Remedial math instruction emphasizing auditory procedures with 224 elementary students with learning disabilities in arithmetic resulted in significant improvements in the Standard Aptitude Test for third-grade scores in computation and concepts, fourth- and fifth-grade scores in concepts, and sixth-grade scores in computations. (CL)

The SALT (Society for Suggestive-Accelerative Learning and Teaching) remedial reading program was utilized with 18 elementary grade learning-disabled students. Gain scores were high on the Spache oral and silent reading subtest, less so on the word recognition subtest. (SBH)

The effect of focused or preorganized instruction on the mental operations of 64 learning disabled (LD) children (8 to 12 years old) was examined. Results indicated focused instruction had a positive effect on cognitive functioning. (Author)

The feasibility of an instructional management program for learning disabled (LD), incarcerated youths was examined in a comparison of peer tutors and LD teachers in a computational mathematics program for 38 LD delinquents (12 to 17 years old). Pre- and posttest results indicated no significant difference between the tutors' and teachers' groups.…

Reviewed are programs and research on the value of early identification and intervention with learning disabled children. (DB)

An in-service program for secondary learning disabilities teachers was based on three premises: adolescents can be motivated, and instruction can be individualized with innovative curriculum materials; contingency management can improve social conduct and academic achievement; and expensive gadgets and large consulting staffs are not prerequisties…

To extend the applicability of intervention within the successive simultaneous processing model (which involves constant verbalization of actions), 68 fourth grade Canadian children were tested and divided into four groups: below average experimental, below average control, average control, average experimental. (Author/SBH)

The effects of the teacher directed language training approach of C. Bereiter and S. Engelmann and the child centered language training approach of M. Blank were experimentally investigated with descriptor words and functor words in four children, aged four to five, whose language was deficient in these parts of speech. (Author/SBH)

Investigated with 92 learning disabled elementary grade students were disorders of the vestibular system (response to gravity and changes in rate of movement). (Author/DB)

Reported was a study of the effectiveness of a 40 week reading program using the Initial Teaching Alphabet with 10 male students (8 to 12 years of age) who exhibited auditory perceptual disturbances. (GW)

A significant proportion of the 45 Ss made language age gains of more than six months on subtests of the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities (ITPA) and the Detroit Tests of Learning Aptitude (DTLA) and on the Carrow Elicited Language Inventory. (Author/SB)

The study examined the effectiveness of the Neurological Impress Method--NIM (in which reading skills are taught by having student and teacher read aloud in unison) for 44 learning disabled third, fourth, and fifth graders. (SBH)

Effectiveness of the MECCA program (Make Every Child Capable of Achieving--in which a learning disabilities specialist collaborates with a classroom teacher using a task analysis approach) was examined with 14 kindergarten age children in four MECCA classes, 17 children in four referral classes, and 37 controls. (SBH)

A followup study of 21 children identified upon entering first grade as being at risk for reading difficulty was conducted to determine the effectiveness of a sensory integrative therapy program. (Author/SBH)