Screening for learning disabilities in preschoolers. (DAG)

Described is a transactional analysis card game used to structure weekly therapy groups for students 12 to 19 years old in the special education school for the emotionally disturbed at Dorthea Dix Hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina. (JG)

Waterlearning, in which water supplements the classroom as the learning center, provides an alternative through which skills and concepts can be taught to learning disabled students for whom regular teaching methods are often ineffective. (SBH)

Analysis of arithmetic problem-solving difficulties among secondary school learning disabled students (N=63) indicated students had the most difficulty with problems of the indirect type and problems that contained extraneous information. Teaching suggestions are offered. (Author/DB)

The paper discusses the effects of excesses and/or deficiencies in certain dietary components on the functioning of the central nervous system and the behavior of children with learning disabilities and antisocial behaviors. Nutritional modes of managing and treating such behaviors are suggested. (Author/DB)

A group of 182 children (ages four through nine) with known or suspected sensory integrative dysfunction were assessed using tests and clinical observations to examine developmental dyspraxia. The study did not justify the existence of either a unitary function or different types of developmental dyspraxia. (Author/CH)

A peer tutoring spelling game using social and token reinforcement, team competition, distributed practice, and error correction resulted in dramatically improved spelling performances by six learning disabled third graders. Eighteen average peers also benefited, although not to the same extent. (CL)

The paper surveys and analyzes the definitions of learning disabilities proposed by experts in the field and by legislative mandate. The discussion is organized around five topics: (1) historical developments, (2) common elements in the definitions, (3) criticisms of federal definitions, (4) theoretical versus operational definitions, and (5)…

Concentrating on linguistic and logical-mathematical intelligence in elementary school classrooms ignores the dominant strengths of most children, who may possess alternative spatial, bodily kinesthetic, interpersonal, or intrapersonal intelligence. Explains how elementary teachers can transform "dysteachea" into learning strategies for…

The article presents an overview of the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities, the organizations it represents, its history, its mission statement, a listing of its position papers, and the process by which it operates and takes positions. (DB)

The performance of 60 learning disabled and normally achieving children (ages 9-12), either given minimal instruction to use organizing strategies or engaged only in practice with a free recall task, were compared. Factors underlying the unexpected finding that strategy use did not account for learning disabled students' poor recall are discussed.…

The survey of 195 regular and special secondary educators indicated learning disabled students receive little instruction on social issues despite their increased vulnerability to negative consequences resulting from poor thinking skills, social skills deficits, and a weak information base. (Author/DB)

The article proposes the use of cooperative learning techniques with learning disabled students and suggests ways to implement cooperative learning principles using microcomputers. (DB)

A study investigated the possible relationship between month and season of birth and subsequent identification of learning disabilities in 583 learning disabled and 7,911 non-learning disabled kindergarten through twelfth grade students. Non-parametric statistical analysis of the data indicated non-significant differences in birthdate patterns…