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McIntosh, Stephen B. – Pointer, 1974
Children who have a communication learning disability or who are mentally retarded need special help to comprehend verbal directions. (CL)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Exceptional Child Education, Language Handicaps, Learning Disabilities

McGrew, Winifred C. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1973
The case history focuses on diagnostic and treatment procedures used to treat an institutionalized adult male found to have a disorder of auditory integration associated with severe language disability. (Author/LS)
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Auditory Training, Evaluation Methods, Exceptional Child Research

Ratusnik, David L.; Koenigsknecht, Roy A. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 1975
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Expressive Language, Language Handicaps, Learning Disabilities
Bureau of Education for the Handicapped (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. – 1967
The objectives for this advanced study institute were to define learning disabilities so that the definition would be useful for national application; to define interrelated problems; and to establish the extent training centers and university training programs could be augmented and oriented to meet the urgent demands of the nation in these areas…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Handicapped Children, Hearing Impairments, Language Handicaps
Evans, Joyce; And Others – 1979
Approximately 400 references regarding working with parents of handicapped children are noted on the resource list and annotated bibliography. In the resource list, books are grouped by subject headings including types of handicapping conditions (11 conditions including hearing impairments, severe handicaps, physical/health impairments,…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Handicapped Children, Hearing Impairments, Language Handicaps

Santos, Karen E. – Remedial and Special Education (RASE), 1992
This review highlights the physical, intellectual, academic, behavioral, and communication characteristics associated with fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited form of mental retardation. Educationally relevant problems linked to fragile X are noted, including learning disabilities, attention deficit disorders, speech and language…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Autism, Behavior Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education
World Health Organization, Geneva (Switzerland). – 1980
The manual contains three classifications (impairments, disabilities, and handicaps), each relating to a different plane of experience consequent upon disease. Section 1 attempts to clarify the nature of health related experiences by addressing reponse to acute and chronic illness; the unifying framework for classification (principle events in the…
Descriptors: Classification, Communication Disorders, Definitions, Disabilities
MINSKOFF, JOSEPH G. – 1967
THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY WERE TO--(1) INVESTIGATE AND DESCRIBE THE LEARNING CHARACTERISTICS OF A GROUP OF MENTALLY RETARDED, EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED CHILDREN, AND (2) TEST THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A PSYCHOLINGUISTIC APPROACH TO THE REMEDIATION OF LEARNING DISABILITIES BY COMPARING THREE GROUPS--AN EXPERIMENTAL REMEDIAL TREATMENT GROUP, A COMPARISON…
Descriptors: Children, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Research, Language
Asha, 1989
The position paper, guidelines, and definitions of the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association deal with service delivery for the mentally retarded in community settings, deinstitutionalization, audiologic screening for newborns, bilingual speech-language professionals, curriculum guides for speech-language professionals, supervisory…
Descriptors: Audiology, Auditory Evaluation, Bilingualism, Community Programs

North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. for Exceptional Children. – 1974
Presented are approximately 120 examples of innovative North Carolina educational programs for the following types of exceptional children: deaf-blind, educable retarded, emotionally disturbed, gifted and talented, hearing impaired, learning disabled, physically handicapped, speech and language impaired, trainable retarded and visually impaired.…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Directories, Educational Programs, Emotional Disturbances
Evans, Joyce; Bricker, Donna – 1982
The third of seven training modules for professionals in early intervention focuses on working with young (birth to age 3) children who are speech/language impaired, learning disabled, slow learning, or socially delayed. Background information summarized what is known about language, cognitive and social dysfunction or affect in infants and young…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Annotated Bibliographies, Autism, Disabilities
Community Consolidated School District 54, Schaumburg, IL. – 1979
The document presents the sixth progress performance report for 1978-1979 and a final outreach report (focusing on demonstration activities) for 1976-1979 for the Schaumburg (Illinois) Early Education Center (SEEC), a Piaget based early education program for 3 to 5 year olds with developmental delays in the following areas: language,…
Descriptors: Child Development, Disabilities, Emotional Problems, Language Handicaps
Dow, Ian I.; O'Reilly, Robert R. – 1981
Presented in both French and English, the document contains extracts from a review of the literature on students with learning disabilities (LD) and on French speaking exceptional students' programs and needs. The review of LD includes sections on approaches to definition and classification, incidence, and definitional components (intelligence,…
Descriptors: Classification, Definitions, Disabilities, Educational Needs
Ratleff, Jana Echevarria; McDonough, Renee – 1992
An instructional approach that promotes an interactive or experiential model rather than a reductionist model in special education is discussed. The approach, called instructional conversations, encourages students to use meaningful language without focusing on the correctness of form. The teacher's role is one of facilitating genuine dialogue…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Dialogs (Language), Disabilities, Group Discussion
Ortiz, Alba A.; Yates, James R. – 1988
The paper, originally given at a 1986 Ethnic and Multicultural Symposium, reports the results of a series of studies on the identification and placement of limited English proficient (LEP) Hispanic students. Research findings relate to the referral, assessment, and placement of LEP students in programs for the learning disabled, mentally retarded,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
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