Proceedings of a conference on the Early Identification of Children with Potential Learning Problems (University of California, Los Angeles, May, 1969). (KW)

Presented are five papers given at a 1970 seminar on reading difficulty and the intelligent underachiever. In the first paper, Dr. T. D. Hagger discusses the concept of specific learning disabilities and stresses the trend to search for causation in organic factors within the child, the importance of early identification, and the need for…

The ten conference papers on learning and language disabilities begin with discussions of staff development procedures for teachers of language handicapped children, methods of instructional intervention for such children, and the comparative utility of the limited, intensive, and comprehensive methods of identification and evaluation of language…

Presented are nine papers given at a 1973 seminar at the University of Queensland in Australia on the identification and treatment of children with learning disabilities. Noted are recommendations of the Senate Standing Committees on Handicapped Persons and Teaching Education which would require increased numbers of trained teachers and other…

Presented are 12 papers from a conference on the issues of secondary learning disability. Following an introduction are the texts of discussions from the conference's four sections covering an overview of the central issues, definition and identification, learner characteristics, educational priorities and objectives, remedial strategies, model…

THE PROCEEDINGS FROM THE 1967 INTERNATIONAL CONVOCATION ON LEARNING DISABILITIES INCLUDE ARTICLES IN THREE AREAS--23 ON ETIOLOGY AND IDENTIFICATION, 14 ON EDUCATION, HABILITATION, AND REMEDIATION, AND 11 ON REHABILITATION AND INNOVATION. TOPICS INCLUDE LANGUAGE, READING AND COMMUNICATION DISABILITIES, BHEAVIOR, AUDITORY AND VISUAL PERCEPTION,…