Collected together in this volume are the background papers for the National Advisory Committee on Dyslexia and Related Reading Disorders. Papers include "The Nature of the Reading Process"; "Bases of Classification of Reading Disorders"; "Sex Differences in Reading Disability"; "Dyslexia: Neurological and Genetic Etiology"; "Dyslexia and Its Remediation"; "Relation of Early Language Development to Subsequent Reading Disorder"; "Preschool Intervention"; "Preschool Educational Strategies and Issues: A Review"; "The Role of Individual Diagnosis in Remedial Planning for Reading Disorders"; "The Nature of the Reading Process, The Rationale of Non-Educational Remedial Methods"; "Early Identification of Potentially Retarded Readers within the School System"; "School Age Programs: Modifications of Teaching Methods and Materials for Total Population Groups"; "The Teaching of Children with Language Disabilities--Small Groups"; "Manpower"; "Development of Competencies for the Teaching of Reading to Children who have not Learned under Conventional Procedures"; "New Trends in Reading"; "Understanding Learning Disabilities"; and "Directories of Remedial Reading Services." (HOD)