This brief paper summarizes what is known about sensory integration and sensory integration dysfunction (DSI). It outlines evaluation of DSI, treatment approaches, and implications for parents and teachers, including compensatory strategies for minimizing the impact of DSI on a child's life. Review of origins of sensory integration theory in the…

This document addresses issues in the identification of children with specific learning disability (SLD) in the context of reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). It first reviews current requirements in federal law, noting discrepancies in the regulations, then discusses several SLD identification approaches and…

This paper outlines hearing loss in children in terms of type, etiology, socioeducational effect, and methods of differentiation of these types from the perspective of the school nurse teacher. The source of information, when not otherwise noted, is data obtained on 2,386 school-age children seen by the author on the Ithaca College Mobile…

A private, nonprofit California school operates on the premise that education effectively serves therapeutic as well as other purposes. (Editor)

Excerpts from a full report which appeared in the City Almanac, a publication of the Center of New York City Affairs of the New School for Social Research. (MB)

A modified Lambert and Bower behavior rating scale is appended. (CJ)

The influence of students' efforts, school, teachers' expectations, sex, handicapped status, grade, teachers, and race on self-concept of handicapped and nonhandicapped children in mainstreamed physical education classes was investigated. A stepwise multiple regression indicated student expression of effort and school and teachers' expectation of…

The perceptual assessment of voice disorders by speech pathologists and interjudge reliability were investigated through screening of 160 children (4-14 years old). Results demonstrated poor interjudge agreement between the listeners and indicate a need for more objective measures in the identification of voice disorders. (Author/SEW)

The performance of 90 children between the ages of four and six years on two language screening tests was compared with their performance on Developmental Sentence Scoring (DSS) to determine the accuracy of these screening tests in identifying language impairments. The Bankson Language Screening Test was generally accurate in the identification of…

The Ozawa Behavioral Rating Scale contains six items related to distractibility and nine items related to impulsivity. This validity study showed that the Scale shows statistically significant relationships with the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Revised and the Matching Familiar Figures Test and may be appropriate for identifying…

The author summarized major variables for states to deal with in statewide planning efforts for the education of the hearing impaired. (Author/SW)

The author traces efforts to define and redefine learning disabilities (LD). The inclusion of children in LD classes who do not meet requirements of the definition is seen as a common yet dangerous practice. (CL)

Problems with restricting learning disabilities to a range of mild handicaps are noted and five areas of controversy affecting severely learning disabled students are addressed: definitions, student characteristics, identification criteria, educational methods and technology, and educational services. (CL)

More than 85 percent of the physicians surveyed indicated they are the initial informants to parents regarding the existence of a handicap and the information is immediately presented after birth to both parents, including specific diagnostic labels, possible causation, prognosis, and resources for the family. (Author)

The utility of the procedures special educators apply in making decisions about the identification of handicapped individuals has not been thoroughly studied. The paper examines the utility of diagnostic decision making from the perspective of receiver operating curve analysis. (Author)