Research has suggested that the two hemispheres of the brain serve specialized functions, with the most recent studies portraying the left hemisphere as processing information in a linear, serial, or sequential manner and the right hemisphere as processing information in a holistic, concrete, or visual mode. Although few systematic studies have…

The authors review literature on conventional and special approaches to arithmetic instruction with emphasis on applying these approaches to the teaching of elementary learning disabled students with disorders in the area of arithmetic. Section I focuses on the instructional context of arithmetic. It is suggested that generalization teaching…

This brief seminar presentation for parents and child minders points out aspects of brain development in human infants and provides answers to questions asked by seminar participants. Basic facts of anatomy, including the development of micro- and macroneurons, nerve cell migration, sprouting synapse formation and the death of brain cells are…

Research findings in the area of brain growth periodization establish that the human brain does not grow on a constant continuum. Eighty-five to ninety percent of youngsters of average and above ability experience periods of great brain growth between ages 3-10 months, 2-4 years, 6-8 years, 10-12 years, and 14-16+ years. Mental growth data have…

WRITTEN FOR PARENTS, THIS BOOKLET DESCRIBES THE BRAIN INJURED ADOLESCENT AND THE PROBLEMS AND EXPERIENCES FACED BY THE ADOLESCENT AND HIS PARENTS. EIGHTEEN QUESTIONS ASKED BY PARENTS OF THESE CHILDREN ARE DISCUSSED. THE AREAS COVERED ARE-- (1) SOCIAL EXPERIENCES, (2) GUIDED INDEPENDENCE, (3) SOCIAL SKILLS, (4) SUCCESS EXPERIENCES, (5) LEISURE TIME…

THIS SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY INCLUDES 317 ANNOTATED REFERENCES DEALING DIRECTLY WITH THE BEHAVIORAL CHARCTERISTICS OF CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL DYSFUNCTION. REFERENCES HAVE APPEARED IN JOURNALS OR OTHER SOURCES AVAILABLE IN UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES. THE BIBLIOGRAPHY IS CLASSIFIED INTO SIX MAJOR DIVISIONS--(1) THE ENTITY AND ITS DESCRIPTION, (2) CLINICAL…

Two studies explore the late outcome of minimal brain dysfunction in 73 patients in relation to their initial presentation and predictive factors. Both studies followed the patients for a period of 10 to 20 years. Findings from the first study of initial presentation in relation to adult outcome showed that there was a strong positive correlation…

A differential diagnosis of three types of severe reading disability cases is presented. The brain damaged-ego disturbed child suffers a defect in the central nervous system which makes it extremely difficult to develop such basic skills as perception, concept formation, and language. The specific brain injury cases, classed as organic remedial,…

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that specific spatial and possibly temporal rates of change dominate early infants' looking, that these spatial and temporal events have meaningful and specific empirical correlates in neurophysiology as a function of age, and finally that neurophysiologically constrained models provide testable…

This paper presents thoughts and techniques concerning the control of the specific learning disability (SLD) child and the emotional needs which these children have. The SLD child whose learning and behavior problems are significant and are due to some visual-perceptual or organic problem and not emotional disturbance, disadvantagement, or gross…

TEXAS STATE STANDARDS FOR SPECIAL CLASSES FOR MINIMALLY BRAIN-INJURED CHILDREN INCLUDE STUDY OF THE CHILD BY A PLACEMENT COMMITTEE AND A PSYCHOLOGICAL REEVALUATION OF THE CHILD EVERY 3 YEARS. CRITERIA FOR ADMISSION TO SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSES AND MINIMALLY BRAIN-INJURED CLASSES, INSTRUCTIONS FOR ESTABLISHING AND OPERATING SPECIAL EDUCATION…

This article describes four forms of international health education (example, direct health education, indirect health education, and professional education) and discusses dilemmas arising from (1) changing health and disease conditions, (2) socioeconomic status, (3) educational level, (4) humanistic idealism, and (5) individual and cultural…