LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ -- The Rider University Center for Reading and Writing is now accepting registrations for their Fall 1996 Instructional Program. The program begins the week of October 10 and continues through the week of December 17.

The program, directed by Rider professor of education Dr. Susan Mandel Glazer, is designed to increase children's reading comprehension and writing skills and welcomes both gifted and average students between the ages of six and 16. High-achieving readers will use a variety of approaches aimed at increasing problem-solving skills while average readers will learn strategies to guide comprehension and writing skills. Students with special needs will learn strategies for effective reading and writing. Computers are also available for students to work with for writing, reading, and memory skills improvement.

Participating students attend the Center one day a week after school on either Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday, totaling 10 sessions by December. The children are placed in groups of six to eight students, and individual programs will be developed for each student in the group. Videotaped recordings of students working with teachers are viewed throughout the program by the Center's staff to continuously alter the curriculum to fit each student's needs.

Over 4500 children have attended the program since its inception in 1980.

For more information and application form requests, contact Gail Turner at (609) 896-5313.

Rider University's Lawrenceville campus is located five miles south of Princeton and three miles north of Trenton on Route 206 in Lawrence Township. The campus is one-half mile south of exit 7A of Interstate 95.