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Miller, Karol – Academic Therapy, 1980
The author describes methods she used to hide the fact that, because of a learning disability, she could not read. Through trial and error, the author learned the conditions and ways in which she was able to study and thus was able to largely overcome her disability. (PHR)
Descriptors: Individual Development, Learning Disabilities
Charlton-Seifert, Joan; And Others – Academic Therapy, 1980
Studies pointing to the relationship between caffeine-sugar intake and learning disorders are cited and suggestions to facilitate better nutrition in children are offered. Among suggestions made is that teachers be educated in matters of food, nutrition, and reading through inservice programs. A nutritional questionnaire is included. (SBH)
Descriptors: Food, Learning Disabilities, Nutrition
Fisher, Elissa L.; And Others – Academic Therapy, 1985
The use of context and relationships can help learning disabled adolescents solve math problems made more difficult by confusing language. Examples are offered. (CL)
Descriptors: Language, Learning Disabilities, Mathematics Instruction
Gleason, Joni J. – Academic Therapy, 1983
Guidelines are offered for increasing the motivation of learning disabled adolescents. Suggestions emphasize the importance of age appropriateness, awareness of student interests and attitudes, creativity, and high expectations. (CL)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Learning Disabilities, Student Motivation
Davison, Don – Academic Therapy, 1983
A teacher describes the values of wrestling as part of a physical education program for learning disabled students. Benefits include improved self-confidence, use of aggression in a positive way, and increased touch and contact. (CL)
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Physical Education, Wrestling
Moyer, Margaret B. – Academic Therapy, 1983
Learning disabled students who know how to tell time may still need instruction in using time in practical situations. Such instruction should focus on skills such as determining the amount of time between two given times, approximating time requirements for recurrent tasks, and predicting time (CL)
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Teaching Methods, Time
Koons, Theresa L. – Academic Therapy, 1984
A system of teaching measurement equivalencies to students with learning disabilities promotes understanding by teaching basic measurement language. Concrete objects are used to develop the association between a measurement term and its size. (CL)
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Measurement, Teaching Methods
Britton, Richard Aquinas – Academic Therapy, 1981
An approach to teaching time telling to learning disabled children begins with the child drawing a clock, then designating 5-minute marks, using old alarm or play clocks to manipulate the hands, and drawing clock hands to represent specific times. (CL)
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Teaching Methods, Time
Feder, Joyce J.; Weber, Cecile K. – Academic Therapy, 1986
Multisensory techniques to remediate reversal problems in learning disabled students are reviewed. (CL)
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Multisensory Learning, Teaching Methods
Thalgott, Mary R. – Academic Therapy, 1986
Anchoring, a neurolinguistic programing technique, was successful in helping a sixth grader with learning disabilities reduce his anxiety reaction to math tasks. Other uses for the approach are noted and guidelines offered. (CL)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Intermediate Grades, Learning Disabilities, Mathematics
Kampwirth, Thomas J. – Academic Therapy, 1983
Suggestions are made for helping learning disabled students correct reversal errors. Activities include tracing over words, using a pencil or finger to keep the eyes moving toward the right, and underlining frequently reversed words. (CL)
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Learning Disabilities, Reading Difficulties
Early, George H. – Academic Therapy, 1973
The author advocates the exclusive use of cursive writing in the early elementary grades and maintains that manuscript writing is harmful to learning disabled children. (DB)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Handwriting, Learning Disabilities
Burton, Grace M.; Knifong, J. Dan – Academic Therapy, 1981
Procedures for using an abacus to teach addition to learning disabled children are described. Considerations in choosing, constructing, and doing basic problems with an abacus are discussed. (CL)
Descriptors: Addition, Arithmetic, Learning Disabilities, Number Concepts
Haight, Sherrel Lee – Academic Therapy, 1979
The article presents, in chart format, an overview of over 25 separate etiological perspectives on learning disabilities. Information provided includes the name of the perspective/theory, the diagnostic procedures involved, the type of children for which the theory is applicable, and the major proponent(s). (DLS)
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Etiology, Learning Disabilities, Theories
Consilia, Sister Mary – Academic Therapy, 1976
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Phonetics, Spelling, Teaching Methods
