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Beam Walking in Special Education

Broadhead, Geoffrey D. – Rehabilitation Literature, 1974

An experimental test on beam walking (for balance), administered to 189 minimally brain injured and 226 educable mentally retarded (EMR) 8- to 13-year-old children, yielded results such as reliability estimates for the mean of three trials were high and there was greater performance reliability for EMR children. (MC)

Descriptors: Children, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities, Mental Retardation

The Brain as a Mixer, II. A Pilot Study of Central Auditory Integration Abilities of Normal and Retarded Children. Studies in Language and Language Behavior, Progress Report Number VII.

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Semmel, Melvyn I.; And Others – 1968

To explore the binaural integration abilities of six educable mentally retarded boys (ages 8 to 13) and six normal boys (ages 7 to 12) to detect possible brain inju"y, an adaptation of Matzker's (1958) technique involving separating words into high and low frequencies was used. One frequency filter system presented frequencies from 425 to 1275…

Descriptors: Auditory Evaluation, Auditory Perception, Auditory Tests, Children

Exceptional Children in a Modern Society. Second Edition.

Love, Harold D. – 1967

This attempt to cover the entire spectrum of exceptionalities in children aims at both graduate and undergraduate students. Discussed are a background of identification techniques for exceptionalities and the screening and education of the gifted child. Included are sections dealing with the classifications, history, types, education, and future…

Descriptors: Classification, Educational Programs, Emotional Disturbances, Etiology

EDUCATING CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES--SELECTED READINGS.

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