This study proposed that performing a low-demand secondary task would improve a subject's control of attentional processes on a primary task of importance. Subjects were 60 public elementary school students 9, 10, or 11 years of age. Of these, 30 had been identified as learning disabled and 30 had been identified as non-learning-disabled. Each…

Described for regular classroom teachers are guidelines for identifying children who might have specific learning disabilities. (MC)

A workshop on the use of Cuisenaire rods with learning disabled children was held for 300 participants and included a demonstration-lecture, a discussion, and a question-and-answer period. (DB)

Perceptually handicapped children can be helped through guided discussions of their art work. (DB)

The Illinois Test of Pscyholinguistic Abilities was administered to 167 normal intelligence children (mean age 112 months) and then factor analyzed to determine construct validity and the extent to which each subtest measures a discrete combination of the psycholinguistic dimensions of level, process, and channel. (DB)

Reviewed is research in the neurophysiology of cognitive functions as it related to dyslexia. (DB)

Compared on measures of saradic eye movements were 13 inadequate and 13 adequate readers (both groups all male with a mean age of 10 1/2 years). (Author)

Investigated with 129 kindergarten children were test-retest reliability and validity of the Developmental Test of Visual Perception (DTVP), and changes in factorial relationships among the five DTVP subtest after a 10-week use of the program of M. Frostig. (MC)

Responded to is an article by Michael Herrick suggesting that disadvantaged children be provided with special educational services offered learning disabled children. (DB)