Educators have widely used cognitive strategy instruction to address reading comprehension deficits evidenced by students with learning disabilities. However, no one has yet conducted a review of the quality of this literature. This review applies the quality indicators advocated by Gersten et al. (2005) and Horner et al. (2005) to evaluate the…

Offered for teachers who are overwhelmed by the task of selecting specific details from referral information for application with the learning disabled child is an analysis of prescriptive teaching for early childhood. Prescriptive teaching is described in terms of utilizing diagnostic information by modifying the educational program and…

Discussed for use with learning disabled children are the geometric materials and teaching methods developed by M. Montessori. (DB)

An interview with B. Slingerland, an educator with over 50 years experience with specific language disabled students, traces her early work in the field, and reviews her theories about teaching language disabled children, including her emphasis on intrinsic motivation rather than behavior modification and her reluctance to receive government…

Presented is an annotated bibliography with approximately 65 citations (1974-1976) on teaching methods and curricula for learning disabled students. Information is explained to have been drawn from volume eight of Exceptional Child Education Resources. Entries are arranged according to accession number, and usually include information on author,…

The article describes the Consolidated Method for Independent Learners (CMIL) which is based on schema theory and is designed to develop self efficacy, teach learning strategies, and foster generalization skills in learning-disabled and other handicapped children. (DB)

Included in the training kit for teachers in the area of learning disabilities are materials developed by Project Lighthouse for experimental field usage to test the materials. The problem of educating children with learning disabilities is summarized, as is Piaget's model of logical activity. The major divisions of the text then deal with the…

The article discusses bibliotherapy as a classroom method to help meet personal, social, and emotional needs of learning disabled (LD) adolescents. (PHR)

This article introduces a series of papers on cognitive process-based instruction for students with learning disabilities. Cognitive process-based instruction is defined and differentiated from the process training advocated by S. Kirk in the 1970s. The method's basis of sound theory and academic tasks is stressed. (DB)

An edited version of a paper presented at the Child Evaluation Clinic, Second Annual Seminar on Cerebral Dysfunctions (Cedar Rapids, Iowa, March 30, 1969). (RD)

The transcript of a four-part radio program on learning disabilities (LD) focuses on issues involving the definition, identification, and education of LD children. Definitional concerns are voiced by J. Gallagher, S. Kirk and S. Richardson. Controversy over prevalence estimates is discussed. Teachers of LD children comment on effective…

The application of learning styles to the teaching of reading to students with reading disabilities is critiqued in light of four factors: (1) inability to adequately assess learning styles; (2) failure to acknowledge the necessity of phonics instruction for beginning readers; (3) failure to consider the nature of reading disabilities; and (4)…

The paper describes an innovative treatment approach to severe learning disabilities in use in St. Gallen, Switzerland. The multisensory approach is based on the assumption that learning disabled children have perceptual cognitive deficits. Reality based problem-solvng events connected with tactile-kinesthetic input become the primary foci of…

Ten papers consider brain damaged children. Brain damage is considered as an educational category, and the following aspects of evaluation are treated: disorders of oral communication, hearing impairment, psychological deficit, psychiatric factors, and neurological considerations. Educational strategies discussed include the educational methods of…