This paper summarizes and evaluates the research on the relationship between allergies and learning disabilities. The paper considers definitional and conceptual issues, anecdotal reports, experimental studies, and the Feingold hypothesis. It concludes that the role that allergies play in learning disability is complex and interrelated with other…

States that, although many students are classified as learning disabled (LD), few have verifiable neurological deficits. Asserts that understanding the historical context and evaluating LD research provided by Gerald Coles in "The Learning Mystique" will be important to college learning center staffs working with students who are labeled as…

Finds the Belgau Calibrated Variable-Difficulty Balance Platform ineffective in the remediation of reading and other learning problems of junior high school students. (SR)

A report from the Council for Learning Disabilities Research Committee is presented on standards for the descriptions of people with learning disabilities in research reports. Updated guidelines for describing participants are provided for small-sample and large-group research. Suggestions are made for promoting compliance with the minimum…

Delineates specific strategies that will prove helpful to high school counselors when dealing with potentially college-bound learning-disabled students, including career counseling, awareness of college programs and requirements, fitting the student to the college, promoting the development of organizational and study skills, assisting students to…

Describes investigation examining college and university policies regarding the admission of students with learning disabilities, types of additional information required, who interprets additional information, and how information is used in the admission process. Notes that postsecondary educational institutions have no legal guidelines for…

This response to Stanovich's (EC 607 092) proposal of a new type of learning disability, dysrationalia, looks at implications for the entire learning disabilities field, especially increasing differences between operational and substantive definitions and the ongoing creation of new types of learning disabilities to overcome perceived definitional…

Describes the production of a video on crimes against and abuse of adults with learning difficulties to heighten awareness of the problem and teach these adults how to report crimes. (SK)

Adult resilient child who is parent of three children (two with learning disabilities) briefly describes her own childhood and how she coped as a child. Author presents six guidelines she used in relationships with her own children and six amendments to guidelines brought about by her divorce. (NB)

Discusses issues surrounding identification and classification of learning-disabled population at postsecondary level. Maintains that diagnostic evaluations are necessary to determine eligibility for services, furnish information for curriculum planning and development, and provide projection/incidence figures and research data. Suggests that…

Until recently, children with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) were often placed in special education classrooms. The critical challenge for administrators is ensuring that ADD children are correctly identified and appropriately educated. To avoid lawsuits, principals must lead the development of appropriate policies, procedures, and strategies to…

Discusses microcomputer-based reformatting of text to help learners with disabilities. Highlights include letter size; spacing; copyright problems; expanding the target audience to make systems more cost effective; writing skills; voice input; and further enhancements, including networked systems and the use of hypertext. (14 references) (LRW)

Compared intellectual (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale for Adults-Revised) and neuropsychological (Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery) assessment as valid methods of identifying learning disabilities in adults. Findings from 155 subjects revealed that both instruments were able to distinguish adults with and without learning disabilities.…

Describes how the whole-language philosophy undergirds the teaching approaches used in a nontraditional special education program designed for students with language and learning disabilities. (SR)

Describes types of jail education services available and how special education services may realistically be provided. Offers plan to initiate comprehensive prerelease prescriptions for handicapped (emotionally disturbed, learning disabled) jailed offenders similar to those provided in correctional institutions for imprisoned offenders nearing…