The career "cascade" approach to career education for learning disabled students is described. The model is developed on the belief that career education must be life centered, developmental, and individually designed. (PHR)

Programing on the college level for academically disadvantaged students involves a holistic approach. Every teaching device that promises to help the student upgrade his/her communication skills, subject matter achievements, and personal and social adjustment skills is used. The University of Akron program is described. (Author/BEF)

Compares motor and cognitive skills of learning disabled and normal boys on the Modified Lincoln-Oberetsky Motor Development Scale and on the WISC-R Vocabulary and Block Design subtests. Suggests a common factor relating to perceptual-motor coordination and efficiency may be involved on the Lincoln-Oberetsky and Block Design subtest for young…

Focuses on characteristics of learning disabled children, definitions and etiologies of learning disabilities, and screening and intervention procedures. Also reviews recent research on learning disabilities, and suggests future directions for child welfare professionals. (CM)

A curriculum model in logic is proposed for learning disabled students based on reasoning and content needs. A diagnostic test with probes yields a profile of the child's reasoning ability and pinpoints areas of strengths and weaknesses. Three levels of instruction are provided: thematic concrete, specific concrete, and abstract. (CL)

The letter unit and the whole word method were used to score the spelling of 70 third graders (35 good spellers and 35 poor spellers). Results indicated that either scoring procedure could have been used. Use is suggested based on needs for word analysis or for quick scoring time. (CL)

Perinatal histories of 50 learning-disabled children (ages 7 to 12) with minimum neurological dysfunctions were evaluated (using a normative population for comparison) to discover if any relationship existed between pregnancy and birth complications and the development of learning disabilities. The experimental group had had a significantly higher…

The results of the Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests were found to be quite similar for both learning disabled and normal Ss, with high reliability and a unidimensional factor structure. The same was found for the Keymath Diagnostic Arithmetic Test, though the assumption of a unidimensional math achievement was found to be less defensible for the LD…

The study involving 46 learning disabled children (mean age eight years) was designed to determine the effects of training in paradigmatic language structures on the reading process of Ss. Findings lent support for the semantic and syntactic relativity of words and for the meaning inherent in the nucleus of key verbal elements linking ideas to one…

The study focused on effects of electromyographic (EMG) muscle relaxation training on academic abilities of four learning disabled boys (8 to 13 years old). Ss learned to voluntarily control and decrease forearm muscular tension; and this apparently resulted in an increase in cognitive efficiency, at least as it relates to basic academic areas of…

The article presents an interview with Heckelman, senior clinical psychologist with the Riverside County Califonia Children's Mental Health Department, on successful remediation of learning disabilities. Topics discussed include the relationship between success of remedial techniques and lateral dominance, the neurological impress method, the…

The article reports the findings of two studies involving comprehension and retention in learning disabled (N=96) and normally achieving (N=64) second and sixth graders. Results were interpreted to support J. Torgesen's conceptualization of learning disabled children as inactive learners. (Author/SBH)

To investigate the role of learning disabled (LD) children's nonverbal behavior in affecting adult judgments, 13 LD and 14 nondisabled (NLD) children in grades 3 through 5 were given instructions either to ingratiate or to act naturally with an adult interviewer while discussing their television preferences. (Author/SBH)

The English Picture Vocabulary Test and the Croydon Checklist (for teachers) were used for screening along with a standardized reading test to measure the predictive validity of the screening instruments. Results indicated that a number of children were misclassified and reasons for this, such as teachers' misconceptions, are discussed. (PHR)

Analyzes current educational and legal trends involving attitudes toward and funding for reading disabilities and learning disabilities programs, and makes suggestions for the future. (DD)