The author discusses controversial issues in the field of learning disabilities (LD). Among topics addressed are conflicting definitions of LD and the impact of the operational definition accepted by the US Government; etiological questions concerning the separation of neurological, environmental, and emotional factors; approaches used in training…

Described is the Quick Neurological Screening Test (QNST), a measure of "soft" neurological signs frequently associated with learning disabilities, and discussed are research findings on the QNST. The QNST is said to provide classroom teachers with a method for identifying children whose learning disabilities are caused by neurological…

The article presents educators with guidelines for developing a structured program in which parents tutor their learning disabled children. (DLS)

A concrete approach to subtraction problems with minuends to 19 is presented. (MP)

Monitoring on some school-related tasks (editing, writing, spelling, and synonymy) was studied in learning disabled and normal adolescents. (Author)

Of 39 children (5-12 years old) with developmental apraxia and agnosia, who were assessed neurologically, 19 were also given simple standarized tests of motor ability. Journal availability: see EC 112 661. (Author/SBH)

To analyze differential diagnostic efficiency of the Revised Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities (a measure designed to assess strengths and weaknesses of learning disabled children), the Kelley procedure for estimating the proportion of differences in excess of chance was applied to the standardization data. (SBH)

The span of apprehension (a measure of the amount of information processed simultaneously from a brief visual display) was studied in two experiments involving 40 normal and learning disabled boys (ages 6-11 years). (Author/DLS)

The article reports the skill attainment in reading, spelling, and arithmetic for a group of 40 adult males who were diagnosed as dyslexic in childhood. (Author/DLS)

The article reviews the literature on environmental causes of learning disabilities, and the appropriate remedial measures. (Author/DLS)

The study compared the performance of 20 normal-reading and 20 reading-impaired children (8-11 years old) using time-compressed three- and five-word sentential approximations to full grammaticality, and the Word Intelligibility by Picture Identification test presented with and without pictures. (Author)

WISC-R and SES data were collected on 122 learning disabled children. Questions were: Is there a relationship between SES and IQ test scores? Is pattern of subtest scores independent of SES? Is Verbal-Performance IQ test score discrepancy independent of SES? Results supported affirmative answers to all three questions. (Author)

Presented is a behavior checklist intended to identify children who require medical or psychiatric evaluation (such as hyperkinetic syndrome, learning disabilities, depression, and psychosis) and that provides a "behavioral cluster" system, as opposed to single-behavior rating methods. (Author)

Described is Project APSE (Action Planning in Special Education), an alternative approach to special education teacher training in which graduate students plan a diagnostic and remedial program for children referred with possible learning disabilities within the school setting. (CL)