The present study examined whether temporal processing (TP) is associated with reading of a non-alphabetic script, that is, Chinese. A total of 126 primary school-aged Chinese children from Taiwan (63 children with dyslexia) completed cross-modal, visual, and auditory temporal order judgment tasks and measures of Chinese reading and…

G. Senf's study of bisensory integration language tasks was modified and replicated with 52 normal and 52 learning disabled children. Results confirmed the original study except for a more consistent pattern for individual difference variables and failure to replicate the main effect of stimulus interpair presentation times. (Author/CL)

The role of memory deficits in learning disabilities (LD) was examined. It is argued that a shift in emphasis is necessary from standardized test results to the processes which underpin performance on such tests. (Author)

Following pretraining on three figures, 44 nonhandicapped preschoolers were assigned to experimental groups to investigate methods of integrating a new, similar symbol into a set of familiar symbols to approximate the difficult disciminations encountered by young children in school. (Author)

It was found that although learning disabled elementary children did more poorly than normal children at tasks involving intersensory and intrasensory matches, the psychological processes related to performance were, with one exception, similar between groups. (Author/CL)

A pilot program was conducted to determine the efficacy of providing 32 preschoolers at high risk for learning disabilities with structured, individualized instruction to supplement their regular kindergarten experiences. Ss were selected on the basis of developmental screening and diagnostic tests. Ss were enrolled in the V-M (visual input-motor…

Results indicated a significant difference between the 18 normal readers and the 36 learning-disabled readers on tasks matching auditory temporal to visual-spatial and auditory-temporal to visual-temporal but not on the visual-temporal to visual-spatial task. Results were interpreted in terms of learning-disabled readers being deficient in…

College students in an introductory psychology course were offered learning options which depended less heavily on reading skill to obtain course content. (DB)

A clinical psychologist describes an approach she uses to assess learning disabled students. She explains that brain function is analyzed through a sequence of tasks charting visual and auditory discrimination, perception, memory, organization, integration, and output. An example is cited in which an 11 year old child with traumatic brain injury…

The comprehension of rate-altered recordings by 30 learning disabled children (7- to 10-years-old) was investigated in an attempt to determine whether providing instruction by way of an advantaged modality would result in more effective learning. Ss were divided into two groups, auditory and visual, on the basis of identified communication channel…

Eleven types of learning disabilities are listed along with observable classroom behavior and group and individual teaching techniques for each type of disability. Among disability types considered are visual-motor channel disability, auditory decoding process disability, auditory vocal automatic disability, and visual motor sequencing. (CL)

As handicapped children are mainstreamed, regular classroom teachers must become more skilled in identifying and remediating language deficiencies. Available from: Allen Raymond, Inc., P.O. Box 1223, Darien, Connecticut 06820. (GW)