Introduces a series of articles on the prevention and treatment of dyslexia in Europe. The benefits of the Cooperation Scientifique et Technologique (COST), a framework for a research and development collaboration that promotes coordination of national research at the international level, is also discussed. (CR)

This article introduces two conference papers (EC 607 450 and 451) which discuss the link between basic research into brain structure and function and the applied issues of instructional intervention in dyslexia. The papers, based on longitudinal studies at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine (North Carolina), were presented at a Middle Tennessee…

This article addresses theoretical and practical issues in the provision of mental health services to address psychosocial problems of secondary and postsecondary students with learning disabilities. Examples are offered of case studies and interventions from two federally funded research/demonstration projects at the University of Minnesota: the…