The author reviews research examining the connection between juvenile delinquency (JD) and learning disabilities (LD). Although it is explained that no clear relationship between LD and JD has been established, possible implications for the treatment of juveniles, the juvenile justice system, and school systems are listed. (CL)

This article summarizes work in progress at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine (North Carolina) on the structure and physiological profiles of reading disability and relates the findings to core left-hemisphere language functions. Data add evidence of the structural anomalies associated with dyslexia and evidence of its heritability, especially of…

This article introduces two conference papers (EC 607 450 and 451) which discuss the link between basic research into brain structure and function and the applied issues of instructional intervention in dyslexia. The papers, based on longitudinal studies at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine (North Carolina), were presented at a Middle Tennessee…

Analysis of task-related errors of 160 first graders tested for their ability to conserve multiple space relations supported Piaget's notion of representational space and the importance of particular field configurations. A figure's relative position was highly important to successful performance, whereas absolute orientation was a secondary…

Children's visual perception of the letters b and d when confronted with them for the first time was studied. (KW)

Analysis of errors by more than 300 kindergarten children on the Boehm Test of Basic Concepts suggested seven cognitive factors that appear to be involved, including complexity of directions, deficits in spatial perception, and inadequate auditory memory for sentences. (CL)

The Token Test and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children were administered to 46 nonretarded children (6-17 years old) with learning problems. (Author)

To aid in the early identification of potential learning disabled children, the predictive efficiency of three kindergarten measures (a reading readiness test, a reading achievement test, and a teacher rating scale) for 87 children was correlated with first grade achievement. (Author/CL)