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Lean, Elizabeth – Training and Development Journal, 1983
Discusses definitions of learning disabilities and strategies for identifying and accommodating learning disabled adults during job training. (SK)
Descriptors: Adults, Auditory Perception, Learning Disabilities, Psychomotor Skills
Bing, Lois – Journal of Clinical Reading: Research and Programs, 1983
Offers three reasons as to why some children encounter difficulty with educational activities involving vision: (1) inability to perceive and hold detail in mind, (2) lack of time given to accomplish task, and (3) introducing too many activities at one time. (MG)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Processes, Vision

Abrams, Jules C. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1981
The author contends that, while visual defects should not be confused with defects in visual perception, the identification and treatment of visual problems is an important element in the diagnosis and remediation of learning disabilities. (Author)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities
The Validity of Perceptual Deficit Explanations of Reading Disability: A Reply to Fletcher and Satz.

Vellutino, Frank R. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1979
In the article the author refutes J. Fletcher and P. Satz's analysis of the etiology of reading disability on logical, theoretical, and empirical grounds. (Author/PHR)
Descriptors: Etiology, Exceptional Child Research, Hypothesis Testing, Learning Disabilities

Fletcher, Jack M.; Satz, Paul – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1979
In the rejoinder the authors describe the methodological and interpretive factors in the Vellutino et al, experiments which limited the degree to which the studies refuted perceptual deficit hypotheses of reading disability. Note: for more of the interchange see EC 114 687-688. (Author/PHR)
Descriptors: Etiology, Exceptional Child Research, Hypothesis Testing, Learning Disabilities

Dreby, Catherine – Reading Teacher, 1979
Discusses reading specialists' responsibilities concerning children's vision problems. (MKM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Ophthalmology, Optometrists

Fletcher, Jack M.; Satz, Paul – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1979
The paper evaluates the empirical and theoretical basis upon which several recent studies reject the hypothesis of a visual-perceptual deficit in reading disabilities. (Author)
Descriptors: Definitions, Etiology, Exceptional Child Research, Hypothesis Testing
Academic Therapy, 1979
The interview with G. N. Getman, a developmental optometrist specializing in learning problems and disabilities, focuses on vision's impact on learning, the role of the vision specialist in the remediation of learning problems and disabilities, early screening programs, and visual training programs. (DLS)
Descriptors: Eyes, Identification, Interviews, Learning Disabilities
Hendrickson, Homer – Academic Therapy, 1988
Spelling problems arise due to problems with form discrimination and inadequate visualization. A child's sequence of visual development involves learning motor control and coordination, with vision directing and monitoring the movements; learning visual comparison of size, shape, directionality, and solidity; developing visual memory or recall;…
Descriptors: Child Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Memory