A review of research on the link between learning disabilities and juvenile delinquency notes methodological problems and unanswered questions and cites implications for prevention and intervention both in the schools and the juvenile justice system. (CL)

G. Senf's study of bisensory integration language tasks was modified and replicated with 52 normal and 52 learning disabled children. Results confirmed the original study except for a more consistent pattern for individual difference variables and failure to replicate the main effect of stimulus interpair presentation times. (Author/CL)

This article identifies the applications of microcomputers to assist teachers in designing, constructing, administering and scoring teacher-made tests that address the needs of learning disabled students. Guidelines for modifying presentation and response modes, facilitating motivation, and scoring tests are described along with cautions in using…

In two experiments, students (10 learning disabled ninth graders and 45 nondisabled seventh graders) were taught the hardness levels of minerals according to either a keyword-pegword mnemonic, a questioning procedure, or free study. Mnemonic students significantly outrecalled both questioning and free-study students regardless of students'…

A diagnostic-prescriptive scheme is illustrated using subtests of the Slingerland Screening Tests for Identifying Children with Specific Language Disability and the Detroit Tests of Learning Aptitude. The scheme is intended to focus on the child's learning style by examining the task and the strategies employed. (CL)

The author cites the potential of computer assisted instruction (CAI) for handicapped students and reports on a study of a spelling CAI program for learning disabled (LD) college students. Among difficulties for the LD students were lack of student confidence in using the programs and difficulty in reading the instructions. (CL)

Six elementary level learning disabled students participated in the study which indicated that systematic prepractice procedures were related to higher performance levels than was baseline (no prepractice). Differential effects were noted: the listening procedure was related to higher rates of words read correctly than was the silent procedure.…

Varying the order of the language arts subtests in the Wide Range Achievement Test did not significantly affect performance of 54 learning disabled students in grades one - nine. (CL)

Results indicated that normally achieving children were more aware of passage organization than learning disabled elementary children. However, both groups focused on dimensions such as sentence length, decoding and vocabulary difficulty and informational load, rather than passage organization as determinants of task difficulty. (Author/CL)

Techniques for teaching spelling to learning disabled elementary students are described, including suggestions for reinforcing learning. (JW)

Findings revealed significant correlations between all three measures of visual motor development as well as those measures and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised Performance IQ. The VMI-Revised appeared appropriate for measuring paper/pencil fine motor aspects of visual perceptual development in children. (CL)

Four physiological conditions associated with later learning disabilities are noted: Turner Syndrome (a chromosomal abnormality), preterm children with intracranial hemorrhage, children with incompletely developed connecting fibers between the cerebral hemispheres, and children with acquired brain injury. (CL)

A teacher of secondary learning disabled students describes how she began to work on her students' writing skills by incorporating a five-minute writing exercise into the beginning of each class. In addition to increased interest in writing, the approach also improved classroom management by the comfortable routine. (CL)

An elementary school teacher relates a method of teaching handwriting through grouping letters into families. The Hanover method, said to be particularly appropriate for children with learning disabilities, is described and examples given. (CL)

Teachers can motivate secondary learning disabled students to improve their handwriting skills by allowing students to take examinations from their notes, providing address books in which students write their friends' phone numbers and addresses, and using cooking as a means to improve handwriting. (CL)