An interactional approach to attention problems in learning disabled children takes into account the degree of voluntary attention required by the task, the degree of structure in the setting, and the characteristics of the child. (CL)

Third grade learning disabled students (N=72) were assigned randomly to one of two treatment groups or a control group. The group receiving the instructional program performed significantly better on two of the three tasks. (Author/SB)

Results showed that, even with efficient instructional procedures, overloading, higher failure rate, and percentage of transposition spelling errors and greater variance in performance may occur when the number of words presented each day exceeds three. (Author)

Twenty-one young adults who had received educational services for learning disabilities as young children were interviewed regarding their adult adjustment. Results indicated that the majority had required additional supportive educational service throughout their schooling; needed vocational social activities. (Author) assistance; and were often…

Results indicated that 8 of the 36 adolescents fell into the strategy-absent category, characterized by a large discrepancy (in either direction) between their verbal and nonverbal abilities. Ss whose disabilities were limited primarily to reading and written language were largely spontaneous strategy users (17 out of 20). (Author)

The use of visual imagery, visualization, and guided and unguided fantasy has potential as a teaching tool for use with learning disabled children. Visualization utilized in a gamelike atmosphere can help the student learn new concepts, can positively effect social behaviors, and can help with emotional control. (SB)

The validity of the Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery was evaluated with a sample of 50 learning disabled fourth graders. In general, the Battery has some convergent validity but little discriminant validity relative to various cluster scores or specific uses. (Author)

As a result of highly specific phonic lessons, reading performance was increased by three years over a three month period. (Author)

Thirty kindergarten children with teacher-identified learning difficulties were matched for age, sex, and socioeconomic status with 30 children who were not experiencing any problems learning. The matched control group exhibited superiority on all A. Bannatyne categories. However, the predicted Bannatyne pattern for the group with learning…

The author argues that there must come a time when educators decide to stop remediating the learning disability and help the adolescent live with the fact that s/he has a learning disability. Factors to consider include chronological age, grade, motivation, nature of school program, and severity of disability. (DB)

Using the Canter Background Interference Procedure with the Bender Gestalt Test, a group of 18 adolescent suicide attempters earned test scores indicating they had significantly more problems with visual motor coordination than did a control group of 21 adolescents. (Author/SBH)

The article describes a method of improving the instruction provided by learning disabilities classroom teacher aides. Advantages of the self-recording approach are listed. (PHR)

The sociometric standing of 42 primary-aged learning disabled students was investigated in a sparsely populated rural area where learning disabled children were mainstreamed in an elementary school in which an "open concept" delivery of services system was in operation. (Author/SBH)

A four-step instructional procedure to assist the learning disabled child to distinguish the distinctive features of letters is described. The procedure involves distinguishing the lower case "b" via a fading out technique from its upper case counterpart "B." The letter directionality can be cued so that the "b-d" distinction is readily apparent.…

This study assessed the utility of Bannatyne's recategorization of the WISC-R with a group of 97 adjudicated adolescents who varied in intelligence. Findings affirmed the extension of Bannatyne's recategorization to samples other than genetic dyslexics and supported his major hypothesis of stronger spatial than sequential abilities. (Author/SJL)