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Wasserwald, Lee – 1986
In a continuation study, 12 students with dyslexia participated in muscle testing and exercises. Six areas were evaluated via pre- and post-tests: academics (using measures of spelling, reading, and math); parental observations of changes in their children (behavioral, academic or affective); perceptual drawing; oral reading; written language; and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Dyslexia
Cruz, Maria del C.; Ayala, Myrna – 1987
Case studies of eight children with speech and language impairments are presented in a review of the intervention efforts at the Demonstration Center for Preschool Special Education (DCPSE) in Puerto Rico. Five components of the intervention model are examined: social medical history, intelligence, motor development, socio-emotional development,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Intervention, Language Handicaps
Nutter, Susann C. – 1983
Research on hemispheric mode functioning indicates that some connections exist between learning disabilities (LD) and right-mode dominance, which suggests that instruction should be offered to develop right hemispheric (spatial perception) abilities in LD persons. The influence on student drawing of the right-left hemispheric shift during reading…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Elementary Secondary Education, Freehand Drawing
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Sprafkin, Joyce; And Others – Journal of Special Education, 1988
Twenty-one emotionally disturbed elementary grade children completed a television viewing skills curriculum. Results of the intervention found that the subjects made significantly more accurate reality-fantasy discriminations concerning television program content than a control group; however, the curriculum was not effective in increasing…
Descriptors: Childrens Television, Critical Thinking, Elementary Education, Emotional Disturbances