Describes the four primary types of private reading/learning center programs. Provides suggestions and guidelines that educators can follow in making referrals or assisting parents to make better informed decisions about educational support services. (RS)

Reports the findings of a survey of the prevalence of negative beliefs about the usefulness of phonics among directors of university reading clinics. (JM)

The reading clinic at Eastern Montana College uses preservice elementary and special education teachers to provide remedial tutoring to elementary reading disabled students. The program is centered on the motivating force of success with emphasis on the academic task of reading. Tutors adapt instruction to strengths and weaknesses of students. A…

A QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY INVESTIGATED READING PROGRAMS CONDUCTED IN THE SUMMER OF 1967 IN THE CAPITAL CITIES OF THE UNITED STATES TO STUDY THE PROGRAMS' SOURCE OF SUPPORT, ELIGIBILITY OF STUDENTS, TEACHING PERSONNEL, INSTRUCTION, AND EVALUATIVE TECHNIQUES USED. DATA BASED ON THE RESPONSES OF 30 SUPERINTENDENTS SHOWED THAT 86 PERCENT OF THE CAPITAL…

THIS ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY IS COMPOSED OF 55 CITATIONS RANGING IN DATE FROM 1932 TO 1965. IT IS DESIGNED TO AID THOSE INTERESTED IN SETTING UP A READING CLINIC AND IS DIVIDED INTO TWO SECTIONS--THE ANNOTATED REVIEWS OF THE ARTICLES SELECTED AND A LIST OF PUBLICATIONS DEALING PRIMARILY WITH A CLINICAL APPROACH TO THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF…

This program was designed to improve reading skills and to provide intensive remediation for students in grades six through nine. Specialized materials and equipment were provided by Educational Development Laboratories (EDL). The EDL Reading Laboratory utilized the Learning 100 program, a multi-modality developmental and remedial program. Small…

THIS GUIDE FOR SETTING UP REMEDIAL READING PROGRAMS IN IDAHO SCHOOLS EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF PREVENTING READING DIFFICULTIES. THE GUIDE MAINTAINS THAT WHILE A REMEDIAL READING PROGRAM PRIMARILY DIAGNOSES READING DIFFICULTIES AND PROVIDES THE NECESSARY REMEDIAL TREATMENT, THE PROGRAM ALSO SUPPLEMENTS THE REGULAR CLASSROOM READING PROGRAM. TO…

This report is concerned with the status of former clinic subjects who completed instruction two to seven years prior to this study. Changes in reading performance were investigated, actual reading level was compared with the reading expectancy level for each student, and the subjects' and parents' ratings of the subjects' reading performance and…

This kit, directed to administrators, is the second in the PREP series of four on reading difficulties and the efforts of professional groups to deal with the problems. The kit contains five related documents: (3-A) a monograph identifying types of cases best handled at clinics or diagnostic centers, descriptions of various clinics, and data…

Hunter College has set up a Reading Resource Center where students receive individualized help in specific problem areas not covered in their reading classes and where teachers can find materials either for their own edification or for use in the classroom. (Author)

IN JANUARY 1966, THE MILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS EXTENDED READING SERVICES TO PUBLIC AND NONPUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN IN GRADES 3 TO 8 WHO WERE RETARDED IN READING. THE PROJECT PROVIDED ADDITIONAL READING CENTERS AND WAS CARRIED OUT IN FIVE OF 12 PROPOSED ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. THIRTY TO 35 MINUTES OF SMALL-GROUP READING WAS GIVEN 5 DAYS A WEEK.…

A HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF 50 YEARS OF REMEDIAL READING IS CATEGORIZED AND DISCUSSED. THE DECADE DIVISIONS ARE 1916-25, 1926-35, 1936-45, 1946-55, AND 1956-65. THE FIRST DECADE WAS CHARACTERIZED BY JOURNAL ARTICLES AND THE PUBLICATION OF SEVERAL BOOKS. DURING THE SECOND DECADE BATTERIES OF TESTS WERE STANDARDIZED FOR DIAGNOSING READING DIFFICULTIES.…

The development of the Maine Township (Illinois) Diagnostic and Remedial Learning Centers, a Title III/ESEA project, is described. The remedial learning centers, located in three elementary school districts and in one high school district, are termed model programs because they are designed to treat pupils in that one school. Each learning center…

This study investigated the effectiveness of the neurological impress method (NIM), the language experience approach (LEA), and classroom teaching as remedial reading treatments for disabled readers. Subjects referred to the Purdue Reading Clinic were screened to determine whether they met criteria for the study and were randomly assigned to the…