Described is the remedial education program for mentally disordered adults at Rampton Hospital, a special psychiatric hospital in Nottinghanshire, England. (IM)

Argues that literacy in the United States, more than an educational concern, is a powerful sociopolitical force. Describes many definitions of "literacy" from different contexts, including political and educational. Explains the origins of the OLRC (Ohio Literacy Resource Center). Concludes that in just one year of operation, the OLRC…

The document describes the In-School Suspension Project (ISSP), a program of the Northeast High School Complex in Macon, Georgia, which assigns students to in-school or in-house suspension rooms as an alternative to suspending juvenile delinquents/offenders out of school. The remedial strategy is reported to call for the cooperation of the county…

Outlines the establishment of a program to aid children who are seriously behind in basic math and reading skills and seeks specific causes and provides minimal solutions directed at increasing the child's standard performance. (Author)

This article describes a literacy improvement program, designed and implemented by the author. The program involves four interrelated processes: (1) sensitization; (2) diagnosis; (3) individualization; and, (4) evaluation. The author also comments on the role of the counselor in literacy programs. (HMV)

Questions the effectiveness of mainstreaming and proficiency screening in helping students with severe mechanical problems. Proposes instead a separate remedial courses designed to follow the regular business communication course. (AEA)

Describes a program to help prepare students for a successful freshman year in college, Edinboro State College's Pre-College Educational Experience Program --students being provided with an orientation to the college, and corrective and remedial courses in English and communication and mathematics. (RJ)

The article describes a University of South Dakota neurotherapy program, which uses increasingly sophisticated diagnostic information to provide services to brain impaired children within their home and school settings. (DLS)

Describes two remedial programs in reading instruction that work. (IRT)

Compares the elementary reading programs in the two countries and describes the remedial programs in Hamburg. (RB)

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)

Describes a locally developed writing program that includes a diagnostic device for pretesting and posttesting, a writing skills checklist, an individualized educational program format, a series of parent notification letters, and a remediation system involving all staff members. (Author/IRT)