Multimodal Education: Treating the “Basic Id” of the Elementary Classroom

A Confluent View of Special Education

“…My conceptual model of confluent education is based on the multimodal approach to psychotherapy described by Lazarus (1976). Although originally proposed as a therapeutic model, this approach has been implemented in elementary guidance and counseling (Keat, 1978), elementary education (Gerler & Keat, 1977), career education (Gerler, 1977), and special education [Pearl & Guarnaccia, 1976). The multimodal approach uses the acronym BASIC ID to describe seven critical aspects of the individual: behavior, affect (feelings), sensation, imagery, cognition (thinking), interpersonal relations, and drugs (biological components).…”

Multimodal Education: Affective Education and Beyond

“…Lazarus used the acronym BASIC ID to iden-Although the multimodal model was developed for psychotherapy, Gerler and Keat (1977) suggested that this model has implications for education as well. Gerler and Keat reasoned that because children are complex beings, an educational process that incorporates the BASIC ID elements will probably bring greater immediate and long-term benefits to children than a less comprehensive process.…”