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Download full textHarrie, Roger P.; Weller, Carol – 1984
The digest focuses on the nature of dyslexia and its characteristics. An initial section notes the variations in definitions as a function of the discipline. Diagnosis of dyslexia is said to isolate the specific difficulties associated with the problem and to suggest appropriate educational intervention. Typical characteristics of dyslexia are…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Etiology, Reading Difficulties, Student Characteristics
ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education, Urbana, IL. – 1980
Derived from a study by Whitebook and others (1982), this ERIC Short Report presents findings, recommendations, and other information on staff burnout in child care settings. Child care staff were found to be underpaid and overworked. Differences in working conditions among centers and job satisfaction among staff appeared to be related to such…
Descriptors: Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Etiology, Program Improvement
Manfredini, Dianne – 1988
This information sheet briefly describes the history of the identification of Down Syndrome, its prenatal diagnosis, characteristics of individuals with Down Syndrome, its causes, its rate of occurrence and recurrence, its impact on child development, and recommended content of education programs for children with Down Syndrome. A list of seven…
Descriptors: Child Development, Downs Syndrome, Elementary Secondary Education, Etiology
Rubenzer, Ronald L. – 1988
The information digest presents information on stress management in the schools for learning disabled students. The following questions are addressed: Why does the education "spotlight" need to be trained on stress management in the schools? What is stress? What are possible causes of achievement stress for the learning disabled? (school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Etiology
Hourcade, Jack – 2002
This digest provides an overview of mental retardation in children and adults. It begins by discussing the definition of mental retardation and the three components that are required for an accurate diagnosis: an IQ score of approximately 70 or below, a determination of deficits in adaptive behavior, and origins of the disability prior to age 18.…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adults
Guetzloe, Eleanor – 2003
This digest discusses the most frequently diagnosed mood disorders in children and adolescents, including major depressive disorder, dysthymic disorder, and bipolar disorder. The symptoms of these disorders are described, along with family and genetic causal factors, biological causal factors, and cognitive causal factors. The digest then…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Biological Influences, Classroom Techniques, Clinical Diagnosis
Ciocci, Sandra R. – 2002
This digest presents an overview of children with auditory processing disorders (APDs), children who can typically hear information but have difficulty attending to, storing, locating, retrieving, and/or clarifying that information to make it useful for academic and social purposes. The digest begins by describing central auditory processing and…
Descriptors: Auditory Evaluation, Auditory Perception, Auditory Training, Classroom Environment
