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Comparison of Rapid Naming Abilities in Language-Learning-Disabled and Academically Achieving Eight-Year-Olds.
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Wiig, Elisabeth H.; And Others – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1982
Study evaluated sensitivity of two independent rapid naming tests--Naming Pictured Objects and Producing Names on Confrontation--in differentiating 16 children (7 and 8 years old) with language and learning disabilities from 16 age peers with normal language development and academic achievement. The interrelationship between total naming time and…
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Language Handicaps, Language Tests, Learning Disabilities
Classroom/Clinical Diagnosis of Young Language Learning Disabled Children: An Integrated Approach.
Illerbrun, David; Greenough, Pauline – Special Education in Canada, 1983
The Interactive Diagnostic Model, intended to facilitate disability interaction between teacher and clinician on behalf of the young language handicapped child, is described. Four levels of interaction are discussed: identification, diagnosis, management, and follow-up. (JW)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Communication Disorders, Disability Identification, Educational Diagnosis
Issues in the Assessment of Language and Reading Disorders in Learning Disabled Children.
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Harber, Jean R. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1980
The paper explores several issues which effect the accurate assessment of language and reading disorders and, thus, of discrepancy between expected potential and actual achievement. For related information see EC 132 758-768. (Author)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Disability Identification, Evaluation Methods, Language Handicaps
A Mini-Screening Language Test for Adolescents.
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Prather, Elizabeth M.; And Others – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1981
The purpose of the study was to determine whether, by item analyses, a miniscreening test could be derived from the 23-item Screening Test of Adolescent Language (STAL). The miniscreening test is recommended for large scale screening with students from the 6th through 12th grades. (Author)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Handicaps
A Neuropsychological Key Approach to Diagnosis and Remediation of Learning Disabilities.
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Aaron, P. G. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1979
The Neurological Key method emphasizes a systematic deductive procedure for reaching clinical decisions about learning disabled children. The rationale for the diagnostic and remedial decisions reached at every node of the Key is explained and is supported by data from clinical and experimental studies in psychology and neurology. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Diagnostic Tests, Disability Identification, Educational Diagnosis