The pamphlet provides basic information on learning disabilities due to minimal brain dysfunction (MBD). Topics considered include terminology, incidence, symptoms, causes and prevention, diagnosis, family role for MBD children, and research in learning disabilities due to MBD. (CL)

The book reports on research concerning adult outcomes of childhood learning disabilities (LD). The first part of the study followed 203 Canadian LD children up to the mean age of 18 years. Data included structured interviews, questionnaires, and school records. The second phase continued the follow-up to a median age of 25 years and involved…

This book relates laboratory work on learning disabilities to classroom work with learning-disabled children. Separate chapters discuss the concept of learning disabilities, learning disabilities and research on learning, attention and learning, learning disabilities and the brain-dysfunction hypothesis, hyperactivity and the effects of…

Designed to help teachers better understand the problems of learning disabled (LD) child, the manual explains the basic causes of LD and presents solutions to problems professionals face in working with this population. The manual contains the following chapters and authors: "The Teacher with a Learning Disabled Child," (P. Ackerman), "The…