The purpose of this study was to investigate the visual discrimination abilities of regular class children with varying levels of word recognition skill and of special class children. Word recognition and intelligence scores were obtained on 90 primary-aged children in regular classes and on seven children in a special class. The subjects were…

The Educational Evaluation is the first of three kits in a program developed to assist the special education or classroom teacher in providing a successful educational experience for children having trouble with a normal academic program. Kit 1 is equipped with materials and directions to systematically seek and interpret the various areas and…

Position papers presented by the Association for Children with Learning Disabilities at the White House Conference on Children and Youth are contained in the collection. Beginning with an address by Dr. Samuel Kirk on his personal reflections and comments on learning disabilities, Dr. Sylvia Richardson offers the medical views on learning…

Project ENRICH was conceived in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, to: (1) identify preschool children with learning disabilities, and (2) to develop a program geared to the remediation of the learning disabilities within a school year, while allowing the child to be enrolled in a regular class situation for the following school year. Through…

The operations handbook for Project HEELD (Helping Eliminate Early Learning Disabilities) describes procedures used to identify and remediate learning disabilities among 5-year-old children in an Oregon school district. Described are the following project phases: selection of participants and training of staff, special class instruction for…

Presented are five papers on the application of the cognitive theories of Jean Piaget to learning problems in young children. The first paper, by Remy Droz, looks at current interactions between psychology and teaching, and relates Piaget's theories to the general scientific trend of the century. Discussed are the four developmental stages…

It is hypothesized that children with hyperkinesis tend to repeat inappropriate behavior patterns more frequently than do other children. To assess this tendency to perseverate, a new scoring method using the Porteus Maze Test was devised. On a limited sample of children diagnosed as hyperkinetic and not hyperkinetic, analyses indicate that the…

The bibliography contains 57 references selected from Exceptional Child Education Abstracts on research studies relating to learning disabilities. One in a series of over 50 similar selected listings concerning the education of the gifted or handicapped, the bibliography cites research reports concerning testing, program evaluation, learning…

The purpose of the study was to assess the impact of regular class placement on learning problem students. Consideration was given to academic achievement, personal and social adjustment, peer relationship, and students' perceptions of the class. Fifty seven learning problem students were selected from four types of learning disabilities classes:…

Containing 27 references on hyperactivity selected from "Exceptional Child Education Abstracts", the bibliography cites research reports, conference papers, journal articles, texts, and program guides. Each entry provides bibliographical data, availability information, indexing and retrieval descriptors, and abstracts of the documents. The…

Described is a model designed to aid children with learning disabilities that is said to provide quality educational programing for learning disabled children, that maximizes the effect of the limited number of trained learning disabilities specialists available in the public schools, that maximizes the limited number of programs available for…

Presented is a model for the design of inservice programs for teachers of children with learning disabilities. Experiences at the Merrimack Education Center (Massachusetts) are said to suggest that program development be preceded by assessment of local needs, and agreement on educational goals and teacher roles. The model recommends that inservice…

This paper presents an overview of the Karnes Ameliorative Curriculum (KAC). The program studies the problems of the preschool handicapped and low-income child and develops and tests approaches and curricula for meeting the needs of these children. Sixteen assumptions underlying the program form the basis of program goals. The goals include a)…

As the first step in curriculum development, 12 educational programs for young deaf children with learning disabilities and communication problems were studied in order to identify the atypical deaf child. Subjects were 193 children (age range 6 to 14 years) selected from 12 schools for the deaf in New York State. Data was obtained from school…

In order to determine the extent of deficiencies found in deaf children with learning disabilities so that appropriate remedial curriculum could be developed, a series of diagnostic tests designed to differentiate deaf children with learning disabilities from typical deaf children was constructed and evaluated. The tests developed were said to…