ERIC Number: ED096794
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1973
Pages: 31
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Demonstration Center for Language-Handicapped Children. Research Monographs; Vol. 1, No. 1-10.
Education Service Center Region 4, Houston, TX.
Brief research monographs produced by The Demonstration Center for Language Handicapped (LH) Children are collected. The monographs address the following topics: the historical background and objectives of the language center; the effects of support personnel on the academic performance of LH children; the incidence of language handicaps among kindergarten, third, and sixth grade pupils; the evaluation of selected prekindergarten screening tests for language disability: classroom teacher ratings of the Language center's appraisal objectives; the relationship between the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Test--Readiness Skills--and the Meeting Street School Screening Test; characteristics of LH children, such as auditory comprehension, language, and personal-social skills; alternative roles for the public school speech clinician; the utilization of instructional media, teaching techniques, and student-oriented activities by teachers in the language center; and attitudes of classroom teachers, resource teachers, and educational diagnosticians toward utilization of instructional media, teaching techniques, and student-oriented activities in the language center project. The monographs have been published during two and a half years of research into teaching strategies for helping LH children. (GW)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Demonstration Centers, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Media, Exceptional Child Education, Incidence, Language Handicaps, Learning Disabilities, Program Descriptions, Public Schools, Reading Tests, Resource Teachers, Role Perception, Screening Tests, Speech Therapy, Student Evaluation, Teaching Methods, Therapists
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Sponsor: Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Special Education.
Authoring Institution: Education Service Center Region 4, Houston, TX.
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Note: For related documents, see EC 062 966-970