Focuses on developing positive neuro-associations and a healthy self-concept through a personalized reading program. Surveys 200 kindergartners in Kentucky, Kansas, and Tennessee; each was given a special "I Like Me" reader for use with parents and with the teacher. Indicates that, using this reader, children demonstrated a significant…

The Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I program described in this paper served 1550 educationally deprived pupils in 82 Kansas elementary and junior high schools during the 1971-1972 academic year. The primary goals of the reading program were to improve and upgrade word recognition and reading skills and to improve pupils' attitudes. The…