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Eisenpreis, Bettijane – Exceptional Parent, 1974
Described are the initial visit of a parent to a special school to consider placement for her minimally brain injured adolescent son, attitudes of parents and special educators, and ways parents and special educators can facilitate placement. (MC)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Decision Making, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Education
Download full textKinsbourne, Marcel – 1975
A scheme of classification is suggested for physicians faced with various prescriptions for remediation of children with learning disabilities. Three models of the causes of learning disability are suggested: (1) the difference model which stresses normal variability in the pattern of development of mental abilities; (2) the deficit model which…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Development, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Education
Senf, Gerald M. – 1973
This document describes the present federal effort on behalf of learning disabled children, beginning with its recent history. It traces the field of learning disabilities as a subspecialty within education from 1963, when a steering committee was appointed to organize a symposium on "The Child with Minimal Brain Dysfunction," through the Learning…
Descriptors: Children, Demonstration Programs, Educational Legislation, Exceptional Child Education
Carter, John L. – 1969
Forty-two brain injured boys and 42 non brain injured boys (aged 11-6 to 12-6) were tested to determine the effects of increasing amounts of visual and auditory distraction on reading performance. The Stanford Achievement Reading Comprehension Test was administered with three degrees of distraction. The visual distraction consisted of either very…
Descriptors: Attention, Auditory Stimuli, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities
Ross, Alan O. – 1976
This book relates laboratory work on learning disabilities to classroom work with learning-disabled children. Separate chapters discuss the concept of learning disabilities, learning disabilities and research on learning, attention and learning, learning disabilities and the brain-dysfunction hypothesis, hyperactivity and the effects of…
Descriptors: Attention, Elementary Secondary Education, Failure, Hyperactivity
Reiss, Philip – 1975
Provided is an evaluation report of a special education program in New York City designed to improve the reading and arithmetic skills of brain-injured children in mainstream classes (grades 1 through 8). An assessment of the extent to which participants improved in reading and mathematics and a study of the extent to which the actual program…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities
Peer reviewedColella, Henry V. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1973
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Counseling, Educational Programs, Emotional Disturbances
Peer reviewedMillman, Howard L. – Child Welfare, 1972
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Cognitive Development, Learning Disabilities, Minimal Brain Dysfunction
Peer reviewedZera, David Aloyzy; Lucian, David G. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2001
This article uses a self-organizing systems (SOS) framework to explain the complexity of learning disabilities (LD) and suggest that traditional classification schema may be inadequate. It explains principles of self-organizing systems and reviews research concerning reading and math disabilities and the roles of language, attention, working…
Descriptors: Attention, Classification, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities
Direct linkSawyer, Diane J. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2006
This article provides a brief overview of the various areas of research that have served to clarify the condition of dyslexia. Using topics and content appearing in A. L. Benton and D. Pearl's (1978) text, Dyslexia: An Appraisal of Current Knowledge, as the point of departure, evolution of the definitions of dyslexia is traced to the current and…
Descriptors: Reading Ability, Learning Disabilities, Genetics, Dyslexia
Peer reviewedLettick, Amy – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1973
On the basis of her experience with brain damaged and autistic children, a teacher suggests guidelines for structuring tasks, the learning environment, and student behavior to facilitate learning. (GW)
Descriptors: Autism, Classroom Environment, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Education
Peer reviewedHirt, Dorothy M. – Reading Teacher, 1970
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Minimal Brain Dysfunction, Perceptual Handicaps, Reading Difficulty
Bortner, Morton; Birch, Herbert G. – J Spec Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Research
Senf, Gerald M. – 1973
This paper deals with future research needs and problems in learning disabilities, and is divided into the following two broad categories: (1) supporting conditions, which involve necessary prerequisites to the research effort; and (2) procedural considerations, which deal with methodological concerns. First, the problems posed by supporting…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Educational Research, Exceptional Child Research
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
