Learning-disabled (LD) intermediate grade students (N=10), as well as low and high achieving students, were interviewed about their metacognitive knowledge of the writing process and also composed two expository texts. LD students were less aware than high achieving students of modeled writing strategies and steps in the writing process.…

Examined efficacy of 10 weekly group counseling sessions on self-concept and social behavior among fourth, fifth, and sixth graders with learning disabilities. Compared to controls (N=30), children in experimental group (N=23) had significantly higher posttest scores on self-concept scale, and had more positive ratings on two social skills scales…

The paper describes the keyword method for vocabulary instruction with learning disabled, mentally retarded, gifted, and typical students. The keyword method, a mnemonic technique using visual imagery, involves recoding, relating, and retrieving. Building fluency, using scientific word parts to understand complex words, and generalizing to…

Investigated effects of a rational-emotive education (REE) program on learning-disabled adolescents' (N=60) self-concept and locus of control. Results suggest that the REE intervention strategy is an effective approach to helping learning-disabled adolescents enhance some aspects of self-concept and develop a more internal locus of control…

Subjects were four learning disabled students (ages 9-10) with significant attentional problems. Results indicated relatively equivalent increases in on-task behavior over baseline during all treatment phases. Academic response rate also improved under both interventions, with self-monitoring of productivity exhibiting mixed results. (Author/JW)

Four different methods of study were presented to fifty-six learning disabled students, who were to learn characteristics of North American minerals. Methods were: (1) direct instruction; (2) mnemonic instruction; (3) reduced-list direct-instruction; and (4) free-study. Results supported findings that learning was superior in the mnemonic…

Both senior volunteers and learning disabled preschool children benefitted from the Grandparents Read to Me Project in Lakewood, Ohio. Seniors rarely missed a session and the children began to select books over toys during free time and ask their parents to buy books and read to them at home. (CB)

The future of the learning disability field should include: an expanded focus on adolescents and adults; broader models for understanding behavior and learning; going beyond concepts of diagnosis, treatment, remediation, and individualized instruction; expansion of views of basic skills; and interventions that focus on more than changing people.…

This article describes procedures and materials developed for substitute teachers working in a learning disabilities resource room, including: policy information; schedules; specific student information; classroom procedures; daily plans; and additional or alternative activities. (CB)

For handicapped children the computer is a uniquely valuable tool. The increasing availability of assistive devices is opening up the magical world of computer technology to more and more handicapped children. (LHW)

The need of learning-disabled students for more than extensive practice is discussed. The rigid thinking and error reinforcement that may result are noted, and a solution involving the analysis of students' needs is described in some detail. (MNS)

Sixty learning disabled children (8-11 years old) were randomly assigned to experimental and control conditions; the experimental group leaders were trained in REE (Rational-Emotive Education.) The REE intervention appeared to be beneficial in both enhancing self-concept and encouraging an internal locus of control orientation in LD students.…

A modified Social Performance Survey Schedule was completed by teachers of 534 learning disabled (LD) or socially normal (SN) subjects (ages 8-15). SN subjects were perceived as having significantly more prosocial and significantly less antisocial behavior than LD subjects. Females were perceived as having more prosocial behavior than males.…

Case studies of Puerto Rican, Haitian, and Chinese families are used to illustrate how schools can involve parents of limited English speaking learning disabled students to provide home reinforcers of language skill development. (DB)

The position statement defines and describes a regular education/special education initiative (RE/SEI) and offers recommendations for its implementation. RE/SEI is seen as a system of integrated planning, delivery, and evaluation of the effects of services to all students. (CL)