Data from administration of the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency and the Cornish Test of Motor Planning were taken on 120 children (5-13 years old), 60 of whom had been classified learning disabled (LD). Thirty of the LD Ss had been assigned to adapted physical education. The study sought to do two things: (1) determine whether the…

The study examines data on the current LD (learning disability) population in the School District of Philadelphia. Data were drawn from files of demographic and achievement figures, individual special education files, and interviews with psychologists, instructional advisors, parents, and teachers. Findings are presented in terms of four major…

The form box is an instructional material appropriate for screening children (2-5 years old) for perceptual learning disabilities, creating individual learning experiences, and developing cognitive processes and strategies. (DB)

The manual is designed to assist local New York State Committees on the Handicapped in the identification of learning disabled (LD) children and in the development of recommendations for the provision of special education programs and services in the least restrictive educational setting. The manual provides information on: the most currently…

The study investigated the functional patterns of intellectual performance on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) of 55 children (ages 5-to-18 years) referred to a child center to determine if the WISC-R profiles could help identify the children as learning disabled. Secondarily the study utilized the factor-score…

Presented is the final performance report of the CSDC model which is designed to provide services for learning disabled high school students. Sections cover the following program aspects: organizational structure, inservice sessions, identification of students, materials and equipment, evaluation of student performance, evaluation of the model,…

Two tests of morphological ability, the Berry-Talbott Test and the Grammatic Closure Test of the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities were administered to 20 good readers and 20 dyslexics (all second grade males). The results indicated that the dyslexics were inferior to the good readers on both measures and that on the Berry-Talbott Test…

In an effort to examine the pragmatic effects of definitions of learning disabilities and identification procedures, information was gathered on the characteristics of 53 children (grades 1 through 7) who had been previously diagnosed as learning disabled. Results of tests such as the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children and the Illinois Test…

Presented is the second year (1972-73) report of the Affton School District's (Saint Louis, Missouri) program (funded under Title III) to provide diagnostic studies of elementary grade learning disabled (LD) children, learning centers in four elementary schools for LD children, and adequate programing to allow LD children to be returned to the…

A report of a county committee to investigate programs and problems related to learning disabilities reviews areas which were examined. Consideration is given to the work of the committee and its division into subcommittees, to the dilemma of defining learning disabilities, and to solutions for dealing with handicapped children, including special…

Based on a conceptualization of specific learning disability within a developmental rather than disease model, the longitudinal research project attempted to assess early indices of later reading disability. Kindergarten boys (N equals 474) were tested at the beginning of the school year on a number of developmental and neuro-psychological tests…

Described is the development and revision over a 3-year period of the Developmental Indicators for the Assessment of Learning (DIAL), a screening test to identify pre-kindergarten children with learning disabilities. The DIAL is said to provide for gross motor, fine motor, cognitive, and communications assessment of large groups of children. Among…