Practical steps for remediating cursive handwriting difficulties focus on the five elements of spacing, speed, slant of letters, letter size, and letter shape. (JW)

This directory highlights 42 software programs that are either designed for or useful in the instruction of learning disabled students. Among the content areas covered are mathematics, language, spelling, auditory memory, and spatial relationships. Information on instructional level, price, and distributor is also provided for each entry. (JW)

Learning disabled high school students can gain success, self esteem, and improved decisionmaking skills through carefully planned art education classes. (CL)

The potential uses of telecomputing in the education of learning disabled secondary students are described, including electronic mail, interactive one-to-one discussions, and database searches. Related staff and administrative concerns are discussed. (JW)

Basic principles of effective software implementation with learning disabled students are discussed. A prototype software package is described that is specifically designed to help develop discriminatory skills in recognizing letter shapes and letter combinations. (JW)

The article uses case histories and anecdotes to describe the math difficulties of learning disabled children and to explain a variety of remedial therapies that match particular problems. (Author/DB)

The author reviews software programs in creative writing for students with learning disabilities. In addition to processing programs, software that focuses on story building, revising, poetry writing, and narrative and expository writing is considered. (CL)

Suggestions to help the special education teacher communicate with the music teacher about learning disabled students center on explaining specialized words and phrases such as auditory discrimation, laterality and directionality. (Author/CL)

Practical guidelines are offered to help the teacher integrate microcomputers into a resource room environment for learning disabled students. The author lists basic software packages that are reported to provide proven "starter paks" in language, reading, and mathematics at specified grade levels. (JW)

A 42-item software directory describes courseware in a variety of skill areas, including alphabetizing, communicating, daily living skills, grammar, mathematics, reading, speech, and vocabulary. An audiovisual listing describes videotapes, motion pictures, and filmstrips that focus primarily on disability awareness and various aspects of learning…

Administrator knowledge and support are critical features of the successful college program for learning disabled students. In addition, career counseling, coordinated academic advising, psychological counseling, and academic reinforcement efforts such as study skills instruction and tutoring all valuable services. (CL)

A family systems approach is advocated for enhancing family functioning as well as ameliorating specific difficulties encountered by learning disabled children and youth. The importance of restructuring dysfunctional parental attitudes and child rearing practices that may be interfering with learning and the need for mental health-education…

Seven software programs for spelling instruction are reviewed, and the author notes that such programs use creative ways to reduce the drudgery of rote memorization. Programs also incorporate graphics, recordkeeping, initial sound emphasis, rules of syllabication, sight work instruction, and speech synthesizers. (CL)

Wright State University (Dayton, Ohio) has provided special educational services to learning disabled students since 1974. Among program components are basic skills courses, special tutoring and test-taking arrangements, a library of taped textbooks, and counseling. Student characteristics and their attitudes toward self and the program are…

Extracts from "Experimenting with Numbers" by Margaret Stern demonstrate the use of Stern Blocks to develop the conceptual base on which learning disabled students can build further mathematical skills. (DB)