The article addresses the usefulness of the Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT) in assessing various levels of arithmetic performance. The mathematics subtest of the PIAT is considered in terms of purpose; mathematical abilities subsections (foundations, basic facts, applications); diagnostic testing (the error analysis matrix); and poor…

Recent advances in computer technology, combined with research findings on electrophysiological (EEG) correlates of brain function, suggest that large-scale use of various computer scored EEG measures in evaluation of children with learning problems may become feasible. The nature of the EEG and of the averaged evoked potential is described.…

The authors contend that current trends in education are both disenfranchising and ignoring children (particularly the slow learners and borderline retarded) who could benefit from individualized instruction. Problems with the reliance on clinical judgement to identify handicapped children are discussed. (SBH)

Forty-three learning disabled children referred to a medical outpatient clinic because of reading difficulties were evaluated and followed for a period of five-seven years to study the course of their reading achievement and its relationship over time to various characteristics. (DLS)

Two studies sought to determine the developmental relationship between the child's use of counting as a notational symbol system to extract, compare, and reproduce numerical information and the development of number conservation. Subjects were four- to six-year-old children in Study 1 and seven- to nine-year-old learning disabled children in Study…

The story of a learning disabled boy and the help he received at a private school. (SJL)

The use of the telephone directory as a learning tool with learning disabled adolescents is described. A general information worksheet and a white and yellow pages worksheet are reproduced. It is explained that the exercises develop an important survival skill. (PHR)

The study examined 102 elementary regular-classroom teachers' attributions and instructional prescriptions for normal achieving, educationally handicapped, and educable mentally retarded pupils. (Author)

The study evaluated the hypothesis that familial left-handed children, who presumably have bilateral representation of language ability, should show an impairment in spatial abiblity on 44 children (22 right handed, 11 familial left handed, and 11 nonfamilial left handed) whose average age was 8 years old. (Author/PHR)

While the term "learning disability" awaits clarification, the authors have mounted an interdisciplinary effort to identify and treat children who suffer the immature development syndromes that trigger underachievement in educational tasks. Describes "vulnerable" children, who were studied by the Learning Disorders Unit of New York University…

Available from: Psychonomic Society, 1108 W. 34th Street, Austin, Texas 78705. Studied with 10 learning disabled children (5-9 years old) was the development of self-management skills without direct teacher supervision through the use of operant reinforcement procedures. (IM)

Described is a method of individual diagnosis and remediation of learning disabled children through the use of the method of equivalence which allows the precise specification of the nature of the educational handicap and suggests remediation approaches. (DB)

By presenting preliminary results of joint experiments conducted by speech pathologists and linguists, this article discusses the possibility of further neuropsycholinguistic research. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

Examined specific impact on birth children of living in households fostering children with severe learning disabilities. Found that important issues include sharing activities, involvement in helping care, and the different ways in which boys and girls respond to the situation. Also compared adult caregivers' attitudes to children's attitudes…