Reviewed are resources to be used in developing programs to improve motor abilities among learning disabled children with severe motor dysfunction. (MH)

The author points out two problems with the field of learning disabilities: the term caught on before a satisfactory definition had been determined and the field totally disregards the Law of Parsimony, which requires that one should never give a complicated answer when a simple one will do. (SBH)

The authors discuss the ways in which social policy has resulted in the absorption of ethnic groups into the dominant culture and explain how education of the Spanish speaking child has proceeded in such a way as to funnel these children into special education and into learning disabilities in particular. (Author/SBH)

This study examined the efficacy of behavior modification in treating three hyperkinetic children (6 to 12 years old). (Author)

It is explained that many factors are involved in producing a child with learning difficulties. (Author/SBH)

Some methods for evaluating movements are reviewed and their usefulness for neuropediatric diagnosis discussed. (SBH)

The author presents the theory, based on longitudinal audiovisual observations of infants, that language develops from an expanding and differentiating interactive communication system in which infants and adults, and often older children, are participants. (SBH)

Compared was the psychological test performance of 24 dyslexic boys and 24 normal readers at four age levels (7, 9, 11, and 13 years). (Author/SBH)

The article gives a critique of current practice in the field of learning disabilities and examines several popular approaches to remediating educationally handicapped children. (Author)