Sixty-five subjects diagnosed as learning disabled and reporting police contact by the median age of 18 were interviewed at age 25. Analysis on parent and subject variables correctly classified 75% of subjects into persisting and nonpersisting delinquent groups and revealed that personality characteristics such as impulsivity and poor judgment…

Comparison of the teaching strategies used by mothers of 30 boys with learning disabilities (LD) and 30 normally achieving boys (NLD) found that mothers of children with LD used fewer high level strategies, their total time spent teaching was less, and they exhibited more dominance and less emotionality and cooperation than did mothers of NLD…