A traditionally recommended teacher conference and two student-parent conference procedures were operationalized and employed in multiple baseline designs (some with reversals) to assess the effects of conferencing procedures on lesson completion by seven learning disabled (LD) and three nonLD adolescents in a learning center. Three procedures…

The information packet is designed to provide teachers of bilingual learning disabled (LD) students with mathematics resources and information on diagnostic testing in language other than English, mathematics curriculum materials in languages other than English, and guidelines for operating an individualized math lab program for LD students in…

The manual provides guidelines for Georgia teachers of children with specific learning disabilities. Sections focus on six major topics (sample subtopics in parentheses): definitions; eligibility criteria; due process (placement, confidentiality, exit criteria); program organization (delivery model, inservice education); instructional programs…

A project researched and determined a screening device to identify learning disabled, mentally retarded, and educationally disadvantaged who are served by the Learning Assistance Services (LAS). The Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT) was identified as an effective, efficient, and inexpensive screening device for identifying potential special need…

Policy-making problems being faced in Louisiana regarding the testing of handicapped students within a state mandated minimum competency testing program are dealt with. The decision-making process is complicated by the fact that two groups (staff administering the test and staff administering programs for the handicapped) with differing…

Subjects 9 to 15 years old were divided into four age levels by 18-month increments to compare learning disabled and normal students on indexes of both oral and written language. Four questions guided the inquiry: (1) Does the syntactic development of oral language differ at the age levels measured? (2) What is the trend of syntactic development…

A study was conducted to determine the effects of applying the "Swassing/Barbe Modality Index" (SBMI), an instrument for identifying a student's strongest learning modality, to achieve higher accuracy on spelling lessons and tests. The SBMI was administered to 17 special education students in a class of seven second grade and ten third…

The second of five handbooks developed by Project HAPI (Handicapped Achievement Program Improvement), a multimedia staff development program to help teachers and specialists write effective individualized education programs (IEPs), is in looseleaf workbook format and focuses on children with severe education handicaps. It is reported that students…

A comparative study was made of mentally retarded and nonhandicapped children in the first through third grades on motor performance as measured by running (50-yard dash), jumping (standing broad jump), and throwing (softball throw for distance). The subjects had received all of their physical education instruction in a mainstream setting since…

The paper presents a summary of the two Michigan institutes on ways to implement P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) and the Michigan Special Education Statute for the assessment and identification of learning disabled (LD) students. Participant discussion is organized into the six areas of requirements for the federal…

The effects of vocabulary instruction on word knowledge and reading comprehension were assessed in three experiments. In experiment one, employing 12 "average" fourth grade readers, and experiment two, employing six learning disabled intermediate level students, word synonyms were taught to pairs of students on three consecutive days.…

The presentation reviews the empirical data concerning the existence and types of language problems experienced by learning disabled (LD) and reading disabled (RD) children. An introductory section provides criteria for classification as LD in research samples and a discussion of research data sources in the field of language assessment. Section…

The follow-up study of 47 learning disabled children (mean age 9 years when first interviewed) focused on current reading ability, school status, and involvement with the police. The Ss had all attended a clinic for 2 1-hour sessions weekly for periods of from 5 months to 2 years. The Ss also participated in therapy groups and crisis intervention.…

A detailed explicit definition of learning disability (LD) is presented in terms of the diagnostic procedures and decision points used in identifying that category among a group of juvenile delinquent and control group adolescent males. The described procedures include a review of existing records, interviews, and diagnostic assessments.…

The study explored the differences in the abilities of 20 learning disabled (LD) students (6-8 years old) and 19 normal Ss to perform on listening tasks. In phase I, performance levels were assessed on the Goldman Fristoe Woodcock Test of Auditory Discrimination and a listening comprehension skill battery (the Durrell Listening-Reading Series,…