This paper offers therapeutic ideas for children in the age group 7 to 11 who are not adequately interpreting and adjusting to their environment. (Author)

Reviewed is research on the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities, which are designed to assess several areas of a child's cognitive and motor development from the age of 2 1/2 to 8 1/2 years. (Author)

To more easily distinguish patterns of reading and spelling errors, two parallel, standardized reading and spelling forms were designed (based on E. Boder's work) and used to test two groups of children: 34 children from regular fifth-grade classes, and 18 fourth- to sixth-grade children diagnosed as retarded readers. (Author)

A study involving 63 reading disabled children (7 to 12 years old) attempted to define more clearly the subgroups of learning disabled children. (Author/SBH)

Two-hundred and eighty college students were asked to establish priorities for assigning tutorial help to children failing in school. (Author)

To determine the value of the Pupil Rating Scale (PRS) in identifying children at risk for learning difficulty, a sample of 60 kindergarten children was studied intensively to determine whether the PRS would correlate as well with achievement measures as reported in H. Myklebust's normative sample. (Author/SBH)

The relationship between auditory perceptual test performance and Kagan's Reflection-Impulsivity Dimension was explored with 44 white, middle class kindergarteners. (Author/GW)

Reviewed in depth are the Sipay Word Analysis Tests, and briefly noted are several other programs, techniques, or materials of potential value to learning disability personnel. (DB)