The article presents techniques for teaching gifted children with the clumsy child syndrome. (Author/SBH)

Described is an 8-month program for remediation of learning disabilities in regular classes while receiving supplemental instruction in academics and perception. Significant improvement in arithmetic and perception was obtained, while reading gains were recorded only after 20 months. (Author/KW)

Reviewed are resources to be used in developing programs to improve motor abilities among learning disabled children with severe motor dysfunction. (MH)

Investigated were the effects of a remedial program stressing sensory integration on the academic performance of learning disabled children with certain identifiable types of sensory integrative dysfunction. (KW)

The paper reports on the evaluation techniques and remediation programing for children (3 to 12 years old) with sensory-perceptual-motor dysfunction. A model for ordering assessment information and selecting therapeutic remediaton activities is considered. A sample diagnostic sheet outline is included. (Author/SBH)

A summary is given of the proceedings of a Special Study Institute which investigated the problem of identifying the preschool or the prenursery child with a hearing impairment as well as potential problem areas in educational programming for him. Considered are the healthy child, some of the deviant functioning of the impaired child, and…

Described is a training program to prepare teacher aides to tutor in a remedial reading program for children of low socioeconomic status. Instruction emphasized early childhood growth and development, visual motor perception training, language and auditory development, and emotional and social development. Trainee selection, the training program,…

An 18-week demonstration, remediation project was undertaken to improve educational effectiveness for 14 preschoolers with minimal cerebral dysfunction. A literature search indicated that these children can be appropriately educationally programmed for their sensorimotor problems and suggested that such early intervention can prevent later…

The author reports two federally funded programs designed to teach decoding utilizing a perceptual conditioning approach. Teachers in the projects worked with small groups or with individuals. The primary materials were word cards in the five decoding kits published by Easier-to-Learn materials. The cards were arranged in 125-word groupings…

This final report of the Early Childhood Demonstration Program for the Disadvantaged, begun in October 1969 at the Learning Research Center of West Chester State College, West Chester, Pennsylvania, contains the evaluative results of 80 children enrolled since 1969. The aim of this compensatory program was to develop an infant education curriculum…

This book presents a procedure for improving, through the medium of physical education activities, the learning ability of children. Rather than using systematic exercises for the correction of certain perceptual-motor deficiencies, learning ability can be enhanced through active games, rhythmic activities, and self-testing activities. Covering a…

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,…

INTENDED FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS, REMEDIAL SPECIALISTS, AND PSYCHOLOGISTS, THE HANDBOOK PRESENTS A SERIES OF CONCRETE ACTIVITIES AND EXERCISES FOR CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES. FIFTY-THREE BASIC LEARNING ABILITIES OR RESOURCE PROGRAMS ARE GROUPED UNDER SIX MAJOR AREAS--GROSS MOTOR DEVELOPMENT, SENSORY MOTOR INTEGRATION, PERCEPTUAL…