An analysis of errors in written language as indicators of communication disorders reviews problems with assumptions that writing and spelling are phonetically based. A six-stage model of written language reduction is proposed that helps to analyze and type errors according to such classifications as neuromuscular, phonographic, and duplication…

Four unresolved issues and research needs in central auditory processing disorders in children are addressed: (1) early identification through screening; (2) relationship between test battery results and auditory behaviors; (3) relationship between test battery results and therapy planning, and (4) new assessment procedures. (Author/CL)

The author describes his model for determining severe discrepancy in children with learning disabilities (LD). The model stresses quality of data. The author also notes that the most highly trained personnel available should evaluate potential LD children. (CL)

The author reviews methods of studying individuals in context (ecological, phenomenological, and system approaches) and offers suggestions for implementing these approaches in identification, assessment, and intervention procedures for language-disordered children. (CL)

Intended to provide information about learning disabled gifted students, the article discusses a rationale for providing enrichment activities within the framework of a program for the gifted. Identification strategies are discussed and program ideas using the enrichment triad model are offered. (Author/CL)

Scatter analysis among the Tests of Cognitive Ability for the Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery was conducted on the performance of 3,566 Ss (grades one to 12) from the standardization sample. Examining scatter on the Tests of Cognitive Ability and identifying specific "types" of learning disabilities using this test are discouraged.…

Sixty students files were rated by 60 school psychologists and 60 elementary teachers of the behaviorally disordered. Traditional types of data (academic and intellectual measures) were rated as being available and of highest quality, whereas behaviorally oriented data (e.g., actual behavior data) were available, but of lowest quality. (Author/CL)

The article presents a schemata for using the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children to develop specific diagnosis and prescriptive programing for reading and learning disabled children. An educational program that focuses on the processing strength to formulate interventions that remediate the deficits through the preferred processing strategies…

The paper examines three models still considered useful in identifying achievement-aptitude discrepancies: the prediction model, true score regression model, and prescore partialling model. Data are cited to provide support for the regression model as the simplest to use and most efficient statistically. (Author/CL)

The author examines issues and implications of mislabeling low-income minority students and suggests that these students acquire socially induced learning disabilities. Examples are given of the potentially disastrous effects of such mislabeling, and the need is cited for increasing minority special education facility and improving students'…

This resource list is intended to provide school systems with information on assessment of school-aged children for the presence of a disability. The 104 references are broken down into the following categories: general assessment information; assessment tools; critiques of assessment tools; curriculum-based assessment; assessments of different…

The results of this study and the implications for data usage suggest that a screening battery administered by classroom teachers and augmented by aides may constitute a procedure whereby a school psychologist could initially identify and gather relevant data about primary-grade children who manifest handicaps that may interfere with present and…

A contract approach specifying long and short term objectives is part of an overall treatment approach for students whose learning and attention skills are inconsistent. Additional program efforts include allergy and food assessment, medication assessment and trial (if appropriate), and attention to the child's biochemical functioning. (CL)

A survey on the methods and system of detecting hearing loss in infants in Canada's Maritime Provinces is reported, and results are related to other research in Canada and the United States. Results are said to show inadequate detection. Recommendations, including increased collaboration between health and education professionals, are made. (CL)