Tested a response cost procedure, compared with Ritalin treatment, on hyperactive elementary school children to determine effectiveness in reducing hyperactive behavior and in increasing academic performance. The cost program alone and combined with medication were effective in reducing off-task behavior and in increasing academic performance.…

The nurse practitioner can assist in the diagnosis of the learning disabled child by evaluating health and family history, and by performing basic physical and neurological examinations. (JMF)

The author designed three art lessons to provide elementary-aged learning disabled student with concrete experiences which would help them to grasp some abstract mathematical concepts. Each lesson is briefly described and students' reactions to it discussed. (SJL)

The relationship between a hearing impaired boy with above average academic achievement and a learning disabled boy is discussed. Results showed that both children gained from the experience not only academically, but also in social development. (PHR)

A table which describes the four categories of human figure drawings of learning disabled children along with their characteristics and an illustration of each are presented. The four categories examined include developmental immaturity, aggression/withdrawal tendencies, neurological impairments, and grotesqueness or bizarreness. (PHR)

The cognitive apparatus of disturbed children is discussed. An analysis of its relation to the emotional, sensory, and logical experiences and the effect on the child's learning ability is offered. (JMF)

To produce a greater degree of consistency and reliability in diagnosis of handicapped children, a system called multidimensional actuarial classification is presented for differential diagnosis of mental retardation, inadequate adaptive behavior, social maladjustment, academic under and overachievement, and learning disabilities. (Author/CL)

Data from a large racially representative sample of school children showed that the trend toward placing minority students into special education classes in disproportionate numbers has been complicated by the introduction of the learning disability (LD) category. (Author)

The Canadian article explores some of the implications of assigning handicapped children to two commonly used categories: learning disabilities and hearing impairments. (Author/DLS)

The Learning and Diagnostic Centre provides the following services: a remedial clinic program, academic assessment and programing services, and an assessment unit. (DLS)

Demonstrates the need for schools to clearly define diagnostic categories such as learning disabilities (LD). These LD students were considerably different from LD students in other studies. They performed on grade level according to the Wide Range Achievement Test, but significantly below their peers in actual classroom performance. (Author)

A workshop designed to give parents of learning disabled children a better understanding of their children's experiences and perceptions consisted of simulations illustrating input difficulties in five areas: visual functioning, tactile discrimination, directionality and fine motor problems, concept formation, and reading. (CL)

Bibliotherapy offers both teachers and parents a dynamic avenue for improving the LD student's self-concept and academic functioning. (Author/SJL)

Normal and learning disabled children were presented with visual and auditory items for free and cued recall. Deficits in semantically cued recall for children with one impaired modality originated at presentation time, perhaps because of separate pathways linking the auditory and visual modalities to the semantic system. (Author/RD)

Stability coefficients on the Gray Oral Reading Tests were calculated for 68 elementary grade children classified as learning disabled. (Author)