The author reviews research on early deprivation and neglect and recounts his own experience with children whose dwarfism is attributed to abuse or neglect. The existence of specific learning disability and diminished IQ in many of these children is cited. The author suggests further attention to the problem. (CL)

Adelphi University's Program for Learning Disabled College Students focuses on educational and social growth. Educational services include a summer diagnostic and preparation session. One hour of individual counseling and one or group counseling are required each week. Results from the first two years indicate success for the program. (CL)

The author points out the problem learning disabled students have with the language of right and left. Reasons for inappropriate classroom interventions are pointed out, and guidelines for program implementation and activities for dealing with this problem are offered. (SW)

Using a symbolic interaction perspective, the study focused on the extent of agreement between various parties involved in referring children (N=240) with educational difficulties to a university clinic for psychoeducational assessment. (Author)

Mothers of 23 learning disabled and 23 nondisabled elementary school children were interviewed to determine their perceptions of their child's strengths and weaknesses, causal attributions for these strengths and weaknesses, predictions for future performance, and evaluations of their child relative to other children. Mothers of learning disabled…

The study examined the effects of 50 parents' participation in a Systematic Training for Effective Parenting group on their child-rearing attitudes and on the self-concepts of their learning disabled children. Parents in STEP scored higher in Acceptance and Trust subscales. Their children scored higher on Personal-self and Social-self subscales.…

The author speculates on the mythic symbolism of the maze and describes her work with learning disabled students who responded favorably to mazes, especially to visualization tasks involving mazes. (CL)

Readiness activities are described which are designed to help learning disabled (LD) students learn to perform computations in story problems. Activities proceed from concrete objects to numbers and involve the students in devising story problems. The language experience approach is incorporated with the enactive, iconic, and symbolic levels of…

Based on a review of the literature involving group counseling and guidance activities with learning impaired adolescent students, the article focuses on the cooperative assistance that counselors and special education teachers can provide for the learning disabled. (Author)

A study of 158 students reveals that the learning-disabled students perceive their locus of control to be significantly more external than do their non-disabled counterparts. (Author/MLF)

The study was undertaken to determine if there were differences in the social perception of 23 learning disabled (LD) and 34 nonLD elementary school children. Results showed that LD children were less accurate in their perception of social interactions than normal children. (Author/SB)

The author explores elements of copying written work in sequential order; and offers specific techniques for developing copying skills, particularly in primary grade students experiencing copying problems. (SW)

The paper reviews studies on decoding's role in reading comprehension problems among learning disabled students and suggests that a subgroup exists of students with good verbal intelligence but who overrely on prior knowledge in processing written language. Distinctions between oral and written language factors are made. (CL)

Investigated were the effects of differential reinforcement of other behavior (DRO) and response cost (RC) on the attending behavior of a learning disabled (LD) 7-year-old and a behavior disordered 10-year-old. The differential effects of the DRO contingency in the two case studies were attributed to differences in the reinforcement schedules.…

Forty-nine learning disabled (LD) and 47 normal children (7 to 11 years old) were probed on their awareness of attentional processes. In a second experiment, performance on the meta-attentional tasks was related to academic achievement for 54 LD children after academic intervention. (Author/SB)