Reports results of a study of 100 disadvantaged children referred to a community hospital multidisciplinary Learning Disability Clinic. The majority of the children showed organic perceptual handicaps and psychosocial disorders. Of the one hundred children, 52 are showing significant progress with treatment. (DM)

Describes recognizable characteristics of impairment, and suggests ways in which nurse can be effective member of an interdisciplinary team as an observer, drug manager, resource person, and home visitor. (CJ)

The purpose of this study was to determine whether children with perceptual learning difficulties also exhibit poor classroom adjustment. There is evidence that kindergarten children with visual perceptual difficulties are rated by their teachers as maladjusted in the classroom. (Author)

Based on a thesis submitted to the Graduate School of Purdue University by the first author. (Author)

This study compared 36 learning disabled school-grade children with 17 controls matched for mental age on the ability to inhibit hand movement. Using a "Move A Ball Slowly" game-like apparatus, responses suggested older rather than younger disabled children had more difficulty. (Author)