A teacher describes ways in which learning disabled students can learn through tactile-kinesthetic approaches devised by the teacher. Examples are given of multiplication instruction by counting on fingers, and grammar and long division instruction through movement. (CL)

A five-step method is advanced for matching teaching strategies with learning styles in implementing individualized educational programs with learning disabled students. Steps involve evaluating current and needed skills and assessing how the child has learned what he/she already knows. (CL)

Tested whether learning disabled children start a vigilance task (1) with the same capacity or detectability as nondisabled children but decline as time on task increases; (2) at a lower level of stimulus detectability due to a reduced capacity for information processing but do not decline in attention faster than nondisabled children. (Author/DB)

Research on the effectiveness of cognitive behavior modification on learning disabled students' self-monitoring is reviewed. Among conclusions are that self-recording of ontask behavior results in increased ontask behavior and academic productivity and that the procedure takes a minimal amount of teacher time. (CL)

Ss either saw the film twice, read the script twice, or read the script and saw the film with target words stressed by the teacher in all cases. Posttests indicated that Ss who both read the script and saw the film had the greatest increase in number of words recognized. (DB)

Human figure drawings of 316 public school pupils (8 to 16 years old), half of whom were referred for counseling services, were analyzed using the Koppitz system of indicators of emotionality. A factor analysis of the data produced one easily interpretable factor comprised of emotional indicators for missing body parts within the drawings. (Author)

On all three tests, learning disabled children scored lower than control children. Also, the effect of removing dialect miscues as errors caused an overall increase in reading scores on all three tests. (Author/SB)

The study investigated organized strategies and self-checking behaviors in selecting retrieval cues in gifted, normal achieving, and learning disabled (LD) children (grades 5 through 7). The results indicated that, compared to the others, LD children lacked self-checking skills. (Author/SB)

Given the similarity in characteristics displayed by the delinquent and learning disabled adolescent, a tenuous causal link has been drawn between learning disabilities and delinquency. Studies demonstrate that the alleviation of reading difficulties results in lowered recidivism rates. The BLADE (Basic Literacy for Adult Development) program in…

Because improved reading is the most common academic need of children labeled learning disabled or reading disabled, it appears that the fields of reading and learning disabilities should merge to create one strong field. Recommendations for creating this merger are given. (Author)

The paper delineates three observable and measurable variables in the regular classroom (response opportunity, teacher-student interaction, and social acceptance) which the placement team can use to make the initial placement decision and to evaluate educational progress in the future for learning disabled students. (Author)

To examine the concurrent and construct validity of the Slingerland Screening Tests (SST) for Children with Specific Language Disability in the assessment of learning disabilities, 382 children in grades 1 through 4 were given both the SST and an IQ test. The SST errors were significantly negatively correlated with IQ scores. (Author)

Following pretraining on three figures, 44 nonhandicapped preschoolers were assigned to experimental groups to investigate methods of integrating a new, similar symbol into a set of familiar symbols to approximate the difficult disciminations encountered by young children in school. (Author)

The Dyslexia Research Institute has diagnosed and remediated dyslexic and hyperkinetic children through the use of trained paraprofessionals under expert supervision. (SB)

Project Heroes is a humanities program for learning disabled children which is designed to maximize four principles--appreciation of process, acknowledgement of independence, development of a sense of worth, and skill acquisition. (SB)