ERIC Number: ED019769
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1963
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONFERENCE ON EXPLORATION INTO THE PROBLEMS OF THE PERCEPTUALLY HANDICAPPED CHILD (1ST ANNUAL, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, APRIL 6, 1963). VOLUME I.
Fund for Perceptually Handicapped Children, Evanston, IL.
THE PROCEEDINGS OF A 1963 CONFERENCE OF THE FUND FOR PERCEPTUALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN, INC., ARE PRESENTED. ADDRESSES GIVEN INCLUDE "BEHAVIORAL DIAGNOSIS AND REMEDIATION OF LEARNING DISABILITIES" BY SAMUEL A. KIRK, "PERCEPTUAL-MOTOR PROBLEMS OF CHILDREN" BY NEWELL C. KEPHART, "TWO PLUS TWO = FIVE" BY MAMIE JO JONES, "EMPHASES FOR THE FUTURE" BY LAURA LEHTINEN, AND "WHAT DO WE MEAN BY LEARNING DISORDERS" BY HELMER MYKLEBUST. SEMINARS ON EDUCATION, PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL FUNCTIONING AND THE COMMUNITY, AND THE FAMILY ARE PREVIEWED AND REPORTED. ALSO INCLUDED ARE REPORTS BY REPRESENTATIVES OF 14 LAY ASSOCIATIONS ON PERCEPTUALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN. A SUMMATION BY WALTER GOODMAN, "FORMING A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION," IS PROVIDED. THE CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT, THE SEMINAR PARTICIPANTS AND SPEAKERS, THE CONFERENCE PROGRAM, AND THE PERSONS ATTENDING THE CONFERENCE ARE LISTED. THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE FROM THE FUND FOR PERCEPTUALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN, INC., BOX 656, EVANSTON, ILLINOIS 60204, FOR $5.00. (JD)
Descriptors: Behavior, Classification, Cognitive Processes, Community Attitudes, Community Services, Conference Reports, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Needs, Educationally Disadvantaged, Exceptional Child Education, Family (Sociological Unit), Language Acquisition, Language Tests, Learning, Learning Disabilities, Minimal Brain Dysfunction, Organizations (Groups), Parent Associations, Perceptual Handicaps, Perceptual Motor Learning, Psychological Characteristics, Remedial Instruction, Socialization, Teaching Methods
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Authoring Institution: Fund for Perceptually Handicapped Children, Evanston, IL.
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