This volume presents papers given at the Seventh Annual Conference on Reading of the North Carolina Council of the International Reading Association. General-session addresses include "Reading: The Fassport to the 80s" by Lewis C. Dowdy, "Developing the Habit of Reading Success" by William K. Durr, "Neither Simple-Minded nor Muddle-Headed Be" by…

The practicum was designed to develop, implement, monitor, and evaluate a management system for developing and monitoring individual education plans (IEPs) for handicapped children as mandated by P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. The products included an expectancy formula for educable mentally retarded (EMR) and…

Presented is an annotated list of approximately 110 audiovisual materials for use by Head Start staff. Each entry includes information on title, length, color, date, availability and a brief description. Also provided is a subject guide listing materials under the following headings: child abuse/maternal deprivation, child development, exceptional…

This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 20 titles deal with a variety of topics, including the following: the effect of instruction in critical listening on the reading progress of remedial readers; the effects of four tutoring procedures on the oral reading responses…

Intended for the student and teacher, primary source material is presented on theories and research relating to reading disability. Conflicting concepts of human development are discussed in the overview . Emotional neurophysiological, and cultural factors involved in causation are evaluated in 18 papers, diagnostic considerations in eight, and…

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…

The packet is designed to be used as the basis for a brief inservice workshop to provide teachers with ideas, materials, and resources for remediating visual discrimination deficits and for teaching the alphabet. Included are a sample prescription form, an informal diagnostic instrument to assess visual discrimination skills, and suggestions for…

Presented are 12 papers from a conference on the issues of secondary learning disability. Following an introduction are the texts of discussions from the conference's four sections covering an overview of the central issues, definition and identification, learner characteristics, educational priorities and objectives, remedial strategies, model…

Language-disabled students who have experienced difficulties in the process of language acquisition and who may show talent in some academic areas yet fail miserably in others are increasingly able to attend college because of "open door" policies. How will colleges traditionally rooted in textbook-centered lecture courses deal with the…

Described is Project IMPACT (Instructional Model Program for all Children and Teachers), funded under Title III and intended for use by teacher trainees and by regular classroom teachers of learning disabled or emotionally disturbed students from kindergarten through grade 12. Discussed in an introductory section on classroom applications are…

The purpose of this study was to compare two instruments for screening preschool children for potential learning problems. The two instruments used were the Metropolitan Readiness Tests (MRT) and the Wizard of Oz Preschool Preliminary Screening Program. The children tested on both measures were members of a self-contained kindergarten class. MRT…

This first year report describes the educational philosophy and organization of a Saturday school program aimed at ameliorating emotional or learning difficulties in 4-year-old children. The evaluation of the project during its first year focused on 42 different product and process objectives and was concerned with the project's impact on…

Written for administrators, learning disabilities (LD) teachers, psychologists, and parents, the guide consists of a plan for providing programs and services for LD children (K-12). LD children are assigned to resource rooms for a portion of each school day with the goal of remediation and return to the educational mainstream. Outlined are five…

The first in a series of reports on the exceptional child and government, the publication is compiled from the laws of the 50 states and is specifically directed to the child with learning disabilities. Not included are the laws of states in which the learning disabled receive services when no specific legal provisions are made (an umbrella law…

The objectives of this program, funded under Title I of the 1965 ESEA, were as follows: (1) to raise the achievement levels in reading for children in the special schools who were retarded in reading two or more years. Each of the 28 special schools selected a target group of children for whom intensive remediation was provided; (2) to develop…