A case history is given of a 5 1/2-year-old language handicapped girl to illustrate how evaluation of a child's own defenses can provide clues for therapy. (DB)

A 16-year-old boy, first seen at 4 years of age because of his severe language difficulties, was reexamined to provide data on the later functioning of language-delayed children. (Author/DB)

Findings suggest that Vernon's hierarchical paradigm constitutes a useful framework for interpreting WISC and ITPA results for reading disabled students. (RB)

A Nebraska education center serving "learning disabled" youngsters in rural areas is spreading ripples to schools throughout the State. (Editor)

Of 108 7- to 13-year-old children having reading problems with no obvious cause, 54 children with any prior or current condition indicative of predisposition to learning problems were eliminated, leaving a sample of 5 boys and one girl. (Author/MC)

Described is the confluent instructional approach by which students in learning disabled and gifted classes participated in combined ecology studies. It is explained that teachers determined areas of study for each group, the needs of the students, and scheduling matters. In addition to content learning, students are said to have improved peer…

This bibliography lists readings that will help reading specialists and learning-disabilities specialists learn about one another's disciplines. Readings are grouped in six categories: overview of the controversy; labels and services; language, linguistics, and reading; cognition and reading; tools for identifying learning or reading problems; and…

Discussed are normal and abnormal mechanisms of learning observed in the learning disabled child and associated educational implications. (DB)

The Archway School in Brooklyn, New York, has developed a work study program for non-college-potential learning disabled students 17-years-old and older which stresses development of readily employable office and industrial skills. (DB)

Suggestive techniques were successfully used to improve the reading attitude and performance of a reluctant reader. (DB)

Evaluated were the learning abilities and general adjustment of 50 5- to 14-year-old children who had pyloric stenosis (an easily correctable condition of starvation) in infancy. (CL)