The Specific Language Disability Test developed by Neva Malcomesius was administered to 195 regular sixth grade students for the purposes of standardization and correlation with achievement and intelligence test scores. (DB)

This classroom screening device was developed by the Circle Preschool First Chance Project, a government-funded program to integrate handicapped children into regular classroom activities, for use in preschools, nursery schools, Head Start centers and other agencies working with young children. It is designed to give a gross measure of a child's…

Methods and techniques for implementing an adapted physical education program are provided in this guide for elementary physical education teachers. The recommended screening test, "Revised Motor Activity Scale," consists of observable items which are not scored and performance items in three categories which are scored: (1) body awareness and…

Guidelines address California's procedures for the operation of programs for handicapped infants and preschool children. Legal requirements of P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, and the California State Plan are reviewed. Program guidelines focus on eligibility, child assessment, placement in the least restrictive…

During the academic year 1978-79, school teams implemented a newly developed early identification system in all kindergarten and grade one classes in London, Ontario schools. After analysis and revision of the system, the internal consistency and concurrent validity of the process and a test of its short-term predictive validity were investigated.…

Correctional officers, often subject to sustained job stress and ambiguity, must possess adequate coping skills to deal with a hostile clientele. Psychological screening, therefore, assumes an important role in correctional officer recruitment. Prior to a recruitment drive, 650 employed correctional officers completed an MMPI and a biographical…

The steps in the manual are designed to ensure that developmentally normal limited English proficiency (LEP) students are properly placed and to increase the validity of the special education referral-assessment-placement system. The construct of LEP is explained, and procedures for selecting two language proficiency tests are outlined. Criteria…

A multi-faceted study followed up 800 children originally administered SCREEN, a comprehensive early identification screening battery. Ss were given an individually administered diagnostic battery: The Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities (ITPA), The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) Verbal Scale, The Beery Visual Motor…

The paper describes implementation of a gifted program providing an individualized educational plan (IEP) for gifted children (kindergarten through high school) in St. Charles, Illinois. The article discusses the implementation of the program at one elementary school and lists the five goals. Also provided are the topics of the 8-day inservice…

Conceptions of Reading (COR), a research project within the Institute for Research on Teaching, has modified the "Role Construct Repertory Test" (Rep Test) to tap teachers' conceptions of reading. Developed by psychologist George Kelly to aid in discovering personal belief systems, the Rep Test has been modified by other researchers to…

The early Intervention Subcommittee of the London (Ontario) kindergarten through grade six Curriculum Committee was asked to develop recommendations for the early identification and remediation of children likely to experience difficulties in the acquisition of reading skills. The subcommittee decided to try what appeared to be some of the best…

A checklist developed in the Hawaii State Department of Health was completed by teachers and aides to screen for behavioral problems of children in preschools. The 31 items were categorized conceptually into four areas: (1) Speech-hearing-language; (2) Academic-intellectual; (3) Physical-motor; and (4) Social-emotional. If two or more items were…

The training manual is intended to meet the training needs of Head Start personnel and others working with preschool handicapped children who have not had formal training in special education. The book attempts to provide the basic concepts and practices of providing individualized instruction to preschool handicapped children as mandated by P.L.…

Neuropsychological theorizing has led to applied learning disability screening beyond the present knowledge of neurodevelopment of the five-year-old child. A study was undertaken to evaluate the stability and prediction of a language/general intelligence discrepancy at an early age (4.5) to a language/learning disability at a later age (7.8).…