The perception of subsecond durations in adults with autism spectrum disorder (hereafter 'autism'; n = 25 Experiment 1, n = 21 Experiment 2) and matched typical adults (n = 24 Experiment 1, n = 22 Experiment 2) was examined by requiring participants to perform an action in time with auditory (Experiment 1) or visual (Experiment 2) events.…

The aim of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of Montessori education which is offered to upskill the attention gathering skill of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. In total fifteen pre-schooler participants, six girls and nine boys who are diagnosed with ADHD (7 of the children with ADHD, 8 with only AD), joined to this…

The Woodcock-Johnson-Fourth edition (WJ IV; Schrank, McGrew, & Mather, 2014a) and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fifth edition (WISC-V; Wechsler, 2014) are two of the major tests of cognitive abilities used in school psychology. The complete WJ IV battery includes the Woodcock-Johnson IV Tests of Cognitive Abilities (Schrank,…

The investigation of the perceptual integrative abilities of 6 to 9-year-old language delayed children with nonspecific etiologies showed them to vary from normal controls in auditory-visual integrative ability and perception of distorted speech, but not in visual-motor integrative behavior. (KW)

Assessed were the abilities of 50 normal 5-to 9-year-old children and 30 learning disabled 7-to 9-year-old children to recognize temporal patterns presented visually and auditorially (intramodal abilities) and to vocally produce the patterns whether presentation was visual or auditory (intramodal and cross-modal abilities). (MC)

This 115-page annotated bibliography contains material on perceptual motor development. The introductory portion of the bibliography presents general reading on perception, learning, and development. The first portion contains annotated works by six specific authors. The second portion presents works grouped under the following headings: a)…

Supported by Grant MH-08748 from the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Public Health Service, and by Grant 9425-08 from the Defense Research Board, Canada.

The manual provides instructions for administering and scoring gross and fine motor assessment procedures for use with trainable mentally handicapped children. It is noted that some assessment items were derived from formal standardized tests. Provided are a program description, general instructions, a list of equipment needed for testing, a…

Multielement visual tracking and visual search are 2 tasks that are held to require visual-spatial attention. The authors used the attentional operating characteristic (AOC) method to determine whether both tasks draw continuously on the same attentional resource (i.e., whether the 2 tasks are mutually exclusive). The authors found that observers…

This booklet presents educational programs and activities for perceptual training of 4- to 9-year-olds and older children with learning and reading problems. The development of visual and auditory perception needs to be understood as closely related to and dependent upon other developmental areas, including motor, language, thinking, emotional,…

The annotated bibliography contains approximately 71 listings of instructional materials for Head Start teachers serving handicapped children. Teachers using the bibliography are advised to think first in terms of instructional requirements rather than the handicapping condition of the child. Materials are listed in terms of the following…

The battery of perceptual and perceptual-motor tests (including one fine and two gross perceptual-motor tasks, and one visual and two auditory perceptual tasks) were useful for prediction of cognitive performance one year later at kindergarten age. However, cognitive achievement in first grade, and even more so in second grade, was best predicted…

The handbook lists 141 developmental objectives with instructions for remediation to aid children with learning problems in the areas of sensory motor development, auditory perception, language, visual perception, and academic achievement. Objectives are listed in chart format with each objective associated with one or more skill examples,…

Intended for the regular elementary classroom teacher serving learning disabled children, the activity guide provides suggestions in the areas of motor development, visual perception, auditory perception, and language development. Motor activities are grouped into the following categories: body image, balance, fine motor coordination,…