This handbook may serve as a guide in helping teachers to identify children with learning disabilities. Hypothetical cases are presented, giving specific examples of academic and behavioral problems which may be caused by such learning disabilities as visual perceptual disorders, auditory perceptual disorders, motor disorders, orientation…

This review of early intervention for preschool children with learning disabilities examines: (1) definitions of learning disabilities; (2) characteristics of learning-disabled children and children at risk; (3) identification of preschool children at risk; (4) efficacy of early intervention; (4) phases of an early intervention program, including…

This curriculum guide provides an overview of the 16-level occupational component of the integrated occupational program for grades 10-12 in Alberta. The integrated occupational program is a vocational education program for students who have experienced difficulty in learning. The program consists of both core and complementary courses designed to…

Intended for regular education teachers of mainstreamed handicapped students, the booklet offers nontechnical information about dealing with children who have a variety of disabilities. A brief introduction traces the evolution of society's attitudes and school practices involving handicapped students. The second unit contains definitions,…

Observations were conducted to document the active academic responding and academic engagement rates of 122 elementary students (30 learning-disabled, 32 emotionally/behaviorally disturbed, 30 mildly mentally retarded, and 30 self-contained programs. Data were recorded in 10-second intervals for each student over an entire school day. During a…

Junior Great Books discussions were used to teach critical thinking skills and independent learning behaviors to learning-disabled 5th-grade students. In baseline observations, the seven learning-disabled students exhibited active off-task behaviors and disruptive behavior causing dismissal from the group, while seven students in a…

A study investigated the effectiveness of self-instructional strategies in enhancing the word recognition skills of learning disabled elementary school children. Subjects were 30 students in learning disabilities resource rooms whose word recognition skills were at least one year below expectancy, as measured by a standardized reading test, and…

Designed to minimize time and cost to teachers and parents, the paperback emphasizes both ideas and practical tools for teaching temporal concepts. The concept of time is presented; the major studies of normal child development and how children come to understand time words and concepts are reviewed. Temporal disabilities (difficulties in learning…

The conditions of learning and the causes of learning difficulties are defined; identification of children with learning disabilities is considered. Half of the document is a curriculum guide for remediation through the visual, auditory, and motor approach; problems, symptoms, diagnoses, representative activities, and materials are detailed. About…

The author gives an account of her early teaching experiences, her awareness that many children did not learn to read, her early investigations of readiness, and her conclusions that difficulty in numbers, copying, or tracing were closely related to reading disability. The importance of visual perception, eye motility, early child development, and…

The following workshop presentations consider learning disabilities: "Educational Goals of the Perceptually Handicapped" by Marianne Frostig, "Remediation of Reading Problems" by Gilbert Schiffman, "Early Identification of Learning Disabilities" by Katrina de Hirsch, and "What Are Some Speech and Hearing…

The following exceptionalities are described: emotional disturbance, social maladjustment, mental retardation, learning disabilities, bilingualism, physical handicaps, visual impairment, disadvantagement, and giftedness. For each exceptionality, a bibliography is given and teaching methods are suggested; further information is included for some…

Intended for beginning students concerned with reading instruction as well as for graduate students, reading teachers, or remedial specialists, the text deals with the overall classroom program, methods for evaluating and diagnosing group and individual needs, and developmental and remedial teaching of specific skills. Chapters explore the…

This guide to reading instruction for elementary and middle school students with learning difficulties covers a wide variety of practical instructional strategies founded in research and proven effective in classrooms. An introductory chapter notes the growing national emphasis on reading skills, especially research-based reading programs and the…

Varying levels of inservice training and support in use of classwide peer tutoring (CWPT) were provided for 44 elementary teachers whose classes included students with learning disabilities. Analysis of teachers' survey responses, teachers' classroom observations, and interviews of six implementors indicated that level of support did not…