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Meeting the Needs of a Child with Mild Learning ProblemsNancy Gilhool received her MA degree in elementary education from Syracuse University. She has served as diagnstic-prescriptive teacher for the William Penn School District in Yeadon, Pennsylvania, and as a part-time member of the special education faculty at Johns Hopkins University.
Ruth Ginn received her MEd degree in elementary education from Penn State University. She is a diagnostic-prescriptive teacher for the William Penn School District. She has served as a Title 1 reading teacher and as an elementary school teacher in Road, Springfield, PA 19064. The diagnostic-prescriptive teacher program is an organizational model designed to provide help within the regular classroom for children with mild learning problems. The key to the program is the diagnostic-prescriptive teacher, a school-based specialist who combines diagnostic and consultative work in assisting the regular classroom teacher. The article outlines the rationale and distinctive characteristics of the program and describes in detail the procedures used. The program is compared with other models currently used to provide services to children with mild learning difficulties.
Journal of Learning Disabilities, Vol. 15, No. 5,
299-302 (1982) This article has been cited by other articles:
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