Prior to attendance at the residential school, students were making an average of approximately .56 grade equivalent gains on academic achievement tests for every year spent in school. During the period under study, children achieved an average of approximately 1.19 yearly grade level increase. (SBH)

Responses from 82 learning disabilities/behavior disorders (LD/BD) teachers were studied to investigate their understanding of the use of drug therapy with LD/BD students. (PHR)

Presents a preliminary readability study of 20 popular comic strips as evidence that many comics do provide easy reading material for reluctant disabled readers. (FL)

The career maturity of a private school group of adolescents with learning disabilities was assessed. Significant differences emerged in the affective dimensions but not in the cognitive variables. (Author)

A group procedure for the management of classroom behavior is described which has been used successfully with emotionally disturbed, educable mentally handicapped, and learning disabled students. The strategy allows for group goal setting and peer feedback on individual behavior and improves socioemotional development. (PHR)

Young children (153 normal preschool and primary graders, 19 cerebral palsied 5 to 15 year olds, and 16 learning disabled 7 to 12 year olds) were given a test of immediate visual memory which required selection of a geometric design from among six alternatives, including a mirror image and a rotation. (CL)

The investigation explored the possibility of predicting self-concept among 147 learning-disabled children (ages 7 to 13) on the bases of several combinations of predictor variables. The combinations of word knowledge performance, math performance, and family socioeconomic status (SES) significantly predicted self-concept. (Author/PHR)

Two methodological problems often arising in dyslexia research are considered. The first problem concerns the validity of experimental measures and the related problem of interpreting null results. The second problem involves the effects of sampling from a disabled population if the disorder under investigation has multiple unknown origins.…

Focus is on a conceptualization of initial assessment and consultation, the problem-solving paradigm as a framework for guiding this activity, and a description of procedures and initial data from a demonstration program. (Author/DLS)

To demonstrate how one might go beyond mechanical errors to describe, measure, and evaluate student writing as communication, several evaluation procedures were applied to a brief writing protocol submitted by an adolescent learning disabled student. (Author/DLS)

Results showed that the adolescents with internal locus of control performed significantly better in the low structure reinforcement condition, while the adolescents with external locus of control performed significantly better in the high structure reinforcement condition. (Author)

Thirty elementary school teachers and 30 pediatricians completed a questionnaire regarding frequency and definitiveness of 13 diagnostic techniques used in learning disabilities (LD) medical evaluations. (CL)

To examine the association between reversal errors and neurological disorders, 409 first graders were asked to name the letters of the lowercase alphabet presented in fixed, nonalphabetical order. (Author)

Results of perceptual tests administered to 50 retarded readers and 50 average readers in third grade indicated a significant difference between the two groups on visual sequential memory for letters. (CL)

The paper reviews selected research findings relative to the social acceptance/rejection and self-concept of handicapped students in regular classroom environments. Studies are limited to those involving educable mentally retarded, learning disabled, or behaviorally disordered children. (SBH)