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Download full textBrainard, Suzanne Gage, Ed. – 1974
Presented are eight author contributed papers on research needs in the neuropsychological, socio-environmental, and educational aspects of learning disabilities. Issues focused on in the papers and conference include the definition of learning disabilities, the role of screening in prevention or remediation, and whether curriculum should focus on…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Educational Needs, Environmental Influences, Exceptional Child Research
Specific Learning Difficulties Association of Victoria (Australia). – 1970
Presented are five papers given at a 1970 seminar on reading difficulty and the intelligent underachiever. In the first paper, Dr. T. D. Hagger discusses the concept of specific learning disabilities and stresses the trend to search for causation in organic factors within the child, the importance of early identification, and the need for…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Etiology, Exceptional Child Education, Identification
Faulkner, Janice Hardison, Ed. – 1975
The main intentions of the two-day teachers' conference on language disabilities held at East Carolina University were to provide background information on how children acquire linguistic habits, to identify and suggest remedies for certain socioemotional problems which interfere with learning, to isolate problems arising from diversity in…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, English Instruction, Higher Education, Language Arts
Douglass, Malcolm P., Ed. – 1973
The essays in this book reflect some of the major ideas discussed at the Claremont Reading Conference of 1973. Included are such essays as "Reading as Second Language Learning" by Susan Ervin-Tripp, "Feminine Subculture and Female Mind" by Nancy Reeves, "The Home Language of Chicanos as a Medium of Instruction" by Eduardo Hernandez-Chavez, "From…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Decoding (Reading), Dyslexia, Eyes
Zollinger, Ruth H., Ed.; Klein, Nancy K., Ed. – 1975
Presented are six papers originally delivered at a colloquium series on the problems of the learning disabled child, with emphasis on a multidisciplinary perspective. In "One Psychologist's Perspective on Learning Disabilities," J. Kessler provides an overview of the field with sections on definition and identification, etiology, testing as a…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Etiology
Krasnoff, Margaret J., Ed. – 1974
Presented are ten papers given at a 1974 conference focusing on realistic goals for serving learning disabled children in the decade ahead. Papers have the following titles and authors: "Introduction and Overview of the Problem of the Conference" (W. Cruickshank); "Concepts of Vision in Relation to Perception" (G. Getman); "Motor Activities and…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Conference Reports, Drug Therapy, Educational Needs
PDF pending restorationCulyer, Richard C., III, Ed. – 1976
This volume presents papers given at the Seventh Annual Conference on Reading of the North Carolina Council of the International Reading Association. General-session addresses include "Reading: The Fassport to the 80s" by Lewis C. Dowdy, "Developing the Habit of Reading Success" by William K. Durr, "Neither Simple-Minded nor Muddle-Headed Be" by…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Conference Reports, Consumer Education, Early Reading
Kerstiens, Gene, Ed. – 1974
The thirty-five papers in this volume were presented on the theme "Reading--Update: Ideals to Reality." The keynote address, delivered by Leland L. Medsker, was entitled "Postsecondary Education in the Decade Ahead." Titles of other papers include "Characteristics of Community College Students,""A Key to Unlock…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Conference Reports, Higher Education, Individualized Reading
