The paper describes a model program for learning disabled children who do not qualify for special education placement. The model emphasizes thorough evaluation, frequent reevaluation, staff accountability, program flexibility, and recognition of the parents' role of the child's education. (Author/CL)

The University of Pittsburgh's Psychoeducational Clinic, designed to assist parents and teachers in understanding children and their problems so that effective and efficient intervention can be applied, is described. The clinic's decision making model for the clinical assessment of children with learning and behavior problems is discussed. (Author)

The multidisciplinary clinic model for diagnosis and remediation of learning disabilities (LD) in use at Auburn University's Montgomery Learning Disability Clinic is based on an information processing model. Thirty-seven process and academic skills were isolated tests to measure the skills identified, and a computer program to profile strengths…

Children aged 7 to 14 years were administered a computerized version of the Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices test. Computer and traditional version performance was found to be similar in terms of total mean score, correlation with the WISC-R, Raven's subscale intercorrelations, and Raven's total mean score composition. (Author/RD)

The article describes the Learning Disabilities Clinic at Coney Island Hospital (New York) in which parents act as therapists for other learning disabled children and as cotherapists with their own children. (SBH)

Fifty students (ages 7 to 16 years) attending a children's psychiatric center's psychoeducational program were assessed for achievement levels in reading, spelling, and arithmetic on admission and for gains made during the program. Among results were that students who stayed in the program 12 months or less made significantly more gains on pooled…

This article presents findings concerning the relationship between schools and psychotherapeutic agencies in a suburban community of the northeastern United States. Significant questions concerning the deviant defining institutions in American society, their relation to adolescents, and the social network created by their interdependence are…

The East School Assistance Center (ESAC) is an organizational unit of Toledo Public Schools that provides psychological and special-education services to the East Toledo region of the district. This paper presents findings of a study that evaluated the quality and efficiency of the center's services. The delivery model features a regional location…

Evaluated the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) as a tool for understanding children's learning problems. Analyzed the predictive utility of several WISC-R subtest recategorizations with regard to academic achievement for 105 children referred for psychoeducational evaluation because of classroom learning problems. Stepwise…