Author suggests some new ways to help solve learning problems in the classroom. (GB)

This study was designed to investigate the developmental aspects of performance by a group of normal children on tasks constructed to measure auditory figure-ground perception, and to compare this function with academic achievement. (Author)

After observing the operation of a resource program involving part-time consultants, the authors offer a number of advantages to this method. They also suggest ways to make such an arrangement most effective. (BY)

Outlines training procedures for adult trainees and students at the Denver Board of Water Commissioners and Regis College. (RK)

Three subgroups among children labeled as learning disabled are differentiated, including those who just do not function well in nonpersonalized situations and thus have learning problems stemming from deficiencies of the learning environment. Identification and remedial teaching strategies are conceptualized in diagram form. (KW)

A review of current theories and practices launched in the name of succor for learning disabilities." (RA)

Describes Work Introduction Courses that are directed toward youth whose academic achievement is low and who have other problems. Discusses findings of survey of students and teachers to determine needs, experiences, opinions, and background. (JOW)

Assessment approaches are described which avoid the attribution of an ability/achievement discrepancy to a learning deficiency, while emphasizing the interaction between the individual and environment. The Guide to the Child's Learning Skills, learning styles inventory, and contract activity packages are discussed. (CL)

Physicians, to varying degrees, are increasingly involved in diagnostic formulation, collaborative intervention, and advocacy with handicapped children. There is now a greater emphasis on family assessments, neurodevelopmental examination, medical treatments, counseling, actual collaboration, and independent evaluation. (Author)

Three challenges facing educational psychologists (to experience the reality of being a parent, to help parents solve their children's learning problems, and to unlock the school system to parents) are examined. (CL)

Readers are invited to test their abilities first in diagnosing the learning difficulties of a high school senior and then in prescribing the right kind of instructional program for him or her. (Author/MLF)