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Balow, Bruce – Reading Teacher, 1996
Reprints an article originally published in this journal in March, 1971. Surveys research on motor and perceptual programs for children with severe reading disability, finding no demonstrated special effectiveness for any such programs that claim to prevent or correct reading disabilities. Recommends motor-perceptual programs as general additions…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Disabilities, Perceptual Motor Learning
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Learning Disability Quarterly, 1986
The position statement of the Council for Learning Disabilities' Board of Trustees opposes the measurement and training of perceptual and perceptual-motor functions as a part of learning disability services and recommends instead that assessment and remediation focus on the primary disorders of listening, speaking, reading, writing, reasoning, and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Perception Tests, Perceptual Development
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Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1987
Position statements of the Council for Learning Disabilities oppose the following: (1) use of discrepancy formulas in the identification of learning disabled individuals; (2) inclusion of nonhandicapped low achievers and underachievers in learning disability programs; and (3) measurement and training of perceptual and perceptual-motor functions.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility, Handicap Identification, Learning Disabilities