The neuropsychological status and neuromotor performance of adolescent boys from lower-middle-class social environments who were detained as juvenile delinquents were compared to those of nondelinquent lower- and upper-middle-class controls. Principal aims were to investigate relationships between delinquency and learning disabilities,…

Suggests a project in creative stitchery, with yarn and burlap, as a way to relax learning disabled students and to help them with fine motor coordination, directionality, and self-image. Methods, objectives, and benefits of the project are listed. One of seven articles in this issue on fiber arts. (SJL)

This study attempts to obtain evidence of the construct validity of pupil ability tests hypothesized to represent orientation to right, left, or integrated hemispheric function, and of teacher observation subscales intended to reveal behaviors in school setting that were hypothesized to portray preference for right or left brain function. (Author)

Attempts to replicate findings demonstrating a relationship between the cognitive control (field articulation) and reading disability in school-aged children. Reading disability and nonreading disability groups were administered a series of cognitive control measures. Performance on field articulation significantly differentiated between children…

A weight control program for a group of eighth-grade girls, which included learning disabled students, was developed to change eating, exercise, and behavior patterns. The course included dietary management, physical activity, and behavior modification techniques. Results show that the students participating in the program decreased their weight…

Suggests ways the classroom teacher can spot learning problems in the earliest grades and work with other staff and parents to intervene. (SJL)

Results of a survey completed by 716 persons about the location and salary levels of jobs in the learning disabilities (LD) field are presented. Two further charts delineate mean income by role and geographic area and mean income for LD teachers and administrators. (CL)

An examination of Orton's early hypothesis of inconsistent cerebral dominance for linguistically disabled children in light of some 50 years of research is provided. Although a hypothesis based on data from nonintrusive measures of functional asymmetry with learning impaired children is postulated, caution in this area is suggested. (Author/AL)

Industrial arts multisensory manipulative experience may provide a missing link in helping children, specifically learning disabled students, remediate their educational problems. Author examines research findings on right and left hemisphere functions and reviews an application of this knowledge in a teaching situation. (CSS)

When conducting a profile analysis of the Peabody Individual Achievement Test, only those subtests in which the subtest specific variance equals or exceeds 25 percent of the total variance and exceeds error variance should be considered for interpretation. Behavioral factors and testing conditions also should be considered. (Author/BEF)

The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) Comprehension, Arithmetic, and Object Assembly and McCarthy Quantitative and Memory Indices were most sensitive to learning disabled students' achievement. Conversely, the WISC-R Similarities and Arithmetic and the McCarthy Verbal Index were most sensitive to achievement of nonlearning…

The effects of visual and auditory process training on reading achievement were explored with 24 learning disabled elementary age students assigned to three treatment groups (auditory training and reading group, visual training and reading group, and reading only group). (Author/PHR)

The Developing Models for Special Education project utilized a novel evaluation design to produce data for national validation. The results of the evaluation are presented, and the problems and benefits associated with both the theoretical model and the further use of this design are discussed. (Author/GDC)

A followup study was done on the status of 24 students out of an original 1973 sample of 106 Canadian first graders who had been considered by their teachers to show atypical learning patterns and had been given a battery of assessment tests. (Author/DLS)

Though some unexpected sex differences were discovered, the two diagnostic categories were not found to be psychometrically distinct. Further, the results of a longitudinal analysis suggested that, while IQ scores remained relatively stable over time within a subset of the original sample, achievement scores definitely declined. (Author)