A team led by the author developed and implemented a model program to aid the learning disabled (LD) child in a small school district remote from an intermediate service unit. The program's aims were to help the LD child achieve grade level more readily in the basic skills; to assist him in achieving a higher opinion of himself, his peers, his…

Reported are proceedings from an institute on children's learning disabilities (summer, 1972) which involved 60 participants who were directors or teachers in innovative programs, members of the state advisory committee on learning disabilities; and staff from Michigan's educational department. Practices and procedures of programs which had proven…

A program for adults with learning disabilities is being conducted at the Educational Testing and Learning Clinic (ETLC) at Orange Coast College (OCC). The program has five components. In order to enroll, the student's basic skill level must be below the eighth grade in reading, spelling, and writing, and below the sixth grade in mathematics. The…

Programs undertaken by Community School District 9 in Bronx, New York, funded by Title I of the Elementary Secondary Education Act and Impact Aid, are evaluated in this report. The following programs are presented: (1) Basic Skills Center Reading Program, (2) Project Best (a bicultural/bilingual reading and math program for Spanish dominant…