Thirty elementary school children in regular, gifted, and learning disabled-gifted programs were examined on three receptive language tests. Analysis of variance indicated that the "Token Test for Children" differentiated learning disabled-gifted, and the "Detroit Tests of Learning Aptitude, Verbal Absurdities Subtest"…

This study investigated differences in behavior between children with and without postural reflex dysfunction. (JA)

The author advocates the exclusive use of cursive writing in the early elementary grades and maintains that manuscript writing is harmful to learning disabled children. (DB)

The defect of graphic memory in the case of acquired dysgraphia described is shown to be a form of spatial disturbance rather than a dedifferentiation of manual activities. (Author/KW)

A study involving 154,203 Hawaiian public school students (5 to 20 years old) found a significant correlation to children born in each successive month (months were numbered from January onward) who were classified as learning disabled. Findings suggested that late born children have more specific disabilities than early born children. (CL)

In planning modifications in typewriting classes to accommodate special needs students, content, environment, and methods need to be considered. (SK)

Studies employing applied behavior analysis procedures with learning disabled children are reviewed in terms of the dependent variables being measured and the independent variables being manipulated. The authors conclude that very few of the studies contribute to a systematically obtained body of knowledge regarding the various dimensions of…

The author considers the issue of grading learning disabled students in terms of reasons for giving grades, the basis on which grades are given, kinds of grades, and the person responsible for giving grades. (SB)

Two learning disabled nine-year-old males were trained to attend to suffixes (-ed, -ing), resulting in improved oral reading performance. (Author)

Although indexes of scatter on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised computed for 100 learning disabled (LD) elementary children were significantly greater than values previously reported for the normal standardized sample, the substantial overlap suggests the inadvisability of continuing the search for a characteristic LD profile.…

The review cites methodological and statistical flaws in studies attempting to identify subtest patterns on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised indicative of learning disabilities (LD) and concludes that no LD pattern has been found and the search for such a pattern is not justified. (Author/CL)

A case study can help to clarify for the student the puzzling contradictions and the range of irregularities that characterize the learning disabled child. Different frameworks for analyses can be generated from the case study. It offers an opportunity to use inductive reasoning in uniting theory and practice. (Author)

The author addresses the issue regarding the secession of the Division for Children with Learning Disabilities (DCLD) from the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC). (SBH)

The author discusses the implications of the attempted Division for Children with Learning Disabilities (DCLD) withdrawal from its parent organization, the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC). Events of the 1979 business meeting in which secession of DCLD was discussed are reviewed, and the implications of secession for the members, the…

A case report of a 13-year-old with suspected learning disabilities given to 182 undergraduate and graduate students revealed a need for training in report reading and interpretation. The subject of the report was actually a poodle. (CL)