A total education program involving evaluation, remediation, and tutoring has been developed at a residential treatment center for emotionally disturbed adolescents. An educational evaluation is given to all students upon entrance to the center and usually includes both formal and informal tests on auditory perception, fine motor abilities, and…

This selected bibliography contains sources relevant to the general interests and specific needs of persons concerned with language and its disorders, especially specific language disability or ineptitude in learning the basic skills of language, such as dyslexia. The list was prepared first for students in language re-education at Hood College…

It is a widely accepted fact that community and junior colleges have a special commitment to serve students who in other types of higher educational institutions would be considered high risks because they are less likely than other entrants to complete their chosen programs of study. Professor Moore makes clear that the commitment, though well…

During fall 1972, Bronx Community College inaugurated Project STIR, an interdisciplinary, block-programmed project designed to facilitate an intense, collaborative remediation program for entering Liberal Arts freshmen needing remedial assistance in reading, writing, and mathematics. This project was later renamed Project LINK, and was expanded to…

The Bronx Community College entering class in September 1974 is described in terms of high school averages (general, English, mathematics, foreign language) and of placements into precollege-level English, reading, and mathematics courses. The actual programs of the students placed, but not registered, in these remedial courses are examined. A…

The diagnosis of severely retarded pupils as an interdisciplinary concern is discussed. Descriptions of the severe reading disability syndrome given by various disciplines are presented under the following headings: Neurological Factors--minimal brain damage, lateral dominance; Physical Factors--endocrine and metabolic disorders, optical and…

This report, based on a survey of 215 junior colleges, describes the junior college and its educational objectives. Concentrating on the teaching of English, customarily described as a remedial course patterned after high school grammar and composition courses, the author probes for strengths and weaknesses in the junior college curriculum.…

The author, as former administrative head of Detroit Northern Systems Company, describes that company's successful approach to the training of the hard-core unemployed. The systems approach emphasizes the achievement of goals and sub-goals through an interplay of program components which include training lines of 'tool stations,' back-up classes…

This PROJECT DESIGN report, funded under ESEA Title III, assesses the special learner needs of Negro students and adults. Interviews were conducted with Negro residents of West Fresno as to the educational needs of the Negro population. The interviews focused on the day-to-day operation of the school system in relation to the following societal…

Current and projected educational developments (such as the increasing demand for school psychological services) as well as the traditional friction between teaching and psychological services, are briefly considered as a backdrop against which to present a general diagnostic intervention services model. The model identifies three levels of school…

The project aimed to provide disadvantaged adults with elementary training in vocational skills and instruction in those basic communication and computation skills deemed essential for effective pursuit of a vocation. The 109 adult trainees met the following selection criteria: (1) head of 2 family or household, (2) unemployed or underemployed,…

In terms of mobility, the average enrollment, and the percent of attendance, Center Hill School has moved toward an ideal set of circumstances for effective instruction. That is, children who enter the school tend to stay, their attendance is more regular, and a larger percentage of the days in the school year are spent in the classroom by each…

The Lower East Side Preparatory School's main goal was to provide basic educational requirements for graduation with improved self-image among students who are dropouts/returnees from the lower east side. Because of the school's location it included the Chinatown area. The student population consisted principally of dropouts with poor academic…

A 1 year preschool program and a summer elementary program in a model cities area southt to detect and remediate children's learning disabilities, and to evaluate remedial techniques. Thirty-three perceptually handicapped preschool children took a battery of eight tests, and daily received remediation through fine and gross motor training, and in…

A new Formative Evaluation Test on Bloom's paper "Learning for Mastery" is presented. The self-instructional quiz has the principles of mastery learning in it, features instant knowledge of results coupled with prescriptive feedback, and has a non-punitive student self-scoring and item-of-difficulty identification system. It should be an…