Described is a series of research studies which investigated the sociometric status, social behavior, and social relationship of learning disabled children by means of elementary school classroom observations and laboratory studies. (Author/IM)

A discussion of a project in Quebec in which language disabled children are not switched out of immersion programs but are provided with remedial instruction within these programs. The students develop facility in their first language, learn basic skills, exhibit no exceptional behavioral problems and acquire competency in French. (AMH)

Two questions are addressed: (1) Should immersion programs be offered to all children, and (2) should the child who is experiencing difficulties in immersion be switched to the regular English program? It is felt that there is no definite answer to the first question at present and that the answer to the second is "yes." (AMH)

Discussed are some negative implications of the final federal rules for evaluating specific learning disabilities (Federal Register, December 29, 1977), which conceptually redefined learning disabilities to mean an "underachievement." (DLS)

Performance on visual and tactual form-recognition tasks of 74 learning disabled children (age 6-17 years) with cerebral dysfunction was compared with that of 72 similar children without cerebral dysfunction. (Author)

Two experiments--one with two educable mentally retarded 8-year-old boys, and the other with a 12-year-old learning disabled boy--each compared the effectiveness of two methods of correcting spelling errors: showing the child a correct model versus imitating his errors and then showing the correct model. (Author)

Hagen's central-incidental learning task, the Intellectual Achievement Responsibility Questionnaire (IAR), and the Nowicki-Strickland Scale (N-S) locus of control measures were used to examine selective attention and locus of control--two variables associated with motivation and learning--with 56 normal and learning disabled junior and senior high…

The effects of remediation on 79 learning disabled juvenile delinquents (ages 14-17 years) were investigated. (Author)

The development and validation of the School Observation Scale is presented. The scale can be used by elementary teachers to record observations of pupil behavioral characteristics associated with learning disabilities and minimal brain disfunction. (Author/JKS)

Presented are eight brief articles written by regular and special education teachers and administrators on secondary learning disabilities programs and issues in the Madison, Wisconsin Metropolitan School District. (MH)

Finds no group differences in moral judgment between learning-disabled children and normal achievers. Discusses the results in terms of behavior problems associated with the learning-disabled. (RL)

The author presents a critical review of popular medical treatments for children with learning disabilities, including dietary treatment (food additives theories, brain allergies, hypoglycemia, megavitamin therapy, and trace mineral tests) and neurophysiologic retraining (patterning, sensory integrative therapy, and optometric training). (IM)

The author replies to the article titled "Controversial Medical Treatments of Learning Disabilities" (R. Sieben), and discusses research on the relationship between food additives and hyperactivity, and dietary treatments for learning disabled children. (IM)

The author responds to several reviews of his article titled "Controversial Medical Treatments of Learning Disabilities", which discusses therapeutic intervention for children with learning disabilities, and includes his replies to comments on such topics as sensory integrative therapy, dietary restrictions, medication for treatment of…