Described is a program for training teachers to deal with learning disabilities which combines inservice education and graduate study. (KW)

The symposium discussion topic, the current role of differential psychoeducational assessment and training in the fields of learning disabilities and special education, is presented by Lester Mann and then followed by six responses and Lester Mann's rebuttal. (CB)

The study found that 41 per cent of the elementary school students studied were identified as having learning and/or behavior disorders, although previous testing yielded normal results. The authors questioned the ability of the educational system to accommodate the range of student differences. (Author/CB)

A new approach, the social control of learning disabilities, argues that the child's disability affects mainly his parents and then teachers and professionals in such a way that their activities to help him are thwarted by the same complex of symptoms as those of the child's disability. (Author)

This study concerned the effects of the use of programmed-instruction dictating machines on the improvement of eye-hand coordination skills of children with learning disabilities. (Authors/RY)

R-technique factor analysis was used to correlate results of sensorimotor, psycholinguistic and cognitive tests given to California children with learning disabilities. Results show not all children with specific neural disorders perform poorly on related tests where low scores would be expected. (PD)

Results of an experiment in which two speech sounds were presented simultaneously to the two ears in normal and unilaterally brain-damaged subjects suggest a role for the nondominant cerebral hemisphere in processing and/or storage of competing speech stimuli. (KW)