A survey of 54 personnel preparation programs in the education of the hearing impaired found that most teacher educators believe there is a need to modify existing curricula in order to prepare teachers of learning-disabled hearing-impaired students, though neither separate state certification nor a specific teacher preparation program was…

Developmental patterns of responses given by 34 school-identified learning disabled (LD) and 40 normally achieving (NA) students (ages 9-14) on the Perceived Competence Scale for Children were investigated. Although relatively more negative than the NA students, LD children did not become more negative about themselves over a two-year period.…

Describes the controversial Deficit Theory in relation to Mary Mason's position that educational failure and linguistic "handicap" or "deficit" are directly related. Argues that Mason's position reveals a limited understanding of both linguistics to education and the process of sociocultural transmission. Questions the quality…

Two hundred and ten students participated in this study to assess the health locus of control and health status of secondary special education students. Educable mentally retarded adolescents were compared to learning disabled students and together they were compared to non-handicapped persons. Results are presented and discussed. (MT)

Offers suggestions for using the newspaper to help learning disabled students improve their reading, language arts, and mathematics skills. (ARH)

The article reviews Intelligent Computer Assisted Instruction (ICAI), an area of artificial intelligence and notes its shortcomings for learning disabled students. It is suggested that emphasis on antecedent knowledge (important facts, concepts, rules, and/or strategies for the content area) and content analysis and design techniques would make…

Described are the history of the study of language disabilities, briefly outlining the work of Samuel Orton, Judson Herrick, Adolph Meyer, and Paul Schilder; Lauretta Bender's development of the Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test; and the basic principles of language disorders, including familial patterns, maturation lag, plasticity, and nonfixated…

The article outlines a strategy called repeated reading which aids educable mentally handicapped and learning-disabled students in gaining mastery of reading skills. Repeated reading focuses on reading passages rather than single words and emphasizes reading rate. The article discusses the method's theoretical basis, empirical evidence, contextual…

Methods for teaching learning disabled students task specific and metacognitive strategies to use when writing include self-instructional strategy training, task and learner analysis, training evaluation, development of vocabulary diversity, content generation and planning, and revision training. Seven steps for teaching creative writing are…

Evaluated psychometric and demographic data in 84 successful and unsuccessful social service clients. Successful predictors of vocational success among psychiatric populations were: having been married, having held full-time work, and not having been diagnosed as learning disabled. Suggests a combination of information from intelligence tests,…

Some of the problems of learning disabled students which make teaching arithmetic difficult include: symbol-object relationships, reversibility of functions, perceptual deficits, multiplication tables, division tasks, word problems, and place values. Among suggestions for teachers are presenting and setting up problems according to students'…

The mathematics concept of fractions was taught to a group of learning disabled, dyslexic, and multiply handicapped students (15-20 years old) by preparing a fruit salad. Enthusiastic student participation and enhanced knowledge illustrated the effectiveness of employing several sensory modes in learning activities. (CB)

Based on a study of the differences between the way regular and special education teachers handle classroom transitions, this discussion suggests seven steps special education teachers should take to aid students in classroom transitions. A list of 24 different transition cues is included. (JC)

Two experiments compared the ability of learning disabled (LD) students and more typical age peers to answer such reading comprehension questions presented independently of reading passages. Results suggested a relative deficiency on the part of LD students with respect to reasoning strategies and test-taking skills. (Author/LMO)

Presents a guide for identifying children with learning disabilities to help mental health counselors provide services to these clients and their families. Suggests that, as mental health counselors are asked to provide services to school children, they need to learn about schools and the counselor role in school settings. (Author/NB)