Examines ERIC documents that discuss some of the writing problems of learning disabled students. Suggests classroom instructional strategies to help the learning disabled student best overcome his or her specific difficulty. (HTH)

Problems in modern math instruction for learning disabled students include language and vocabulary, a lack of appropriate emphasis on mastery, the use of set notation in the primary grades, inadequate teacher inservice education in modern math, and the elimination of parents as teaching partners. (CL)

The article examines the fuctions of neurological and environmental variables in learning disabilities (LD). A behavior sequence approach is described which provides for the integration of both neurological and environmental variables. Implications of this approach for three categories of children (LD--no neurological dysfunction, no…

The paper points out that because of an incorrect interpretation of the development of learning disabilities, physically handicapped children with learning disabilities are being discriminated against in the provisions of Public Law 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. (PHR)

Twenty-four children (8 to 9 years old) who reversed letters were randomly assigned to either the control or experimental group (15 additional minutes of laterality training per day for 4 weeks). Analysis of results demonstrated that training did not significantly affect the number of reversals. (Author/CL)

Part 2 of a two-part series, the article highlights research relevant to learning disability (LD) diagnostic practices, summarizes a study of current diagnostic practices related to learning problem referrals, and contrasts three ethical perspectives used in judging the appropriateness of such activity. (See EC 120 477 for Part 1.) (Author/DLS)

The article emphasizes the need for a uniform format for defining the populations selected for research, particularly with learning disabled individuals. The population descriptions from three studies dealing with some aspect of reading are presented and scrutinized in terms of the four categories. (Author/DLS)

One reversal and two multiple baseline designs were used to assess the effects of punishment on the disruptive behavior of six adolescent learning disability students. During baseline conditions of praise and ignore contingencies, the frequency of inappropriate preacademic behavior was assessed. With the institution of punishment procedures,…

The letter from a parent of an 8-year-old gifted girl with an auditory perception problem relates how the school system failed to meet the child's needs. (SBH)

The author asserts that the one skill that provides an easy competence for all children, spelling, is often neglected by teachers in special education. She discusses the definition of purposeful writing, myths of spelling, and procedures for spelling instruction for the child with learning difficulties. (SBH)

Among the findings of the study of 141 dyslexic, reading retarded, and normal reading children was that the classic pathognomic signs of dyslexia (such as letter reversals and rotations) were reliably associated with poor reading but not specifically with diagnosed dyslexia. (Author/DLS)

The effects of "primal terror", the emotional experience of one's inability to naturally maintain balance in opposition to gravity and to integrate vestibular input, are discussed for children with learning and perceptual problems. (CL)

One-hundred and sixty-four Black, White, and Latino children (7-15years old) with possible learning disabilities were administered the WISC (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children) and the WISC-R (Revised) to examine the similarity in the amount of subtest scatter equivalence of meaning, and degree of equivalent diagnosis between the two tests.

In response to S. A. Cohen's paper on research problems in learning disabilities (LD), the author agrees that much research has shown inconsistent and inconclusive results, points out conceptual inadequacies in LD research, stresses the need to define the research population, and differentiates between constructs and behaviors. (DB)