Vocabulary used in the Language Improvement to Facilitate Education (LIFE) program is compared with the vocabulary used in A Functional Basic Word Listing for Special Pupils (FBWLSP). The vocabulary of the LIFE program is said to have been chosen on the basis of several language curriculum guides from schools for the deaf, the E. Thorndike and I.…

Eighty-two 5 to 8 year old children (I.Q. range 79-120) exhibiting learning disabilities were divided equally into three groups on the basis of their Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Verbal I.Q. (VIQ) and Performance I.Q. (PIQ) scores: a high performance-low verbal group, a verbal equal to performance group, and a high verbal-low…

A visual literacy program may be helpful in reaching the "learning disabled" (youngsters of average or above average intelligence who are not achieving on or above grade level). To carry out a good visual literacy program it is necessary to have many kinds of arts and crafts materials, a supply of newspapers and magazines in a learning resource…

A case study is presented of a learning disabled male examined periodically from age 15 to 20 and followed to his present middle age. It is explained that diagnosis of the young man's organic brain damage led to a redirection of treatment for what had previously been identified as schizophrenia. (CL)

Research from 1970 to 1976 is reviewed to determine the present status of diagnostic prescriptive instruction for learning disabled children. It is noted that findings of previous research have failed to conclusively demonstrate the effectiveness of specific ability training; that the legitimacy of the nonsupportive conclusions have been…

In discussing the problem of emotional and behavioral disturbance in children with learning disabilities (LD), the author suggests that teachers trained in LD are given little background in emotional problems, that LD texts contain minimal information about dealing with behavioral disturbance, and that the connection between LD and delinquency has…

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)