Evaluated are four commercial programs and one technique for use with learning disabled children: the KeyMath Diagnostic Arithmetic Test, Learning by Doing, the Peabody Rebus Reading Program, Jumping Up and Down, and the use of a stopwatch. (DB)

Described are four types of problem families who are said to not be suitable for the home program approach to helping children with learning disabilities. (DB)

Case study demonstrates the successful interaction between the medical- therapeutic and the educational-specialist in the evaluation, remediation, and treatment of learning disabilities. (Authors)

Describes a program of psychological services contracted by the Baltimore Archdiocesan Department of Education. (MB)

The study investigated the effect of a videotape instructional routine in combination with contingent application of token reinforcements on attendant child interaction (nine female attendants and five children) in a residential facility for developmentally retarded children. (Author/GW)

Research is reviewed to determine the value of the Frostig Developmental Test of Visual Perception as a predictor of reading performance and whether the Frostig Visual Perception Training Program improves reading performance. (KW)

Presented at the 12th Annual Pre-Convention Session on School Health, Chicago, Illinois, June 21, 1971. Cosponsored by the American Medical Association and the American School Health Association. (Author)

Presents a case vignette which suggests that past failure in compensatory education programs springs from the failure of educators to 1) recognize the relationships between fluid intelligence and cultural deprivation, 2) utilize teacher skills in the psychodynamics of family relationships, and 3) changes methods of testing and categorizing…

The author sees that the role of the physician is to first, identify potential learning disabilities early; second, to diagnose and treat any medical conditions that are identifiable; and third, to refer and consult with the appropriate educational and psychological services for treatment and evaluation of the learning disorder itself. (Author)