Considers how although for some the transition from middle school to high school can be easy, many young adolescents experience a decline in grades and attendance and begin to view themselves more negatively and experience an increased need for friendship. Notes that students with learning disabilities making the move to high school face even more…

Illustrates how curriculum-based measurement (CBM) can be used to establish academic growth standards for students with learning disabilities in the area of reading. An introduction to CBM and to the basic concepts underlying the use of CBM in establishing growth standards is provided. Issues and conclusions about appropriate methods for…

Discusses the following topics: identification and classification of learning disabilities (LD), effects of LD on nursing students, teaching and learning, LD legislation, and academic interventions for nursing students with LD. (SK)

Describes typical job interview problems for individuals with learning disabilities and offers solutions. Describes the career counseling services offered by Avenues Unlimited, Inc. (JOW)

Details a study on 10 French native speaking Williams syndrome (WS) individuals in which gender agreement and assignment were assessed through gender categorization and gender concord. Concludes WS people were not impaired in gender agreement which in the French language relies on syntactic rules or on the extraction of regularities, but…

A child psychiatrist offers a brief introduction to learning disabilities: their causes, common signals of learning disabilities, student assessment to clarify the existence of a learning disability, and treatment with special educational services or medication. (JDD)

Addresses issues and trends relevant to the instruction of the learning disabled (LD). In this review, attempts to remediate LD are examined according to the adequacy of the theoretical context that guides the instruction and the efficacy and validity of the remediation procedures. Reviews selected studies representative of medical,…

Proposes that reluctant writers' motivation can be enhanced by using a simple writing format, by allowing students to write in areas of strong interest, and by giving much reassurance. Stresses that success in an endeavor is essential to motivation and achievement. (SR)

Reviews four professional resources about dyslexia and learning disabilities that differ in perspective but have many commonalities in their advice to teachers. (MG)

Microanalysis of problem-solving activities of 10 learning-disabled and 10 normally achieving children (ages 10-12) found that, although normally achieving subjects reached more sophisticated levels of strategy use, there was no evidence that the learning-disabled subjects were inactive, passive, or maladaptive in their problem-solving attempts.…

Suggests that reading instruction, guided by a knowledgeable and sensitive teacher, is one means of complementing and facilitating oral language learning for the language-impaired child. Argues that the complex relationship between reading and oral language must be explored in depth. (RS)

Provides 25 citations to books, journal articles, and other publications for mainstream teachers with English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students. (MM)

Families of language-impaired children (N=76 and mean age 9 years) reported higher rates of first degree relatives with childhood language and/or learning disabilities than did families of matched controls. (Author/DB)

Comparison of alpha amplitudes of 12 children with learning disabilities and 12 normally achieving controls in three task situations found no significant differences between groups in alpha amplitude but a significant task effect with the vigilance, story comprehension, and rehearsal conditions showing decreasing alpha amplitudes in both groups of…

The mechanisms of both language-based and non-language-based learning disabilities are presented within the framework of central nervous system development and the compromises to that development that arise from genetic, hormonal, antibody, medication, and postnatal compromises. Also reviewed is the need for a taxonomy of learning disabilities.…