The paper discusses a study of the current criteria for identifying and defining specific learning disabilities (SLD) across the States, in light of Public Law 94-142's requirement that local education agencies implement federal SLD criteria in order to receive federal funds for SLD students. Aspects of the states identification procedures…

Sixty-two adolescents, including 28 learning disabled (LD) and 34 nonLD Ss, participated in an examination of the relationship between social class indicators and delinquency. A review of the literature relating social class variables to school achievement, learning disabilities, and juvenile delinquency resulted in the selection of 14 social…

The paper reports findings from evaluations of 262 children (3 to 15 years old) with suspected perceptual motor dysfunction. In the first section, a clinical perspective of the history and perceptual-motor functioning of the learning disabled Ss is presented. Section II concentrates on discriminate function of a screening procedure to…

Described in three documents is the Early Prevention of School Failure Project which is designed to identify and provide programs for preschool learning disabled children. Screening tests are said to include evaluations of visual motor integration, speech, language and motor development. Considered in the pamphlet are services provided in Model…

Compared are the application of direct (criterion referenced) and inferential (norm referenced) measurement to the educational diagnosis and remediation of children with learning disabilities. The task analysis approach is seen to require direct measurements for which standard reliability, validity, and item analysis evaluation procedures are…

The annotated bibliography on the early identification of learning disabilities contains approximately 85 abstracts and associated indexing information for documents published from 1964 to 1974 and selected from the computer files of the Council for Exceptional Children's Information Services and the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC).…

Children with learning disabilities are considered with reference to educational needs, professional knowledge, characteristics, definition, and incidence. Administrative solutions are then delineated, including early identification, special classes, resource rooms, supportive and consulting personnel, inservice education for regular class…

Talks presented by Doris Johnson and Regina Cicci at an institute for teachers of the educationally handicapped are summarized and include identification and remediation of auditory receptive language disorders, disorders of spelling and written language, an analysis of reading methods, an analysis check list, disorders of quantitative thinking,…

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…

Presented is the continuation proposal for Title III funding of a program which serves approximately 2,000 kindergarten and first grade children by early identification of learning needs and diagnostic-prescriptive intervention. Program components are given to include comprehensive screening to identify individual needs in the areas of motor…

Described are the development of "Findings Kids with Special Needs" (FKSN), a instrument to identify children's learning problems and gifted students; results of field testing with 24,825 children, kindergarten through grade 8, in 110 schools; and validation procedures. Discussed is test construction, including incorporation of 12…

Intended for regular education teachers, the identification packet is noted to provide information on some of the behavioral manifestations of children with learning problems, visual impairment, or hearing impairment. A list of procedures for referral, an expectancy schedules table, and a sample letter to teachers on the exceptional child are…

Outlines briefly the historical development of the field of learning disabilities, describes its present status with a discussion of some of the major issues and controversies, and indicates some emerging trends and future directions. (Author/RK)

Available from: Williams & Wilkins Company 428 East Preston Street Baltimore, Maryland 21202 Histories of hyperactive symptoms were evaluated for 91 Ss receiving impatient psychiatric services (mean age = 17 years) and 100 Ss in a drug treatment program (mean age = 25 years). (Author/IM)

Reports a recently proposed method of identifying delinquency as early as third grade based on peer group associations, the Halstead-Reitan test battery, perceptual and hand-eye coordination tests, and family environment. (MDR)