Discussed is the multidisciplinary team centered approach to educating the learning disabled child. Topics explored include various aspects of learning disability as a symptom complex (especially hyperactivity), the roles of multidisciplinary team members (such as the psychologist and the parents), and four approaches to psychotherapy (including…

The annotated bibliography provides general information on reading and contains approximately 95 abstracts and associated indexing information for documents published from 1965 to 1974 and selected from the computer files of the Council for Exceptional Children's Information Services and the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC). It is…

Provided is a list of 40 diagnostic instruments for use by speech, language, and hearing clinicians. The list consists of five tests for aphasia, 10 for hearing, 15 for language, and 10 for speech. Information given for the tests usually includes the title, author, vendor, price, age range, time limits, and a brief description. The names and…

Learning disability is seen to be a dissociative disorder (school shock) similar to shell shock in wartime. The shell shock model is explained to focus diagnosis and treatment of learning disabilities around the dynamics of the predisposing unconscious conflict, the dynamics in the environment, the mechanism which allows these two conditions to…

Discussed are issues in screening children for potential learning disabilities at the nursery school level. Definitions and incidence estimates of learning disabilities are evaluated, and present screening programs are reviewed. Three teacher administered screening tests are described: Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Beery Developmental Test of…

The annotated bibliography on learning disabilities at the secondary school level contains approximately 70 abstracts and associated indexing information for documents published from 1966 to 1974 and selected from the computer files of the Council for Exceptional Children's Information Services and the Education Resources Information Center…

The booklet contains procedures from Project CHILD for identifying learning disabled (LD) children with language difficulties. Project CHILD is a research effort to validate identification, intervention, and teacher education programs for use with language handicapped children. The booklet gives descriptions of the two recommended screening tests…

Reasons a learning disabled child should attend a summer camp are discussed, together with guidelines for selecting a camp and preparing the child. Information about the residential camps listed includes location, impairments served, age range, dates, size, fee, availability of camperships, and where to obtain further information. (KW)

The initial purpose of this project was to demonstrate in four Washington state elementary schools the application of functional analysis of behavior to children who have learning disabilities and social behavior disturbances in the natural school setting. During the development of the project this purpose was broadened to include the prevention…

A program for screening, identifying, and diagnosing learning disabilities is described. The multidisciplinary approach is emphasized. The school psychologist or counselor, the coordinator of the language therapy program, the administrative staff, and the classroom teacher meet to share findings and impressions, and the information is synthesized…

This paper reviews the history of developing techniques to identify learning problems in children. Dr. Eugene Medvehoff's approach to identifying potential learning problems in young children is delineated. The system evaluates six areas of pupil behavior; visual, visual motor, speech and hearing, physical and behavioral, psychomotor, and…

The selected bibliography of programs for children with learning disabilities contains approximately 90 abstracts and associated indexing information drawn from the computer file of abstracts representing the Council for Exceptional Children Information Center's complete holdings as of November, 1973. Abstracts are chosen using the criteria of…

Tested with the Stanford-Binet Scale of Intelligence were 70 children, aged 3- to 5-years with IQ's from 75 to 145, to determine whether the test could serve as a diagnostic tool for identifying learning disabilities (LD) in preschool children. It was hypothesized that LD children would have a basal age no more than two levels below chronological…

The 908 positive replies to questionnaires sent to 4-year colleges, 2-year colleges and post-highschool training programs have been compiled into a directory for youth with learning disabilities. Two major areas of interest were admission policies and curriculum modifications. Colleges which indicated that the learning disabled are admitted are…

This document is focused on the various aspects of establishing a systematic approach to the inservice training mini-course in learning disabilities for classroom teachers. The training model is exemplary of a 4-hour, intensive training course designed and conducted by staff and consultants for the Merrimack Education Center. Its purpose is to…