Attention disorders and learning disabilities were investigated through time sampling in 16 classrooms for the educationally handicapped. When attending behavior was compared with discrepancy between obtained and expected achievement, a relationship confirming the importance of attention in the development of learning disorders was discovered.…

The attitudes of preservice teachers toward mainstreaming disabled students were investigated before and after special education classroom experience. Results are discussed. (DF)

Reviews a test of nonverbal intelligence that uses stimulus materials and task situations that are not confounded by language impairment or other handicaps. (HOD)

Teacher ratings of 94 learning disabled and 241 normal girls, grouped as three age levels, on school emotional and behavior problems revealed that personality problem (e.g., anxiety, withdrawal) was the only factor dimension that differentiated LD from non-LD girls, and these differences were not apparent at every age level. (Author/CL)

A preliminary classroom study is reported in which learning disabled intermediate students participated in a holistic approach that combined the process approach to writing with the word processing capabilities of the microcomputer. Results suggested that improved written language skills on the computer transfer to pencil-and-paper tasks. (CL)

Definitional and intervention issues regarding learning disabilities and emotional disturbance are examined. Three major topics are addressed: academic deficits of disturbed students, behavior problems in learning disabled students, and differentiation of LD from ED. The need for a service delivery model with foci in reciprocal person/environment…

The Courseware Adaptation Project has produced courseware for learning disabled students. The types of courseware developed and current project activities are described. (JN)

Highlights concerns reading professionals might have regarding the use of volunteer tutors to attack the problem of adult illiteracy in a modern industrial nation. (HOD)

Effects of two procedures for increasing students' ability to draw inferences when reading were studied and are presented in this article. Results support the use of strategy and question procedures for teaching inference skills to disabled readers. (Author/DF)

Reviews literature relating to postsecondary education for learning disabled students. Attributes the scarcity of programs to cost, attitudes, unawareness, and lack of data on incidence and characteristics. To comply with legislation, colleges must do more to accommodate special students. (Author/JAC)

A learning disabilities resource teacher describes ways in which she individualized instruction through physical arrangement of the classroom, availability of materials, and instructional methods that focus on readiness, a learning station framework, and thorough record keeping and evaluation. (CL)

Books can be used to remediate social deficiencies in learning disabled children by providing an opportunity for identification with the characters. Questions can be directed to focus on social perceptual cues, situation-specific behavior, and appropriate affective responses. Ten books are recommended. (CL)

Disabled Student Services Director, Alfred H. DeGraff, tells how Boston University's programs and facilities are providing independence for disabled persons. (MLF)

Five junior high learning disabled students read a passage silently before reading it aloud or listened to the teacher read the passage aloud while following silently before reading aloud. Among results were that the systematic prepractice procedures were related to higher performance levels than the baseline (no prepractice). (Authors/MC)

Observation of 26 learning disabled elementary students' over two entire school days revealed such results as that instructional approaches varied according to service delivery level. However, no differences were found in students' opportunities to learn through active academic responding and that academic responding time was low for all students.…