Learning disabilities are a health threat because they prevent a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and they should be treated with a variety of remedial strategies reflecting their multiple causes. (MB)

A reading club, developed for a group of children attending a reading resource room, served as positive social reinforcement for members and permitted students to serve as teacher surrogates. (GW)

Four recommendations of a reading resource teacher on ways a regular class teacher could improve the word identification and general comprehension skills of her second grade student are explained. Available from: Allen Raymond, Inc., P.O. Box 1223, Darien, Connecticut 06820. (GW)

Mainstreaming into regular classes from special classes for part of a school day can be a valuable experience for academically handicapped children and is accompanied by an increase in self-esteem, provided they maintain contact with similar others. (JD)

Rational-emotive education provides a positive, constructive approach for helping young children with learning problems who have psychogenic overlays to cope with worries and troubles effectively and to accept themselves affirmatively. (Author/SBH)

The author has attempted to identify a number of misconceptions regarding the concept of learning disabilities in childhood and youth and to counterbalance these with statements based on historical, research, or theoretical facts. (Author/SBH)

Examined with 15 linguistically normal and 15 linguistically deviant male children (5 to 7-years-old) was the ability to judge as right or wrong, and to change the sentences judged as wrong, three types of agrammatical sentences. (IM)

The article gives a critique of current practice in the field of learning disabilities and examines several popular approaches to remediating educationally handicapped children. (Author)

A report on a study of a large number of subjects afflicted with sensory aphasia. Topics covered are: the distributional pattern of grammatical categories; paraphasia; a statistical analysis of associated syndromes; possible relationship to the location of the lesion. Some examples of spontaneous language are included. (Text is in French.) (AMH)

Critically evaluates recent research aimed at empirical identification of homogeneous subtypes of learning disability. It is suggested that researchers strive for more commonality in the methods and measures used for subtype analysis leading to a single classification scheme to reduce heterogeneity and improve educational efforts. (Author/DB)

Methods are suggested to stimulate learning disabled children to develop the metacognitive skills of: (1) reflecting on what they already know, (2) devising a plan for attacking the problem, (3) monitoring progress, and (4) evaluating the outcome of the plan. (DB)

Successful transition from high school to college for learning disabled students requires specialized support services including the help of a knowledgeable guidance counselor in designing a transition plan which considers student characteristics, communication between educators in each setting, and provision of a primary facilitator to effect…