The article addresses the issues as to whether the Division for Children with Learning Disabilities (DCLD) should remain a division of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) or remove itself from CEC and become an independent organization with the possibility of becoming an affiliate of CEC. (SBH)

Learning disabilities is presented as a construct supported by psychoeducational, socioemotional, and physiological data, as illustrated by the M. Meeker paradigm. (Author)

The author reviews Plato's epistemological speculations on the nature of perception, memory, and ideation and suggests that, although this dialog is primarily concerned with the nature of knowledge, it can also be construed as reflecting a Platonic conception of cognitive disabilities. (Author)

Interviews with 23 adult college students with learning disabilities explored the metaphors they use to describe their disabilities. This strategy can help learners gain a sense of control over their disabilities. Adult educators can stimulate critical reflection and help them to make meaning of their experience.(JOW)

Investigated Personality Inventory for Children scores of 132 learning-disabled children between ages of 6 and 12 years. Results indicated that learning-disabled children comprised heterogeneous population in terms of psychosocial functioning and that subtypes of learning-disabled children with similar patterns of socioemotional adjustment can be…

Examined relations between patterns of cognitive functioning, as measured by Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children and psychosocial functioning, as measured by Personality Inventory for Children, in 132 children with learning disabilities. The findings support the notion that patterns of cognitive performance are related to patterns of…

Reviews literature on neuropsychological test batteries which suggests credibility of presumptions that deficits in psychological processes are responsible for learning problems in children who should otherwise be able to learn, and that these processing deficits are a reflection of biological-genetic factors. (Author/NB)

Presents an alternative instructional approach for helping learning disabled high school students comprehend content area instruction in regular classrooms. Combines the use of direct instruction and advanced organizers. Also identifies and discusses general methods teachers can use to teach learning disabled students successfully in regular…

Offers a narrative on the therapeutic benefits of writing poetry which examines the creative process in relation to reading misperceptions and to useful delays in word retrieval. Suggests that a particular learning disability may signal a creative capability. (SR)

Describes a six-credit course to prepare learning disabled students for technical writing. During the course, students develop an increased level of metacognition, computer literacy, and an understanding of choice theory. (JOW)

Adolescents with learning disabilities (n=117) participated in 3 studies examining the effectiveness of elaborative interrogation for improving recall and comprehension. Elaborative interrogation had a large effect on recall with isolated facts, but differential effects were noted for recognition and comprehension of paragraph-length materials as…

Prison inmates (n=72) were screened for scotopic sensitivity syndrome (SSS), a visual perceptual dysfunction; 11% had low levels of SSS, 18.1% moderate, and 79.8% high, compared with 12-14% of the general population. Remedial colored overlays improved reading considerably for 55.6%, moderately for 33.3%. (SK)

The purpose of this study is to examine how 4 teachers with learning disabilities (LD) negotiate multiple, complex, and sometimes contradictory discourses of disabilities in constructing their own understandings of LD. We chose to study teachers with LD because of their unique access to at least 3 different sources of knowledge about LD: (a)…

Imagine a current HMO that covered only the procedures and diseases recognized by the medical profession in 1950. The thought is ridiculous because in such a rapidly developing field as medicine, no one would expect practice to be frozen at the level of scientific knowledge attained 50 years ago. The author believes this is what has happened in…