Compares roles and functions of private, public school, and university reading clinics and discusses considerations to be made in organizing and evaluating the purposes and products of such clinics. (MD)

To determine whether remedial readers in the Kean College (New Jersey) reading clinic made a significant gain in reading, 70 sample cases were taken from the 128 most recent remediation case studies in the files of the clinic. The sample included only students attending the diagnostic sessions and one remediation session. The remediation sessions…

Northwestern University's Learning Disabilities Program conducted a study to explore and develop ways of applying computer technology to the fields of reading and learning disabilities and to train specialists who are familiar with computer methods. This study was designed to simulate the actual conditions of the Diagnostic Clinic at Northwestern…

The Psychology of Reading Department and the Reading Clinic at Temple University provide a Diagnostic Division and a Laboratory School. They serve two main functions: training of graduate students in education and meeting the needs of children with reading problems through evaluation and remediation. (Author)

Describes the evolution, development, and characteristics of a developmental reading program at a private four-year college. Discusses student placement, class structuring, tutoring, and program rationale. (FL)

A study examined the attitudes of participants of the Indiana University Southeast's Reading Clinic in New Albany, Indiana. Subjects, who ranged in age level from first through ninth grades (although few were past the sixth grade in school) were asked to complete a questionnaire. Data were gathered over 4 years and 214 (98%) of the clinic…

The characteristics of clinical problem solving tasks are discussed and applied to reading diagnosis and remediation. These characteristics are: (1) clinical practice is concerned with action directed toward a particular problem or set of problems, (2) clinicians are generally concerned with the problems of a particular individual, (3) clinical…

This document presents a review of the Remedial Reading Project also known as Conquest. This project served 19 Title I elementary schools, two parochial elementary and junior high schools, and four district junior high schools in the St. Louis, Missouri school district. The main components of the project were the reading rooms, reading clinics,…

Learning assistance is a relatively new idea in education in the United States since most learning centers have come into existence since 1970. Although developmental education has become accessible in remote areas and many financial and psychological barriers have been lifted, much more could be accomplished in this area if more evaluative…

A study examined the success of a university based reading clinic conducted in the summer of 1979. Twenty-one students, in grades two through nine, participated in the clinic. Each student was pretested using the Woodcock Reading Mastery Test (WRMT) and then assigned to one of four graduate students. An individual educational plan was prepared for…

CALIFORNIA RECOGNIZED THAT THE ABILITY TO READ IS A VITAL SKILL NEEDED BY ALL SCHOOL-AGE YOUNGSTERS. THE MILLER-UNRUH READING ACT OF 1965 AND ITS 1967 AMENDMENTS ARE DESIGNED TO HELP PRIMARY-GRADE CHILDREN SUCCEED IN READING. THE MILLER-UNRUH ACT FOCUSES UPON THE DIAGNOSIS OF ACTUAL OR ANTICIPATED READING DISABILITY, THE PREVENTION OF POTENTIAL…

The Voluntary Reading Center Project was designed to extend regular reading center activities beyond normal school hours in order to serve more students. A total of 101 students in nine secondary schools received instruction for one semester; a total of 100 students in three secondary schools received instruction for two semesters. The project was…

The Supplementary Education Center of Worcester, Massachusetts, a Title III project, is a reading clinic designed to help seriously retarded readers. Its objectives are to provide a systematic diagnostic system, an individualized instructional program, a continuing evaluation of reading and instructional materials, and a training ground for…

The purpose of this project was to strengthen and extend reading services by increasing elementary school reading centers in the culturally disadvantaged areas of Milwaukee. A basic tenet of the program was the belief that continuous growth in reading ability is necessary for good academic progress. Besides furnishing plentiful reading materials,…

In 1972 a supportive reading program program to improve the reading achievement of educationally disadvantaged students in second, third, and fourth grades was developed and implemented. This report covers the efforts of the third year of the program (the first two years have been reported previously), which also anticipated improvement in…