This paper discusses the ethical and practical issues involved in the development and implementation of a preschool screening battery. A screening program is described and the resulting data presented in an attempt to illustrate the investment in time, money, and energy required. The ethical questions that arise because of the lack of…

Intended for regular education teachers, the identification packet is noted to provide information on some of the behavioral manifestations of children with learning problems, visual impairment, or hearing impairment. A list of procedures for referral, an expectancy schedules table, and a sample letter to teachers on the exceptional child are…

Provided is a collection of activities for use with elementary level students who manifest perceptual handicaps. Some physical fitness stunts and visual and auditory assessment checklists are included with the pencil and paper exercises. (IM)

There is a rational approach to meeting the needs of mainstreamed learning disabled secondary students. (Author/PHR)

The article gives a checklist of questions for teachers to ask in the functional assessment of learning disabled children, and gives guides in decisions on instructional prescriptions. (PHR)

A learning disabled seven-year-old boy has perceptual difficulties, such as letter reversals, which interfere with his academic development. (PHR)

This case history presents the procedures and results of a vocational training program developed for an adolescent Navajo girl functioning intellectually at the five-year-old level. (Author/RTS)

The article describes a math-oriented approach to remediating learning disabilities in children. (SBH)

Outlines briefly the historical development of the field of learning disabilities, describes its present status with a discussion of some of the major issues and controversies, and indicates some emerging trends and future directions. (Author/RK)

Experimental group consisted of learning disabled children in regular classes with resource room interventions. Control group consisted of non-learning disabled children stratified by sex and classrooms. The resource based program did not result in significant changes in either self-concept or peer acceptance after one year for the LD group.…

Available from: Williams & Wilkins Company 428 East Preston Street Baltimore, Maryland 21202 Histories of hyperactive symptoms were evaluated for 91 Ss receiving impatient psychiatric services (mean age = 17 years) and 100 Ss in a drug treatment program (mean age = 25 years). (Author/IM)

The authors purport that before teaching tasks to individuals with severe learning problems, it may be necessary to deliberately plan for and systematically evaluate the factors of selective attention, information feedback, retention, and generalization for each lesson. (Author/SBH)

A comparative study of nonverbal MA matched groups of five autistic, five aphasic, five normal and five retarded children (3 to 16 years old) was made on an auditory-visual and a visual-visual paired-associate learning task. (Author)