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ERIC Number: EJ361056
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Reference Count: 0
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The "Magic Cure" A Review of the Current Controversial Approaches for Treating Learning Disabilities.
Silver, Larry B.
Journal of Learning Disabilities, v20 n8 p498-504 Oct 1987
In view of popular press coverage of controversial approaches to treating learning disabilities, the article briefly reviews evidence concerning the following: neurophysiological retraining (patterning, optometric visual training, cerebellar-vestibular remediation, and applied kinesiology); and orthomolecular medicine (concerning megavitamins, trace elements, hypoglycemia, food additives, preservatives, and refined sugars). (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Nutrition, Optometry, Outcomes of Treatment, Training Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners; Parents
Language: English
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Identifiers: Food Additives; Hypoglycemia; Kinesiology; Patterning; Vestibular Stimulation