Describes how a special needs team helps borderline children--those who have exhibited a weakness in certain areas but whose weakness is not serious enough to qualify them as children with special needs. (Author/JF)

It is maintained that two weaknesses of current theories on etiology of learning disabilities are reliance on a single-cause model and assumption of a child's deficit; advanced is the explanation that defensive hyperactivity is a coping device of children who are anxious about forming relationships with others, particularly adults. (MC)

Describes the investigation of a number of lexical diversity measures in connection with speech samples taken from 20 aphasic and 20 normal subjects. (TO)

The authors deplore current lack of counselor interaction with learning handicapped children. Counselors should receive university training in special education, they maintain, and thus be prepared to contribute educational alternatives for learning handicapped children. Objectives for the counselor in working with parents of children with…

The child who is experiencing academic problems is often brought to the physician for diagnosis, treatment and counseling. (DB)

Described is a four step method of teaching remedial handwriting which encourages the progressive approximation of writing to a good model and avoids common instructional errors such as unsupervised massed practice, lack of immediate feedback, and failure to provide good models. (DB)

Sixteen fourth and fifth grade children with learning disabilities were given individualized spelling instruction which stressed the visual-kinesthetic-tactile modes of learning. (DB)