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Bochner, Sandra – Australian Journal of Mental Retardation, 1977
Research on the effectiveness of the Doman-Delacato method (which involves motor-sensory stimulation) for brain injured children was reviewed. (Author/SBH)
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Neurological Impairments, Perceptual Motor Learning, Program Effectiveness
Peer reviewedZarske, John A. – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1982
Neuropsychologically based intervention approaches for learning disabled students are reviewed. The approaches, which are in the areas of neurological organization, psycholinguistics, and perceptual motor skills, are also evaluated for their effectiveness in terms of theory and practice. (CJ)
Descriptors: Cerebral Dominance, Cognitive Processes, Educational Strategies, Learning Disabilities
Cahn, Lorynne; Hodges, Joan – Academic Therapy, 1973
The importance of including an occupational therapist in an interdisciplinary team to assess learning disabilities is demonstrated with the case of an 8-year-old boy who was evaluated and diagnosed as having severe reading disabilities and perceptual dysfunction. (MC)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Children, Exceptional Child Education, Learning Disabilities
Download full textAyres, A. Jean – 1968
Because some learning disorders in children may be associated with perceptual-motor dysfunction, this study tested the effects of sensorimotor treatment on learning disorders and explored the nature of neurodevelopmental disorders. In Part One, 64 neuromuscular, perceptual, and cognitive measurements made on 36 educationally handicapped children…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Handicapped, Behavior Patterns, Elementary School Students
Sapir, Selma G., Ed.; Nitzburg, Ann C., Ed. – 1973
This comprehensive volume presents selected articles representing the major viewpoints on learning problems in children. Specialized practitioners in the fields of special education, psychology, psychiatry, and social work are encouraged to reject a narrow, limited perspective, and to view the child with a learning problem as a single, constantly…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Child Development, Developmental Psychology, Educational Diagnosis
Harris, Deborah; And Others – 1993
Twenty-one children (approximate ages 6 to 16), drawn from the larger pool of 100, with Tourette's Syndrome were evaluated to: (1) determine the prevalence of learning disorder in this population; (2) identify particular areas of academic difficulty; and (3) consider the spectrum of central nervous system processing deficits in these children. Not…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Computation, Elementary School Students
Arena, John I., Ed.; And Others – 1967
Describing methods for helping children with normal intelligence who manifest learning, perceptual, and/or behavior disorders as a result of minimal neurological or brain dysfunction, the compilation contains 22 papers. Articles are grouped into six categories: identifying the children, motor development, basic considerations, adapting the…
Descriptors: Academically Handicapped, Basic Skills, Behavior Change, Child Development
BARSCH, RAY H. – 1967
THE FIRST OF A 3-VOLUME PERCEPTUAL MOTOR CURRICULUM, THE BOOK DESCRIBES A PROGRAM BASED ON A THEORY OF MOVEMENT WHICH THE AUTHOR LABELS MOVIGENICS (THE STUDY OF THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF PATTERNS OF MOVEMENT IN MAN AND THE RELATIONSHIP OF THESE MOVEMENTS TO HIS LEARNING EFFICIENCY). TEN BASIC CONSTRUCTS OF MOVIGENICS ARE OUTLINED, AND THE…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Children, Curriculum, Exceptional Child Education
Kephart, Newell C. – 1968
Educational implications and symptoms are described for learning disorders, the disruption in the processing of information within the central nervous system caused by brain damage, emotional disturbance, or inadequate presentation of learning experiences. Developmental sequences, developmental progression, and restoration of development are…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Emotional Disturbances
Peer reviewedHamill, Janet S. – Occupational Therapy in Health Care, 1987
A plan is described for effective parent involvement in occupational therapy for the child with sensory integrative dysfunction. Consideration is given to levels of parent-child interaction and parents' ability to accept the child's difficulties. Purposes of parental participation are outlined and a model for evaluation and intervention is…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Children, Intervention, Learning Disabilities
NEWCOMB, DANIEL L., ED. – 1967
THE PROCEEDINGS FROM THE 1967 INTERNATIONAL CONVOCATION ON LEARNING DISABILITIES INCLUDE ARTICLES IN THREE AREAS--23 ON ETIOLOGY AND IDENTIFICATION, 14 ON EDUCATION, HABILITATION, AND REMEDIATION, AND 11 ON REHABILITATION AND INNOVATION. TOPICS INCLUDE LANGUAGE, READING AND COMMUNICATION DISABILITIES, BHEAVIOR, AUDITORY AND VISUAL PERCEPTION,…
Descriptors: Behavior, Behavior Change, Child Development, Clinical Diagnosis
FRIERSON, EDWARD C., ED.; BARBE, WALTER B., ED. – 1967
INTENDED FOR GENERAL EDUCATORS WAS WELL AS SPECIALISTS, THE COLLECTION CONTAINS SELECTED ARTICLES BY DIFFERENT AUTHORS ON LEARNING DISABILITIES. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE FIELD IS PROVIDED BY AN OVERVIEW (FIVE ARTICLES) AND A CONSIDERATION OF BRAIN DYSFUNCTIONS (FOUR ARTICLES). SPECIALIZED APPROACHES TO LEARNING DISORDERS ARE EXPLAINED FROM THE…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Behavior, Classification, Clinical Diagnosis
