A spelling approach which incorporates music on a cassette with spelling, pronunciation, and definition of specific words was successful in improving junior high learning disabled students' spelling performance, self-esteem, and sequential memories. (CL)

The article describes the nature of learning disabilities, notes the characteristics that learning disabled clients may exhibit (including academic, perceptual, and motor problems), and considers the factors relevant to rehabilitation planning and counseling (including the importance of a holistic approach featuring remediation, compensation, and…

Learning disabled adolescents can be helped by teachers who incorporate intrinsic methods of motivation into instruction. The approach emphasizes choices, ownership, relevance, and feedback. Students profit academically as well as emotionally. (CL)

Teachers of learning disabled students can provide clear and convincing evidence of academic and behavior gains by charting performance daily and investigating fluctuations that do not appear to correspond to teacher-imposed interventions. Data collection can be a cooperative effort leading to improved communication among parents, school…

A math teacher recounts how six weeks of computer assisted instruction, about which she had been very skeptical at first, resulted in substantial gains for six learning disabled students in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. (CL)

Computerized diet analysis of 41 teachers of learning disabled students revealed deficiencies in carbohydrate, fiber, and micronutrient intake and excessive fat and protein intake. Findings suggested that poor dietary habits may make Ss more susceptible to emotional stress and physical illness. (CL)

A pilot study in which four postsecondary students with learning problems participated in sessions modeled after R. Feuerstein's theory of cognitive modifiability (instrumental enrichment) indicated the potential power of the Feuerstein method to improve learning disabled students' cognitive skills. (CL)

Learning disabled children with word-finding problems manifested significantly more errors, secondary characteristics, longer response times, as well as unique substitution types, while learning disabled children without word-finding problems performed similarly to their normal peers. (Author/CL)

A case study of divorced parents of a learning disabled boy reveals the stresses involved in raising a disabled child by oneself. A counselor was able to help them focus on the child's needs for recreation opportunities as well as on their own needs as adults. (CL)

Examples are presented of lessons intended to help learning disabled students develop such critical reading skills as distinguishing fact from opinion, identifying propaganda techniques, and understanding figurative language. The lessons are designed to remedy the frequent over-reliance on questions calling for immediate recall rather than…

An investigation of the use of an experimental test battery in discriminating between normally achieving and learning disabled secondary students (N=75) revealed that three items from the four tests effectively discriminated between the two groups of students. These were the TOAL Reading Quotient, the Woodcock-Johnson Proofing and the Raven's…

Provided are suggestions for parents of preschool or primary age children with exceptional educational needs. (IM)

A joint organizational statement on vision and therapy for learning disabilities and dyslexia is presented by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, and the American Association of Ophthalmology. (CB)