The bulletin explores various aspects of mainstreaming handicapped youngsters into regular K-12 social studies classrooms. It is intended to give classroom teachers practical advice on dealing with the problems which have resulted from the passage of Public Law 94-142. Major problems include that handicapped youngsters often present an additional…

New treatments of reading disabilities have recently been developed. New medical therapies for reading disabilities link poor functions of the mechanism that controls balance and movement to reading disability and focus medical attention on diet as a cause of hyperactive behavior and learning disorders. These medical therapies are still…

Intended for parents helping their children with reading disabilities, the book describes specific activities in eight areas. The eight areas include general suggestions for the study period, hand and eye coordination activities, phonics training, ear training, reading, relaxation activities, muscle memory, writing, and spelling. Thirteen…

This paper explores the characteristics and problems many language learning disabled (LLD) and dyslexic students have in college and suggests ways for college English composition teachers to help them. LLD students are often poor spellers and their handwriting looks like that of a younger child. Constant difficulty with certain grammatical…

Discussed are issues in the identification and remediation of reading difficulties in elementary and secondary schools, and reported are results of a survey of 786 teachers of reading. Noted in the survey results are that 21% of the teachers had only two or more graduate courses in reading, and that only 4% or 2% of the teachers, respectively, had…

The handbook lists 141 developmental objectives with instructions for remediation to aid children with learning problems in the areas of sensory motor development, auditory perception, language, visual perception, and academic achievement. Objectives are listed in chart format with each objective associated with one or more skill examples,…

To present the ideas and research of outstanding behaviorists which is directly related to the education of children, the authors tried to include a diverse group of educational situations. Two articles give an overview of behavior modification, while five educational applications are discussed. They concern learning problems, language…

The theme of the conference, "Personalization--Individualization for Learning," focused attention upon children as persons who are individuals functioning in the school setting. Don Dinkmeyer in his talk "Elementary School Guidance and the Classroom Teacher," discusses the role of the teacher in promoting growth in the self concepts of his…

A listing of 139 abstracts and descriptive terms is concerned with research and program developments in the area of learning disabilities. Among the topics covered are diagnosis, teaching methods, physical aspects, perceptual problems, and treatment procedures. Included are subject and author indexes, user information, and ordering procedures for…

The guide is intended to familiarize primary grade teachers with the special learning characteristics of students with a high risk for a learning disability (those who are beginning to show an inability to work with symbols or to think abstractly) and to assist the teachers in the diagnosis of the specific nature of their learning problems.…

Measuring the exchange process between teacher and child, a neglected but necessary pursuit, is dependent upon the identification of the behavior system through which information is exchanged and upon the instrumentation used for measuring that exchange. This paper describes an instructional strategy, intended for use with disabled readers, in…

The study evaluated the effectiveness of three instructional methods in promoting speech sound discrimination and reading achievement over a 3-year period. (Author)

Effective intervention strategies for learning disabled students should recognize such cognitive deficiencies as weaknesses in attention, memory deficits, and problems in generalizing and abstracting information. Approaches which emphasize enhanced learning processes include: self-monitoring; repetition and deliberate instruction in control…

Describes six study and notetaking techniques for reading/learning disabled adolescents and suggests circulating a series of training notes to help high school teachers incorporate reading techniques into the content area classrooms. (HOD)

Whether they have learning disabilities or just need extra help, struggling writers can improve their skills dramatically if they get the detailed, explicit instruction they need. This practical guidebook shows elementary school teachers how to make this systematic instruction part of their classroom. Educators will find a wide range of specific…