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Development Of An Automated Basic Spelling Program For Retarded Children, William Gilbert Woods

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to write a competent teaching machine (TM) program on spelling for handicapped pupils at the upper primary level and to indicate possibly fruitful areas for further research with the program at this level.

Delayed Reinforcement And Delayed Response In Discrimination Learning Of Developmentally Retarded Children, Robert Preston Gelhart

All Master's Theses

As a preliminary investigation of delay factors in discrimination learning, the present study was designed primarily to contrast the effect of a short delay in response with the same duration of delay of reinforcement in order to evaluate the possibility that reinforcement-delay alone during the standard response-delay experiment is responsible for decremental effects.

A Study Of Three Cases Of Extreme Reading Disability, Dora Francis Hardy

Individual, Family, and Community Education ETDs

The purpose of this study was (1) to relate three cases of severe reading disability in which the condition variously described as strephosymbolia, congenital alexia, or mirror vision has been considered a contributing cause of the reading handicaps; (2) to present the opinions held by various authors concerning such cases; and (3) to describe various types of remediation attempted for such cases.

A Study Of Personal Problems Of Male Students In The Special Program Department Of Intermountain School, Leo E. Fredrickson

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

It is recognized by educators today that our young people are confronted with many problems during their school years. It is also recognized that these problems should be taken into consideration when formulating educational objectives and planning the curriculum for the school.

Guide To Assist Districts In Organizing A Program For Mentally Retarded Children, Dorothy Lillian Riser

All Master's Theses

This guide is presented with the hope that it will help districts organize a well-coordinated program in the light of present perceptions of the needs of the mentally retarded. Three methods were used to gather pertinent information: (1) a search of current literature; (2) interviews with personnel in special education; and (3) visits to key programs in the State of Washington.

Art Education In The Therapy Program Of The Cerebral Palsied Child From Eighteen Months To Eleven Years Of Age, Eleanor Suggs

Special Education ETDs

The purpose of this study is to determine to what extent art education, as art activity, is used in the therapy program of the cerebral palsied child.

This study deals with the art activities of children eighteen months up to eleven years of age. These children were enrolled in organizations set up for the purpose of providing educational and/or therapeutic facilities for children with brain damage or orthopedic problems.

An Analysis Of Possible Occupations For Mentally Retarded Youth, Robert William Steadman

All Master's Theses

The intention of this study was to give guidance personnel an indication of possible occupations for mentally handicapped persons and to show the competencies needed to succeed on the job.

Remedial Reading Instruction Of A Non-Reader In High School, Helen S. Inamasu

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purpose of this study was to initiate a remedial reading program for a high school pupil in learning to read. The subject was a sixteen year old boy in the ninth grade in the senior high school. He was reported to be severely retarded in all areas of academic work.

A Study Of The Educational Opportunities Offered Handicapped Children By The Public Schools In New Mexico, Pearl Esther Thompson

Special Education ETDs

The purpose of this study is to survey the educational opportunities provided for handicapped children by the public schools in New Mexico in 1954-1955.

This study also seeks to list the legal regulations governing the establishment of such school programs for handicapped children in different cities and towns in the state; the number of children who are receiving instruction in the different school districts within the state; to evaluate the present facilities in regard to their adequacy of educational training for these children; and to determine what five selected cities in the United States are doing for handicapped children in …

Education Of The Educable Mentally Retarded Child In The Special Class, Doyle E. Kopp

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Helping The Exceptional Child In The Classroom, Loretta Marie Miller

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of Education and Professional Studies

Parents are acutely aware of the school problems which arise from variations among children. Some children do not progress at the average rate in the classroom. Even the gifted child may be a problem because his mental development is beyond his age in years.

Intelligence And Achievement Testing Of Convalescent Crippled Children, Loretta M. Miller

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of Education and Professional Studies

Psychological studies of crippled children have been few, but among published studies opinion is unanimous that crippled children test lower in intelligence than normal children. The study reported here arrives at the same conclusion. In that respect, it adds nothing new to the picture, but in an area in which findings are not entirely definitive, a study of convalescent crippled children may add confirmation to the general body of knowledge.

The Care, Rehabilitation, And Education Of Crippled Children, Florence I. Payne

Bachelors’ Theses

Cripples have always lived among people, but it took the life of Homer Allen with those of several friends to arouse his father, Edgar F. Alien, to the realization of the problem of the cripple. Today "Daddy" Allen is known the world over as the one who influenced others to show more than mere pity for crippled children that they might have facilities for care and education.

The disastrous collision of cars at Elyria, Ohio, May 31, 1907, and the horrible catastrophe of the loss of a beloved son seemed a divine intercession to the wealthy father of the deceased …

The Education Of The Retarded Pupil, Rose M. Murphy

Bachelors’ Theses

The retarded pupil that will be considered is the normal child whose mental age and achievement score are below the standards accepted for a child of his chronological age. The school must provide for this type of child now, more than formerly, due to the increased period of attendance required, and changed economic conditions. Regarding this matter Ryan and Crecelius’ state the following:

"Until recently secondary education has concerned itself very little with ’the masses’. in this country the original purpose of the secondary school was to provide selected youths with the training prerequisite for theological study."

A Study Of The Exceptional Child, C. Elizabeth Haisler

Bachelors’ Theses

The content of this paper is based on ten years of personal observation and close study of the problem presented by the Exceptional Child.

Organization And Curriculum For Mentally Retarded Children, Alice M. Olwell

Bachelors’ Theses

The mentally retarded or exceptional child is one of the most puzzling personalities met with in our schools. He stands near the dividing line between normalcy and feeblemindedness, and his future happiness or tragic discouragement, and often ruin, depends upon the attitude of the school and the teachers towards his shortcomings during his childhood and adolescence. He may be trained to healthy competition in the field of labor with his normal brother, or he may reach adulthood an utter incompetent, a potential criminal, a moral degenerate, an unfortunate ne'er-do-well.