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Heath, Earl J.; Early, Frances – Academic Therapy Quarterly, 1971
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Kindergarten, Learning Disabilities, Motor Development
Download full textCohen, S. Alan – Academic Therapy Quarterly
The findings of several tests are used to describe some learning disabilities and patterns common in lower-class Puerto Rican and Negro children. In particular, perceptual dysfunction is pointed to as a major causal factor in the reading problems of the disadvantaged. In one urban slum school, 40 percent of first graders showed serious dysfunction…
Descriptors: Black Students, Corrective Reading, Disadvantaged Youth, Emotional Problems
