The second of three papers on underachievement reports on identification and treatment of 65 underachievers (9-18 years old). Data is presented on social and economic background, and gains in academic achievement and I.Q. after intervention (behavior therapy, psychotherapy, and eclectic therapy). Five-to-ten-year followup results are said to…

Reviewed are programs and research on the value of early identification and intervention with learning disabled children. (DB)

Twenty kindergarten children, identified as being at high risk for future learning disabilities (LD) were matched with a control group on the basis of age, sex, IQ, and cognitive scores and were provided with a highly structured sequential curriculum aimed at remediating deficits identified in the screening process. Among skills evaluated by the…

In a study to determine if appropriate instruction would improve the accuracy of teacher-judged giftedness, 24 teachers participated in the Identification of the Potentially Gifted (IPG) training program. (CL)

A study undertaken by the American Orthopsychiatric Association concludes that the Early and Periodic Screening Diagnosis and Treatment Program as currently constituted, cannot adequately meet the urgent developmental needs of the poor children it is meant to serve. (Author/CL)

A study of five local programs in different states is said to indicate that EPSDT (Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment--a federal program to diagnose and remediate developmental problems in Medicaid-eligible children) is ineffective in identifying, referring and treating children with developmental problems. (CL)

The document contains technical papers on the Pilot Models for Mainstreaming Students with Behavior Disorders project which served 124 secondary students. The first paper presents the results of a factor analysis of the Student Referral Form used in the project which revealed six basic factors (socialization, anxiety, authority, activity level,…

Described are the rationale, development and utility with mentally retarded children of the Peabody Mathematics Readiness Test (PMRT), an instrument designed to assess mathematical readiness of normal first graders and identify children who would experience difficulty with first grade mathematics. It is explained that the PMRT was intended to…

Seven of 14 high school students with learning disabilities were placed in a resource room. Results were mixed, but staff affirmed the need for a special program. Learning disability programs in the elementary schools underlying the high school were proposed. Also, programs at 12 other high schools were reviewed along with the literature on the…

The study involving six Philadelphia schools was designed to validate the Circle Test of Honesty as a prescreening technique for identifying candidates for placement in emotionally disturbed (ED) classes. A search of the literature revealed a lack of research correlating moral judgment with identification of disturbed children or with rate of…

The report documents a 1974-1975 evaluation of Dade County, Florida's resource class program and the Early Childhood Preventive Curriculum (ECPC/LD) for learning disabled (LD) students. Data are said to have been obtained from regular class teachers, LD resource teachers, parents of LD students, student records, and scores from the Wide Range…

Presented is the final report of Project CHILD, a research effort to develop and validate screening procedures for the identification of language disabled (LD) children, three intervention models for LD children, and a competency based teacher education model. In the two phases of the first study, a battery of screening tests was evaluated with a…

Initiated in 1964, the Illnois gifted program provided funds for development of local gifted programs by local districts. General purposes and criteria for individual programs were realized with varying success. Gifted programs increased and were extended to less wealthy and smaller districts; techniques and inservice education spilled over into…