The role of assessment teams in establishing a psychoeducational clinic in Hawaii is reviewed, along with the need for child study and consultation services. The objectives of such services are listed and the program is explained. Role descriptions of the multidisciplinary team are provided, including the roles of the team coordinator, visiting…

Three interdisciplinary centers administered an adjustment program for students with learning and behavior problems. Children referred were given development, visual perceptual, and diagnostic reading tests; were evaluated by medical and other specialists; and were placed in a diagnostic classroom for 2 weeks. Those judged to have gross…

Project goals of the Educational Diagnostic and Planning Center were to diagnose academic and behavioral difficulties in their early stages; to design, implement, and improve individualized programs for students with such difficulties; and to establish small halfway classes as a means of gradual reentry to the regular classroom. Further goals…