The paper focuses on the importance and relevance of measuring the remedial progress of any learning disabled student. (Author)

In order to determine whether tactile perception is a useful predictor of academic performance, 50 control and 42 brain impaired (epileptic) children (ages 9-14 years) were examined. (Author/PHR)

Arguments are presented suggesting that single-subject research designs can form a basis for establishing a working relationship between researchers and clinicians in the field of learning disabilities. (Author/PHR)

The article offers advice to special education teachers when they are consulted by regular teachers on learning and behavior problems. (PHR)

The performance of 27 inadequate and 30 adequate readers in the third grade was compared on a dichotic listening task involving conflicting pairs of nonsense syllables. (Author/CL)

The effectiveness of two teaching procedures--antecedent and contingent modeling--in teaching basic sight vocabulary to learning disabled children was tested with two primary-school-age boys with severe reading disabilities. (Author/DLS)

Current diagnostic and labeling practices were studied with 26 children with learning disabilities and other learning handicaps. (Author/DLS)

Intended for the classroom teacher, the article offers suggestions for dealing with the child who has a learning disability in mathematics. (SBH)

The article reviews literature on the diagnostic teaching approach, with particular emphasis on mathematics in the elementary school. (SBH)

The article describes an interdisciplinary modified motor evaluation which allows the professional to classify a child according to a perceptual motor development level. (SBH)

A learning disabilities group teacher in elementary school describes how she improved relations with regular class students and teachers by bringing her group to the other classes to perform science experiments. (SBH)

The article focuses on the use of the Detroit Tests of Learning Aptitude for prescriptive teaching with learning disabled students. (SBH)

The case study explores the detrimental influences of a father's dyslexic condition on the emotional development of his children and on his family's functioning. (Author)

The paper reviews inadequacies common in secondary programs for learning disabled students and suggests guidelines for more appropriate program development. (CL)

An interview with S. Kirk focuses on the educator's views regarding such issues as the definition of learning disabilities and the implementation of P.L. 94-142 (The Education for All Handicapped Children Act). (CL)