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The Promise of Public Law 94-142: Issues in the Diagnostic Process.
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Raccioppi, Rose Marie – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1982
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,…
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Interdisciplinary Approach
An Overview of Reading Disabilities and Learning Disabilities in the U.S.
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Harris, Albert J. – Reading Teacher, 1980
Analyzes current educational and legal trends involving attitudes toward and funding for reading disabilities and learning disabilities programs, and makes suggestions for the future. (DD)
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support
On Developing LD College Programs.
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Vogel, Susan A. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1982
The author addresses the planning of learning-disabled (LD) college students toward programing considerations. (SW)
Descriptors: College Students, Federal Legislation, Higher Education, Learning Disabilities
To Remediate or Not to Remediate: That Is the Question!
Reutzel, Douglas Ray – 1980
Present research on reading failure has not been able to determine whether it results from a single unitary deficit or from multiple causations. Diagnosis of reading failure is not a simple appraisal of a student's reading skills and abilities; rather, it is therapeutic in nature, always seeking to formulate more efficient means of improving…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Program Effectiveness
A Phonic Remedial Reading Approach.
Minskoff, Esther H. – Techniques, 1986
The "Phonic Remedial Reading Lessons" is a systematic, comprehensive phonics program designed for reading-disabled children. The 77 lessons teach about single letters and single sounds, two-letter sounds, consonant blends, graphemes, exceptions to configurations, and word building. The program's underlying strategies and other…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Individualized Instruction, Instructional Materials, Learning Disabilities
Remediating Specific Reading Disabilities: A Review of Approaches.
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Hicks, Carolyn – Journal of Research in Reading, 1986
Examines the evidence for and against three major approaches to the teaching of specific reading disabled children: the process approaches, the specialist methods, and the modality/treatment interaction methods. Concludes that all differ in terms of their assumptions and consequent remediation, and all have a number of associated difficulties.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Dyslexia, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities
Behavioral Neuropsychology in the Schools.
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Horton, Arthur MacNeill, Jr. – School Psychology Review, 1981
A rationale for the integration of the principles of behavior therapy with those of neuropsychology is provided. Theoretical issues, empirical considerations and future directions pertaining to this area of specialization are discussed, with special reference to the practice of school psychology. (Author/AL)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavioral Science Research, Clinical Diagnosis, Elementary Education
Neuropsychological Assessment and the Habilitation of Learning: Considerations in the Search for the Aptitude X Treatment Interaction.
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Reynolds, Cecil R. – School Psychology Review, 1981
The importance of neuropsychological paradigms of higher order human information processing in providing remedial services to learning-problem children and in providing a guide to the habilitation of learning for all children is explained. The conceptual requirements of such models as well as their implementation are described. (Author/AL)
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Cognitive Style, Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Secondary Education
A Critical Commentary on Neuropsychology in the Schools: Are We Ready?
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Sandoval, Jonathan; Haapmanen, Randy M. – School Psychology Review, 1981
The other articles in the September 1981 issue of "School Psychology Review" are discussed and criticized. Distinction between the general strategy of neuropsychology and other conceptualizations used by school psychologists is made. A discussion on whether the neuropsychological conceptualization makes a unique contribution to school…
Descriptors: Adults, Cerebral Dominance, Children, Elementary Education
Improving Learning Skills of Minimally Handicapped Preschoolers Using Sensorimotor Integration Therapy.
Revelj, Elizabeth O. – 1987
An 18-week demonstration, remediation project was undertaken to improve educational effectiveness for 14 preschoolers with minimal cerebral dysfunction. A literature search indicated that these children can be appropriately educationally programmed for their sensorimotor problems and suggested that such early intervention can prevent later…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Handicap Identification, Inservice Teacher Education, Learning Disabilities