The rationale of some current intervention projects that are designed to supply some environmental nurture (affective and cognitive) is discussed. Some major approaches used in these projects and problems related to early intervention are examined. Head Start and Montessori programs are omitted. Strategies utilized in the programs discussed…

Described is a projected program involving team teaching for speech clinician and classroom teacher to meet needs of children with communication problems in early childhood education centers. It is explained that the speech clinician will be present in the regular classroom for a given period of time to implement diagnosing and remediation of…

Boys, aged 6-10 in regular classes, who were judged as hyperactive by their teachers were compared with matched non-hyperkinetic boys in terms of family background information and neurological functioning. Parent interview data were obtained on 109 hyperkinetic and 135 control Ss, while 121 hyperkinetic and 142 control Ss underwent pediatric…

The volume, based on workshop proceedings, discusses identifying characteristics of various handicapping conditions and describes relevant teaching methods and curricula. Characteristic behaviors of aggressive and withdrawn emotionally disturbed children are specified. Discussions of mentally handicapped children center on problems of…

The Prescriptive Profile Procedure (PPP) attempts to provide teachers of learning disabled elementary school children with a procedure of individualized diagnosis and educational prescription which encompasses strengths and weaknesses in prerequisite skills, basic school subjects, and behavioral factors. A competency statement and six to 12…

The study was designed to experimentally determine the rate of growth as it pertained to visual motor development of an experimental and a control group by using a resource teacher as the vehicle to administer the remediation. The study lasted for 7 months. Beery's Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration was administered in a pretest and…

This paper presents thoughts and techniques concerning the control of the specific learning disability (SLD) child and the emotional needs which these children have. The SLD child whose learning and behavior problems are significant and are due to some visual-perceptual or organic problem and not emotional disturbance, disadvantagement, or gross…

Presented is a curriculum designed to provide the teacher of the young deaf child with learning disabilities with a description of developmental objectives and methods for fulfilling these objectives in the areas of gross motor development, sensory motor integration, visual analysis, attention and memory, and conceptualization. The objectives are…

Discussed is an oral reading procedure for children with reading problems which assesses a reader's competency through an analysis of comprehension evidenced by meaningful versus non-meaningful alterations to the reading text. It is explained that this analysis indicates that the poor reader's needs frequently may be at the syntactic and semantic…

Reviewed was research on the application of operant conditioning techniques to the modification of the classroom behavior of learning disabled students. The methodology and results of the studies were examined and each study summarized. It was concluded that there was little common interpretation of the term "learning disabilities" and that all of…

Provided is a guide for school districts interested in adopting the Helping Eliminate Early Learning Disabilities (HEELD) Program, an early childhood learning program developed and operated in Oregon. The HEELD program is described, and guidelines for implementing the four phases of the program are presented. Sections cover each of the phases as…

Some of the prelevant ways by which the schools, through their special education programs, deal with handicapped children are considered; and an alternative to the present system is explored. Covered in brief sections are the following topics: three perspectives of special education practice (the conservative view, the piecemeal approach, and the…

Presented is the final evaluation report of a project designed to develop a prescriptive program for learning disabled children (grades 7-12) which included a screening/assessment program with 96 students and the writing and implementation of individual educational programs with 171 students. It is noted that in the area of research and…

Presented is a description of the operational procedures of a model resource center for educationally handicapped elementary school children in Colorado and the replication strategy to be used. Emphasized are the differentiated staffing patterns. Appended are tables of statistical data and evaluation forms. (IM)

Evaluated was the program, which followed the resource room model, to provide supplementary individual and small group instruction to 360 mainstreamed children (in grades k-6) diagnosed as neurologically impaired. Aside from providing direct instructional services, program teachers consulted with regular class teachers about problems for students…