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Kronick, Doreen, Ed. – 1969
Designed to emphasize areas of interaction, the papers on learning disabilities include discussions of the importance and procedures of early diagnoses of developmental disorders, by Joseph DiLeo; traditional concepts and problems of minimal brain dysfunction (MBD), by Ernest Siegel; interactions of the MBD child, family, and teacher, by Bernard…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Family Influence, Family Life, Identification
Download full textEaster Seal Research Foundation, Chicago, IL. – 1969
Task Force 2, created by concerned voluntary and government agencies, outlines a program and resources to be developed to provide for the needs of children with minimal brain dysfunction (MBD), or learning disabilities. Task Force 1 reported on terminology and identification and Task Force 3 will deal with research in MBD, in other phases of the…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Educational Diagnosis, Exceptional Child Services, Identification
Millman, Howard L. – J Learning Disabilities, 1970
Recommendations for treatment, which resulted from an evaluation of published literature, are presented. (JM)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Clinics, Counseling Services, Exceptional Child Education
Peer reviewedGillberg, Christopher; And Others – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 1982
A total population study of 4,797 six-year-old children attending the public preschools in the city of Gothenburg, Sweden was conducted in order to investigate the problematic area of perceptual, motor and attentional deficits in preschool children. A questionnaire with 34 questions about minimal brain dysfunction-related problems was distributed…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Foreign Countries, Identification, Incidence
Duncan, Ann Dell – 1970
The paper discusses the effects of labels on exceptional children and the benefits of tracking individual or class behaviors instead of mere labels. To determine the sensitivity of behavior rate of planning remedial action, 97 children (mentally retarded, emotionally disturbed, regular, learning disabled, and brain damaged) were rated on five…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Classification, Educational Diagnosis, Emotional Disturbances
Clements, Sam D. – 1966
The terminology and identification phase of a project on minimal brain dysfunction in children is described. Two subsequent phases are to deal with services and research. Included in the first phase are the following: an introduction to the problem, history and blueprint of the project, a brief history of the concept of minimal brain dysfunction,…
Descriptors: Children, Classification, Clinical Diagnosis, Etiology
Council for Exceptional Children, Reston, VA. Information Center on Exceptional Children. – 1969
A listing of 139 abstracts and descriptive terms is concerned with research and program developments in the area of learning disabilities. Among the topics covered are diagnosis, teaching methods, physical aspects, perceptual problems, and treatment procedures. Included are subject and author indexes, user information, and ordering procedures for…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Bibliographies, Dyslexia, Educational Programs
Newton, Jerry, Ed. – 1978
Designed to help teachers better understand the problems of learning disabled (LD) child, the manual explains the basic causes of LD and presents solutions to problems professionals face in working with this population. The manual contains the following chapters and authors: "The Teacher with a Learning Disabled Child," (P. Ackerman), "The…
Descriptors: Identification, Learning Disabilities, Minimal Brain Dysfunction, Nurses
Rutgers, The State Univ., New Brunswick, NJ. – 1967
TWO SPEECHES PRESENTED AT THE THIRD ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM HELD BY RUTGERS STATE UNIVERSITY IN 1967 CONSIDER LEARNING DISABILITIES. IN "NEUROPHRENIC CHILDREN--THEIR EARLY IDENTIFICATION AND MANAGEMENT," EDGAR A. DOLL EXPLAINS HIS CONCEPT OF NEUROPHRENIA AND THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY IDENTIFICATION AND DISCUSSES THE USE OF THE VINELAND SOCIAL MATURITY…
Descriptors: Children, Diagnostic Teaching, Educational Objectives, Educational Testing
Elkins, J., Ed. – 1973
Presented are nine papers given at a 1973 seminar at the University of Queensland in Australia on the identification and treatment of children with learning disabilities. Noted are recommendations of the Senate Standing Committees on Handicapped Persons and Teaching Education which would require increased numbers of trained teachers and other…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Conference Reports, Diagnostic Teaching
Patterson, Natalie E., Comp. – 1968
Educational diagnostic methods were used to screen children evidencing minimal brain damage, dyslexia, or emotional problems. Of 750 children, 15% had such difficulties; they received a highly structured language arts program in homogeneous transition groups while remaining in their usual homeroom. In addition, they participated in motor training…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Emotional Problems, Exceptional Child Research, Identification
SCHULMAN, JEROME L.; AND OTHERS – 1965
THIS MONOGRAPH RELATES RESULTS OF A STUDY WHICH WAS UNDERTAKEN TO ATTEMPT TO ANSWER THREE QUESTIONS--TO WHAT EXTENT DO EIGHT TECHNIQUES COMMONLY USED TO DIAGNOSE BRAIN DAMAGE CO-VARY, TO WHAT EXTENT DO THE VARIOUS BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS THAT OCCUR WITH BRAIN DAMAGE CO-VARY, AND TO WHAT EXTENT DO THE DIAGNOSTIC MEASURES, SINGLY OR IN GROUPS, PREDICT…
Descriptors: Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Clinical Diagnosis
Semmel, Melvyn I.; And Others – 1968
To explore the binaural integration abilities of six educable mentally retarded boys (ages 8 to 13) and six normal boys (ages 7 to 12) to detect possible brain inju"y, an adaptation of Matzker's (1958) technique involving separating words into high and low frequencies was used. One frequency filter system presented frequencies from 425 to 1275…
Descriptors: Auditory Evaluation, Auditory Perception, Auditory Tests, Children
Anderson, William W.; And Others – 1966
Of 27 children considered educationally handicapped (EH) who were screened by a psychological-medical team, 24 were eligible for a special pilot class for neurologically handicapped (brain damaged) children. Eight children were placed in the special class and made consistently greater gains in IQ scores, academic skills, and general behavior than…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Admission Criteria, Admission (School)
Semmel, Melvyn I.; And Others – 1968
Methods to evaluate central hearing deficiencies and to localize brain damage are reviewed beginning with Bocca who showed that patients with temporal lobe tumors made significantly lower discrimination scores in the ear opposite the tumor when speech signals were distorted. Tests were devised to attempt to pinpoint brain damage on the basis of…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Perception, Auditory Stimuli, Auditory Tests
