A learning disability index (LDI) for the assessment of intellectual deficits on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) is described. The Factor II score coefficients derived from an unrotated principal components analysis of the WISC-R normative data, in combination with the individual's scaled scores, are used for this…

Prior to silently reading basal stories, 24 school-identified learning disabled children (eight to nine years old) were exposed to a plans-and-goals activity and a conceptual-overview statement activity. The plans-and-goals activity was found to affect the children's reading comprehension significantly. Results support the purported importance of…

The article describes eight children's books that, although not specifically about learning disabled children, still recreate what it is like to be small, different, or alone. The article further cites examples of children's classics (such as "Alice in Wonderland" and "Charlotte's Web" that portray children at odds with their environment. (CL)

The author describes the decision to discard mechanistic trappings of the remedial approach (including charting behaviors, standard tests, and daily progress checks) and to institute a more holistic approach to teaching that incorporated a context of personal meaning and uses. (CL)

Suggestions are made for helping learning disabled students correct reversal errors. Activities include tracing over words, using a pencil or finger to keep the eyes moving toward the right, and underlining frequently reversed words. (CL)

Staggered Spondaic Word (SSW), test results were studied in 93 normally achieving children and 97 children referred to a learning disabilities clinic. All subjects were 8-11 years of age. The SSW test was found to differentiate between the normally achieving children and those experiencing classroom learning difficulties. (Author/CL)

A method for calculating "standardized" grade equivalents for learning disabled students is criticized because it recreates some problems of the original mental age concept and has little to offer teachers or diagnostic personnel. (Author/CL)

The study examined the decision-making processes of 15 administrators, 22 psychologists, 28 teachers, and 15 nurses in judgments about learning disabled. Results indicated that judges did differ with respect to the weights assigned specific cues but were similar in their ratings of severity level and recommended educational placement. (Author/CL)

The ability of learning disabled children to process, retain, and retrieve verbal information was investigated within a series of information-processing tasks, revealing that both the rate and level at which Ss processed information were below the standards set by normal reading contemporaries. (Author/CL)

Two investigations were conducted to ascertain teachers' expectations for the performance of the younger siblings of learning disabled students. Results indicated that teachers held lower expectations for younger siblings of LD than of non-LD students. (Author/CL)

Thirty elementary school children in regular, gifted, and learning disabled-gifted programs were examined on three receptive language tests. Analysis of variance indicated that the "Token Test for Children" differentiated learning disabled-gifted, and the "Detroit Tests of Learning Aptitude, Verbal Absurdities Subtest"…

This study investigated differences in behavior between children with and without postural reflex dysfunction. (JA)

The author advocates the exclusive use of cursive writing in the early elementary grades and maintains that manuscript writing is harmful to learning disabled children. (DB)

The defect of graphic memory in the case of acquired dysgraphia described is shown to be a form of spatial disturbance rather than a dedifferentiation of manual activities. (Author/KW)

A study involving 154,203 Hawaiian public school students (5 to 20 years old) found a significant correlation to children born in each successive month (months were numbered from January onward) who were classified as learning disabled. Findings suggested that late born children have more specific disabilities than early born children. (CL)