Presented is the Illinois Regional Resource Center's Manual for Diagnostic Teachers which is designed to provide a model for assessment, individualized educational planning, optimal placement, and short and long range follow-up of children (3-21 years old) with unexplained learning problems. Section 1 provides an introduction to the…

Reviewed are findings from 60 research studies investigating the relationship of visual discrimination, spatial relations, memory, and auditory-visual integration to school learning. (Author/CL)

Reviewed is research on laterality and its relationship with reading in normal and learning disabled children. (CL)

Shows that a perceptual-motor curriculum in body image and in space and directionality produces significant effects for kindergarteners identified as potentially perceptual-motor disabled. (RL)

In a study on the effects of labeling, 78 fourth-grade Ss from a rural school containing an integrated special-education program viewed one of two videotapes that depicted a child demonstrating various kinds of academic and social behavior. (Author/PHR)

A Behavior rating scale, usable for parents and teachers, was devised to measure overt behavioral characteristics of children with learning disabilities. (SBH)

Manual communication methods used by the deaf may be helpful techniques for remedial instruction with hearing children. (MKM)

The effect of two special education resource models (teacher consultant model and resource room model) on student achievement and on teacher and student behavior was contrasted, using 480 learning disabled and educable mentally handicapped children (mean age of eight years and four months). (BD)

The author presents characteristics of the spatially competent learning disabled (SCLD) child and reviews research on the topic. (PHR)

Twenty-nine handicapped university students (14 physically handicapped, 9 visually handicapped, 5 learning disabled) were interviewed regarding their educational experiences. (BD)

The study involving 98 students (in grades 1-3) examined the statistical commonalities among three teacher checklists of student behaviors and one form of a self-reported personality questionnaire. (SBH)

Available from: The Division for Children with Learning Disabilities Council for Exceptional Children 1920 Association Drive Reston, Virginia 22091 Identified and related to the educator are four central issues in the field of learning disability: (1) determining the true parameters of the field, (2) monitoring tests and materials presumed…

The extent and direction of curriculum bias in standardized reading achievement tests were examined. (Author)

Investigated was the effect on the sensory integration of 24 aphasic students, of a 7-month sensorimotor program-designed to stimulate the tactile, vestibular, and proprioceptive systems; motor planning ability; bilateral integration; postural and equilibrium responses; visual form and space perception; and motor development. ( DLS)

Reviewed is the Sequenced Inventory of Communication Development, a test intended to provide speech and language pathologists information on early communicative behaviors. (BD)