Argues for the efficacy of special programs for learning disabled children and presents some specific caveats that must be taken into consideration concerning learning disabled children. (Author/IRT)

This is LSDA's response to the LSC consultation document "Through Inclusion to Excellence on LSC's Planning and Funding of Provision for Learners with Learning Difficulties and/or Disabilities Across the Post-16 sector." It is based on a study of the summary and main text of the full review as well as the consultation. This paper…

This study used computer simulation to provide information on the percentage of students with learning disabilities expected to be identified under different aptitude-achievement discrepancy eligibility models and criteria and to demonstrate the consequential effects in terms of the extent to which the different models identify students of…

Eighteen boys, 10 to 11 years of age, with learning disorders were compared with normally achieving boys on an attention demanding task under the conditions of constant stimulation and stimulus change. (Author/MC)

Of 115 consecutive dyslexic children referred for psychiatric evaluation on the basis of their poor or refractory response to reading instruction, 112 (97 Percent) children showed evidence of a cerebellar-vestibular dysfunction. (Author)

A parent describes her aphasic and hyperactive son's development of communication skills. (DB)

The author discusses the correctability of reading failure and suggests that teachers and parents discard fantasies about remediation and emphasize alternative skills through which the reading disabled child can develop his intelligence. (GW)