Examined are issues in the controversy over the existence of minimal cerbral dysfunction as a cause of cognitive and behavioral difficulties. (DB)

Discussed in the first of four articles on Illinois' Project SCREEN (Senf-Comrey Ratings of Extra Educational Need) are the development and contents of the SCREEN test battery to identify primary grade children with learning disabilities. (DB)

The author discusses the language-disordered child in the clinical setting in relation to J. Muma's theory of "dump" and "play" operations in communication (EC 073301). (LS)

A brief discussion regarding the social workers' problems in providing services for children with learning disorders. (HMV)

The special section of the journal of the National Center for Learning Disabilities, formerly, Foundation for Children with Learning Disabilities: provides a number of brief articles concerned with delinquency prevention and the learning disability/juvenile delinquency link. Titles and authors are as follows: "National Council of Juvenile and…

Suggested accommodations for mainstreamed secondary learning disabled students on teacher made tests are presented. Suggestions are grouped into general; format; and test taking modifications (presentation, recording, and scoring). Among the many suggestions made are the following: watch readability of questions; assure test is clearly printed;…

This directory lists 62 colleges offering programs for learning disabled (LD) students. Each citation includes the following information: name, address and telephone number of the college; title of the LD program; additional costs; contact person; description of the ideal candidate for the program (intelligence quotient, need for support services,…

This report discusses four different types of instruction which enable learning disabled or low achieving students to learn well enough to transfer the skill to a novel situation. After asserting that generalization depends on systematic instruction, the paper describes the four procedures: (1) teacher-directed generalization; (2) direct…

The paper describes ways in which parents can help their learning disabled children at home. Suggestions touch upon establishing a set time for evening homework, a consistent place for study, involving fathers in homework, using graph paper to ease arithmetic assignments, considering options for reading assignments, using a duplicate set of books…

Ways in which games can be used as tools in observing, diagnosing, and providing educational therapy for learning dysfunctions are listed and described in a series of four related papers: (a) "Educational Therapy for Learning Dysfunctions"; (2) "Educational Therapy and Puzzles"; (3) "Educational Therapy and Reading Fluency"; and (4) "Spelling…

The case study describes a program for learning disabled and neurologically impaired high schoolers. A historical review notes the school's community and the evaluation of the mainstreaming program. Administrative details are briefly summarized, as are the unique characteristics of the teacher and aide in the resource room program that serves 12…

Teachers in a private special education school for students with learning and/or adjustment difficulties completed Bristol Social Adjustment Guides (BSAGs), an observation scale for identifying maladaptive classroom behaviors, for 157 students (7-21 years old). Rorschachs were administered to the same group of students. Data from each test were…