THE PROCEEDINGS OF A 1962 STATEWIDE ARIZONA CONFERENCE ON READING DEVELOPMENT AND READING DIFFICULTIES INCLUDE 15 PAPERS. ARTICLES ON THE ABLE RETARDED READER ARE "UNDERSTANDING THE ABLE RETARDED READER" BY HELEN M. ROBINSON, AND "CLASSROOM PROCEDURES" BY ROSEMARY YOAKUM. PAPERS ON EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED CHILDREN ARE "IDENTIFICATION OF EMOTIONAL DIFFICULTIES IN READING" BY PETER GALLAGHER, "CAUSATION AND PREVENTION" BY BORIS ZEMSKY, "NEUROPSYCHIATRIC CONSIDERATIONS IN CHILDREN'S READING PROBLEMS" BY RALPH RABINOVITCH, AND "CLASSROOM PROCEDURES" BY LORA ANDERSON. BILINGUAL CHILDREN (CHILDREN FROM NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING HOMES) ARE DISCUSSED BY MAMIE SIZEMORE IN "UNDERSTANDING 'BILINGUAL' CHILDREN, BY MILES ZINTZ IN "DEVELOPING A COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS PROGRAM," AND BY JANE MOORE IN"CLASSROOM PROCEDURES." INCLUDED ALSO IS AN INTRODUCTION BY RUTH S. STRANG ON LEVELS OF KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL, DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES, ESSENTIALS OF TREATMENT, AND READING MATERIALS. THE SUMMARY AND CONCLUDING REMARKS ARE BY AMELIA MELNIK IN "METHODS AND PROCEDURES" AND RUTH STRANG IN "THE ROLE OF THE TEACHER". APPENDIXES CONTAIN HOLLIS MOORE'S INTRODUCTION TO THE CONFERENCE AND A 51-ITEM SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY. THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS, TUCSON, ARIZONA, FOR $2.75. (JD)