The final report of Project OPEN Child Service Demonstration Center, a program designed for identification and instruction of junior high learning disabled students, summarizes project goals and achievements in screening methods, staff training, educational planning, and pupil performance. (CL)

The document presents transcriptions from a symposium on mainstreaming at the secondary level. The following seven projects are briefly described: the Parallel Alternate Curriculum for Secondary Classrooms in Arizona (a compensatory program developed and conducted by regular educators with special educators' support); Operation Divert in Florida…

The advantages of teaching computer literacy to learning disabled adolescents are discussed in the context of a private school program. It is emphasized that the use of computers is helpful in teaching metacognitive skills, requiring learning disabled students to be logical and sequential, analyze, self-question, and monitor their own learning.…

The Parallel Alternate Curriculum (PAC) for modifying course content for learning disabled secondary school students is described. The rationale for PAC and four options for the practical application of the program are reviewed. The eight steps in the development of PAC, such as identification of learning outcomes and evaluation of students for…

A proposed career education program for learning disabled adolescents in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District (New York) is described. The program is to include the following curriculum areas: motivation for work, school and the working world, self awareness, occupational knowledge, choosing a field, job selection, securing a job, job…

A Learning Disabilities Seminar designed to increase the learning disabled adolescent's understanding and acceptance of both self and participation in special educational programs is described. Teachers reported seminar participants were less likely to deny their problems, and to be more realistic and cooperative. (DB)

A movement therapy program for learning-disabled adolescents is described. It is explained that movement can provide a physical expression for the release of feelings. (PHR)

Discussed are the major areas that must be considered as part of the total development of a resource room program for learning disabled middle school students. (SBH)

The paper describes a career program to develop academic, social, and attitudinal skills in secondary level learning disabled students. The program philosophy focuses on the development of appropriate personal social skills, independent living skills, and career awareness through occupational guidance and preparation. The career education program…

Described is an interdisciplinary mainstreaming program for individualizing instruction for secondary learning disabled students, utilizing resource facilities in grades 7-9 in eight separate centers throughout Franklin County, Missouri. Aspects of this program--such as the developmental and by-pass strategies of instruction employed to help…

Three techniques--the daily report card, contract card, and grade point credit--are described for modifying the tardiness of learning disabled secondary students. (CL)

Part of a study of the link between learning disabilities (LD) and juvenile delinquency (JD), the paper reviews definitions and treatment principles. An introduction reviews definitions of the federal government (in regulations for P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act), of the Association for Children and Adults with…

Presented is the final performance report of the CSDC model which is designed to provide services for learning disabled high school students. Sections cover the following program aspects: organizational structure, inservice sessions, identification of students, materials and equipment, evaluation of student performance, evaluation of the model,…