The article analyzes current practice of the special education school consultation process using such criteria as theory, knowledge base, program goals, and stages/steps of consultation. Recommendations include use of the "Seven Levels of Intensity of Intervention" framework to make instructional and placement decisions. (Author/DB)

The author reviews implications of the previous four papers on the neuropsychological approach to learning disabilities (ED 161 035-038), notes the importance of an interdisciplinary approach, discusses potential valuable test batteries, and emphasizes the need for appropriate training in neuropsychology psychologists and teachers. (CL)

The author--a parent, advocate, and educator--relates personal experiences and reviews professional literature which point to the problems with inadequate programs of diagnosis and treatment for the learning disabled, with particular emphasis on the mandates of P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act). A coordinated,…

This article describes the development of the learning disability (LD) movement from 1800 to the present. It examines the ideas that contributed to the theoretical basis preceding the formation of the LD movement, legislation and events that established LD as a specific area of study and contributed to its growth, and a glimpse into the future.…