Differences in the delayed recall performance of auditory stimuli that were linguistic-meaningful (words), linguistic-nonmeaningful (nonsense syllables), nonlinguistic-meaningful (environmental sounds), and nonlinguistic-nonmeaningful (pure tones) were evaluated with 20 normal and 20 learning disabled children 5 to 9 years of age. (Author/DB)

Children with vestibular (inner ear) disorders and related postural disturbances constitute a large segment of the population described as learning disabled. (Author/DB)

Three-hundred kindergarten children were screened with a test battery in order to identify children at high-risk of experiencing learning disabilities. (Author/DB)

Examined are issues in the controversy over the existence of minimal cerbral dysfunction as a cause of cognitive and behavioral difficulties. (DB)

Discussed in the first of four articles on Illinois' Project SCREEN (Senf-Comrey Ratings of Extra Educational Need) are the development and contents of the SCREEN test battery to identify primary grade children with learning disabilities. (DB)

The author discusses the language-disordered child in the clinical setting in relation to J. Muma's theory of "dump" and "play" operations in communication (EC 073301). (LS)

A brief discussion regarding the social workers' problems in providing services for children with learning disorders. (HMV)

The special section of the journal of the National Center for Learning Disabilities, formerly, Foundation for Children with Learning Disabilities: provides a number of brief articles concerned with delinquency prevention and the learning disability/juvenile delinquency link. Titles and authors are as follows: "National Council of Juvenile and…

Suggested accommodations for mainstreamed secondary learning disabled students on teacher made tests are presented. Suggestions are grouped into general; format; and test taking modifications (presentation, recording, and scoring). Among the many suggestions made are the following: watch readability of questions; assure test is clearly printed;…

This directory lists 62 colleges offering programs for learning disabled (LD) students. Each citation includes the following information: name, address and telephone number of the college; title of the LD program; additional costs; contact person; description of the ideal candidate for the program (intelligence quotient, need for support services,…

This report discusses four different types of instruction which enable learning disabled or low achieving students to learn well enough to transfer the skill to a novel situation. After asserting that generalization depends on systematic instruction, the paper describes the four procedures: (1) teacher-directed generalization; (2) direct…