WRITTEN CHIEFLY FOR CLASSROOM AND SPECIAL TEACHERS, SCHOOL SUPERVISORS, AND PSYCHOLOGISTS, THIS HANDBOOK PRESENTS THE PRINCIPLES, METHODS, AND GOALS OF EDUCATIONAL THERAPY. AFTER THE QUESTIONS OF WHAT EDUCATIONAL THERAPY IS AND WHO NEEDS SUCH THERAPY ARE CONSIDERED, THE STEPS TO TAKE IN DESCRIBING LEARNING PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN CHILDREN ARE…

THE FIRST OF A SERIES DEALING WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES FROM A PSYCHONEUROLOGICAL STANDPOINT, THE VOLUME CONTAINS CURRENT DISCUSSIONS AND RESEARCH REPORTS. TEN AUTHORS FROM A VARIETY OF FIELDS CONTRIBUTE CHAPTERS, EACH WITH AN ACCOMPANYING LIST OF REFERENCES. THE EDITOR, H.R. MYKLEBUST, PROVIDES THE OPENING ARTICLE ON "LEARNING…

Thirty-five second-grade learning disabled children participated in a visual information processing training program designed to teach analysis of visual material into component parts, systematic scanning of visual arrays, pick-up, description, and memory storage of distinctive information, and efficient solution of visual match-to-sample…

PAPERS AND DISCUSSION SUMMARIES ARE PRESENTED FROM A CONFERENCE ON THE BIOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS OF CHILDHOOD BRAIN DAMAGE, HELD AT THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA IN NOVEMBER 1962. A VARIETY OF DISCIPLINES IS REPRESENTED, AND THE FOLLOWING TOPICS ARE CONSIDERED--(1) "THE PROBLEM OF 'BRAIN DAMAGE' IN CHILDREN" BY HERBERT G. BIRCH, (2)…

Curriculum guides, some primarily outlines, others largely comments, are presented for three areas of exceptionality. Those for the mentally retarded include guides for the educable on the preprimary, primary, intermediate, and junior high school levels, and in the work study program and the sheltered workshop; a guide for the trainable retarded…

INTENDED FOR GENERAL EDUCATORS WAS WELL AS SPECIALISTS, THE COLLECTION CONTAINS SELECTED ARTICLES BY DIFFERENT AUTHORS ON LEARNING DISABILITIES. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE FIELD IS PROVIDED BY AN OVERVIEW (FIVE ARTICLES) AND A CONSIDERATION OF BRAIN DYSFUNCTIONS (FOUR ARTICLES). SPECIALIZED APPROACHES TO LEARNING DISORDERS ARE EXPLAINED FROM THE…

INTENDED FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS, REMEDIAL SPECIALISTS, AND PSYCHOLOGISTS, THE HANDBOOK PRESENTS A SERIES OF CONCRETE ACTIVITIES AND EXERCISES FOR CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES. FIFTY-THREE BASIC LEARNING ABILITIES OR RESOURCE PROGRAMS ARE GROUPED UNDER SIX MAJOR AREAS--GROSS MOTOR DEVELOPMENT, SENSORY MOTOR INTEGRATION, PERCEPTUAL…

The third Fenno-Hungarian Conference on Developmental Psychology covered four main concepts: the historical roots and development of social competence through three generations, parent-child interaction, parenthood, and the development of socio-cognitive competence through childhood and adolescence. A series of papers was presented addressing the…