Certification requirements in reading are listed for the United States and its territories. Separate entries describe requirements in effect or under development for elementary classroom teachers; secondary school teachers in subjects other than reading; reading teachers, specialists, consultants or supervisors; and learning disabilities…

Provided is the 1975-76 evaluation of a center providing individualized prescriptive programs for secondary-level learning disabled students. Changes in the program for the third year of operation are noted to have been an emphasis on the evaluation of the group counseling format (based on Reality Therapy and using a team of two co-facilitators)…

Analyzed was the performance of 36 third grade children with various reading and articulation skills in blending selected syllables across three modes of presentation. Ss were divided into three groups: one with normal reading and speech skills, one with below grade-level reading skills and normal speech skills, and one with grade-level reading…

Described in the third of three reports from a staff training program at the University of Texas at Austin is a program for parent involvement in a short term center for learning disabled and emotionally disturbed preschoolers. It is explained that the program focuses on the parent's role as principle therapist for the child. Among program…

Provided is a language activities information packet designed to help preschool and primary level teachers identify and remediate areas of need in language development. Included is a checklist of primary language arts skills for children from 2 - 6 years-old, an expressive language evaluation scale for ages 6 months - 7 years, and a description of…

Relationships among symptomatology, socioeconomic status (SES), and parenting styles were examined for 113 hyperkinetic/minimal brain dysfunction boys (mean age 8.2 years) from intact families. (Author/DB)

Evaluated with 14 dyslexic and 14 normal boys (all 6-12 years old) was the relationship between slow speech-motor encoding to the transfer of information from short-term to long-term memory. (Author/DB)

Individualization of instruction for the learning-disabled and/or behavior-disordered student is considered a must. Contract teaching, a programed type learning plan, is described in five basic steps. Numerous effective learning experiences are possible. (EB)

Reviewed is research on the role of attentional dificits in the inferior school-related performances of mild-to-moderate learning disabled, emotionally disturbed, or mentally retarded children. (Author/DB)

The influence of parents on the origin and perpetuation of the developmental disorders of childhood has once again become a matter of controversy with important implications for social work education and practice. Reviewed here is recent research on two disorders--infantile autism and learning disabilities. (Author)

The article presents a revised model for individualized mathematics programing for the learning disabled adolescent. (PHR)

In an examination of nonhandicapped children's attitudes toward handicapped children, 131 grade school Ss were asked to select from the Personal Attribute Inventory for Children 15 adjectives which best fit three groups of handicapped as well as normal children. (Author/CL)

Investigates whether differences exist between the self-esteem of the adolescent with learning disabilities and normally achieving adolescents, the dimensions of self concept in which these differences occur, and the relationship between self concept and the number of years in the special classroom for the adolescent with learning disabilities.…