Data from a large racially representative sample of school children showed that the trend toward placing minority students into special education classes in disproportionate numbers has been complicated by the introduction of the learning disability (LD) category. (Author)

The Canadian article explores some of the implications of assigning handicapped children to two commonly used categories: learning disabilities and hearing impairments. (Author/DLS)

The Learning and Diagnostic Centre provides the following services: a remedial clinic program, academic assessment and programing services, and an assessment unit. (DLS)

Demonstrates the need for schools to clearly define diagnostic categories such as learning disabilities (LD). These LD students were considerably different from LD students in other studies. They performed on grade level according to the Wide Range Achievement Test, but significantly below their peers in actual classroom performance. (Author)

A workshop designed to give parents of learning disabled children a better understanding of their children's experiences and perceptions consisted of simulations illustrating input difficulties in five areas: visual functioning, tactile discrimination, directionality and fine motor problems, concept formation, and reading. (CL)

Bibliotherapy offers both teachers and parents a dynamic avenue for improving the LD student's self-concept and academic functioning. (Author/SJL)

Normal and learning disabled children were presented with visual and auditory items for free and cued recall. Deficits in semantically cued recall for children with one impaired modality originated at presentation time, perhaps because of separate pathways linking the auditory and visual modalities to the semantic system. (Author/RD)

Stability coefficients on the Gray Oral Reading Tests were calculated for 68 elementary grade children classified as learning disabled. (Author)

As information on the cognitive functioning of learning disabled children emerges, a parallel, independent body of knowledge suggests investigating the cognitive complexity of learning disabled children, both to improve the conceptual understanding of learning disability and to support guidelines for relevant educational recommendations. (Author)

Seven discriminant analyses were performed with significant group separation occurring for six of these. Classification analyses indicated that using the 10 major subtests produced accurate classification in approximately 71 percent of cases. Results were discussed in the light of previous research methodologies and the debate as to the…

Sex differences between 27 learning disabled (LD) girls and 75 LD boys (all elementary school age) were examined on psychological, academic, and cognitive style measures. LD girls were found to be verbally inferior, less capable of abstract thinking, more field dependent, and more impulsive than the boys. (Author/SBH)

The relationships of varying degrees of auditory processing impairments to vocational interest and social behavior were examined in 43 adolescents (CA 13-6 to 18-6), including 15 learning disabled students; 14 mildly to severely hearing impaired adolescents; and 14 profoundly hearing impaired adolescents. (Author)

The author describes the development and success of a program designed to allow gifted and talented and learning problem eighth grade students to choose their own courses and course sequence as they pursued mastery of seven critical skills in reading, writing, computation, problem solving, research, and adjustment. (CL)

Profiles of four learning disabled (LD) adults are presented and academic as well as counseling and emotional support intervention approaches are described. Problems for LD adults include cost of tutorial services and the inadequacy of career and vocational training services geared for them. (CL)

A multicomponent model to improve test taking skills of learning disabled (LD) adolescents is proposed to encourage anxiety management, problem solving skills, assertiveness, study skills, and student confidence and control. The role of the LD consultant in this process is described. (CL)