The study assessed responses of elementary grade learning disabled children to ambiguous information from a speaker. It was hypothesized that Ss would be passive listeners, and that they would function less effectively in a situation in which speaker inadequacy necessitated active listener responses. Results supported the hypothesis that learning…

Designed by the Bloomfield Hills (Michigan) multidisciplinary evaluation team, the document suggests procedures and enabling activities to implement the assessment and identification of learning disabled students. Individual sections address five areas (ability, achievement, severe discrepancy, exclusionary clause, and need for special education…

The booklet briefly describes the Northwest Special Education (NWSE) Project in Burke County, North Dakota, a demonstration program validated by the National Diffusion Network, which provides services for students having specific learning disabilities and provides the classroom teacher with a format to increase teaching effectiveness. Information…

Intended for parents and professionals, the text considers characteristics and causes of severe learning disability (LD) in children. Separate chapters are addressed to descriptions of LD traits: disordered, immature, inflexible, lost in time and space, clumsy, free spirit, and defeated at school. Subsequent chapters examine the roles of parents…

The paper examines the nature and remediation of reversal errors in five severely learning disabled boys (9-11 years old). Results of four phases (baseline and incentive conditions) are analyzed for timed and untimed performance of letter recognition. Among results cited are that for all Ss, errors in naming occurred with the letters p, d, b, and…

Eight mainstreamed students with specific learning disabilities (LD) and five with general LD (8-14 years old) were trained through films, role playing techniques and token reinforcement to apply learning principles to improve the quality of their social interactions with their nonhandicapped peers. Results of observations of Ss' interactions…

Three investigations examined the effects of IQ and chronological age (CA) on the calculation of severe discrepancy levels of 102 hypothetical and 125 actual severely learning disabled students (5 to 17 years old). Results indicated that IQ was highly influential on obtained severe discrepancy levels (SDLs) and related percentage discrepancies;…

Questionnaire data from 100 directors of special education were analyzed to examine the manner in which decisions are made about learning disabled (LD) children in school settings. Information was obtained on the membership of teams making screening, placement, and instructional planning decisions; major steps involved in the assessment and…

The paper describes the Stepping Stone Model, a model for the remediation and mainstreaming of secondary learning disabled students and the adaptation of curriculum and materials for the model. The Stepping Stone Model is designed to establish the independence of students in the mainstream through content reading. Five areas of concern common to…

A study involving 48 primary grade learning disabled (LD) students was undertaken to determine the effects of word segmentation on reading transfer performance. Ss received training in one of three methods: final consonant segmented method (space between medial vowel and final consonant); initial consonant segmented method (space between the…

Fourteen profiles of students in kindergarten through grade 8 provide information on characteristic behavior of learning disabled or behavior disordered students. Characteristics are matched up with appropriate strategies from a list of 188 in the back of the book. Profiles include hyperactive, withdrawn, clumsy, friendless, bewildered, and…

Noting that the integration of special needs children into the regular classroom requires changes that differ more in degree than in kind, this paper offers suggestions to language arts teachers for facilitating the mainstreaming of their classes. The first section deals with classroom adjustments and accommodations for children with auditory…

The cognitive input organization skill of clustering and its effect on recall were examined in 235 normal, learning disabled, and educable mentally retarded children within three mental age (MA) ranges (5 to 7 years, 7 to 9 years, and 9 to 11 years). Ss were assigned randomly to three conditions testing the effect of different levels of…

The guide includes a directory and description of services provided by the 30 federally funded child service Demonstration Centers (CSDC) for learning disabed students. A catalogue overview booklet reviews the history of P.L. 91-230, Title VI-G (Education of the Handicapped Act, 1970) and discusses the role of the National Learning Disabilities…

Presented at the Montgomery County (PA) Intermediate Unit Conference on Learning Disabilities in the Secondary Schools, 1975, the paper presents a review of the literature on reading problems of learning disabled secondary students. Aspects covered include identification issues in learning disabilities, models of the reading process and of…