Attaching diagnostic labels to learning disabled children can add to their difficulties. (Author/SBH)

Available from: Council for Exceptional Children, 1920 Association Drive, Reston, Virginia 22091.

A parent who is also a teacher describes her child's experiences as a poor oral reader. (MKM)

Available from: Melvin Lewis, M.D., Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry, Yale Child Study Center, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06510. The conception of primary childhood aphasia and childhood autism is delineated as two parallel, but related, syndromic clusters, each with pervasive impact on development and affecting…

Discusses sociological problems of persons with communications disabilities. (SL)

Provides suggestions for teaching adolescents with learning disabilities by integrating multimedia material and equipment. (KS)

Reviewed is the use of the Porch Index of Communicative Ability as a test for aphasia. (Author/IM)

Discussed is the use of profile analysis of subtest scores on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised as a basis for educational programing for learning disabled students, and noted is the lack of evidence suggesting the use of these profile analyses in planning remedial programs. (IM)

Outlined is the Special Academic Development Program devised by the author, a specific learning disabilities consultant at the secondary level. (JG)

A modification of A. Bandura's social learning theory (imitative modeling) was employed as a theoretical base for language instruction with eight language disordered children (5 to 10 years old). (Author/SBH)

Two-word utterances of four language-impaired children (3 to 4 years old) at R. Brown's Stage I level of linguistic development were compared with two-word utterances of four young normal children at the same linguistic level to determine any differences between the two groups in the use of a set of 10 basic semantic relations. (Author/SBH)

Reviewed are four tests which classroom teachers can use to assess language performance of learning disabled students, and described are three language programs. (CL)