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)

Described is a modified phonics approach to teaching syllabication skills to middle- and upper-grade remedial readers. (CL)

The author considers the theories and principles underlying central processing training for children with specific learning disabilities and minimal brain dysfunction. (CL)

To determine the effects of medication on the classroom learning of learning disabled children, five educationally relevant tasks were administered by the teacher to two 8-year-old boys receiving continuous Ritalin dosages interspersed with Ritalin or placebo dosaged on a random basis. (Author)

To examine the practice of charting scores in precision teaching for skill acquisition, two separate studies (involving a fourth grade class of 14 reading disabled students) were conducted. (Author/SBH)

Considered are testing and teaching suggestions for developing auditory discrimination abilities in children with spelling difficulties. (CL)

Reviewed are historical developments regarding the concepts of cerebral localization, and analyzed are implications of current research on the role of the cerebral hemispheres in reading disorders. (CL)

The article reviews the Digit Span and Coding subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Revised (verbal and performance tests) and discusses the use of pattern analysis in choosing instructional approaches for learning disabled students. (CL)

Suggestions are presented for initiating a 6-week program of industrial arts activities for sixth grade students. Tool families, take-home projects, classes for students with learning and emotional disabilities, objectives, and results are discussed. (MP)