, different methods of educating them must be devised. Early identification of disabilities lessens the chances…

Described and evaluated were 18 Oregon projects for handicapped children at the preschool, elementary, and secondary school levels funded under Title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Handicapping conditions and the number of children served were as follows: emotionally disturbed (199), learning disabled (185), trainable…