The paper comments upon educational diagnosis of learning disabilitis, noting confusion with identification, and describing the value of computers' systematic analysis of data to improve the quality of diagnostic judgement. (CL)

Summarized is the complex, wholistic, and dynamic interaction of overlapping neurophysiological and neuropsychological compensatory processes in dysmetric dyslexia and dyspraxia in children. (Author/DB)

The therapeutic use of films and other audiovisual media is recommended for children who are emotionally disturbed and unable to enjoy reading. Eight films are reviewed very briefly. (BD)

The present investigation sought to determine if the performance of older children with learning disabilities, some of whom do and some of whom do not exhibit patterns of lateralized motor deficits, is similar to that of adults with known cerebral lesions as reported in some previous research. If patterns of performance of these two groups were…

Describes a self-learning activity program for kindergarten children who were not learning satisfactorily. Emphasis was shifted from diagnosis and labeling to remedial teaching techniques and good results were obtained. (DP)

A developmental approach is advocated for helping adolescents with learning disabilities, which are seen as being basically societal problems. Six critiques follow the article. (KW)

Children, especially those with learning disabilities, are said to need resolute parental guidance and discipline in order to learn that their actions have consequences and that act and consequence (stimulus and response) are linked. (KW)

The use of color in speech therapy for adult aphasics is suggested to prolong attention span. Two other techniques, instant definition and over-training, which are helpful in relearning vocabulary words are described. (KW)

On the whole, MSG treatment appeared to be beneficial to the experimental group but not controls. Journal Availability: See EC 152 470. (Author/CL)

Checklist items are suggested to help teachers diagnose strengths and weaknesses of students who have difficulty learning mathematics. Tasks involve the use of manipulative aids to determine such concepts as grouping, counting, quantity, and estimating. (CL)

Learning disabled adolescents can be helped to make sense of large amounts of material by a systematic study approach that builds on memory strategy. Such a strategy includes building on meaningful associations and recollections and using specific memory aids (such as kinesthetic, visual, and auditory rehearsal). (CL)

A review of research on the relationship of otitis media (ear infection) and learning/language/hearing disorders revealed that incidence of otitis media was twice as common in learning disabled as nonLD students; and that, in general, otitis-prone children scored below controls with frequent evidence of performance deficits. (CL)