School psychologists (30 Ss), learning disabilities teachers (51 Ss), regular class teachers (33 Ss), and learning disabilities supervisors (16 Ss), were asked to rate the importance of 41 criteria for determining a learning disabled child's readiness for mainstreaming. (Author/SBH)

The paper suggests that time-series design methodology provides a useful paradigm in which to conduct research in the learning disabilities field. (Author)

The validity of the Myklebust Pupil Rating Scale (PRS) in predicting learning disability was investigated in a two-year follow-up study of 55 preschool children. Correlational analysis yielded highly significant results with all correlations between the PRS scores and criterion measures. (SBH)

Study involving 300 children investigated the validity of Slosson Intelligence Test (SIT) for identifying learning disabled kindergarteners. Ss were given a battery of tests, including Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence. Results indicated that SIT greatly overestimates the IQ of kindergarten children with suspected learning…

The study involving 13 developmentally delayed children (36-66 months old) was conducted to determine the applicability of the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, the Motor Impersistence Test, Graphesthesia Test, and Stereognosis-Tactile Test with developmentally delayed infants and preschoolers. (SBH)

Twenty parents of learning disabled elementary school children were trained in facilitative communication skills. Investigated were parents' ability to learn such skills; change in parental attitudes as an effect of training; and change in attitudes, achievement, and attendance of students whose parents received training. (SBH)

The authors contend that current trends in education are both disenfranchising and ignoring children (particularly the slow learners and borderline retarded) who could benefit from individualized instruction. Problems with the reliance on clinical judgement to identify handicapped children are discussed. (SBH)

The author considers problems with the current advocacy movement for handicapped children. Among the problems pointed out is inability to deal effectively with the children once they are in the schools. (SBH)

Sections address the RFP/IFB (Request for Proposals/Invitation for Bids) process and procedures for selecting the "best" contract. In reviewing the federal procurement code, and the recent decision of the Government Accounting Office, particularly regarding the NIMIS (National Instructional Materials Information System contract), inconsistencies…

Dichotic listening and bisensory memory skills were investigated in 72 male middle-class second-grade and 72 fourth-grade readers who were classified according to the Boder system, which distinguishes among normal and three types of dyslexic readers: dysphonetic (auditory dyslexic), dyseidetic (visual dyslexic), and alexic (combined). (Author/SBH)

The parent's role in treatment of children's learning problems is discussed. A developmental view of causation based on Piagetian theory is presented, as well as a plan for parent workshops. (Author/SBH)

A method for collecting data on students which was developed in a learning disabilities resource room project is presented as a way to determine objective progress in areas that are more difficult to measure informally. Sample grids for recording data are included. (SBH)

The author argues against the accepted symptom of learning disabilities--a discrepancy between measured intelligence and measured educational achievement scores; and demonstrates that it is feasible to produce a quantitative definition of educational underachievement, and therefore to identify learning disabled students. (SBH)

Thirty learning disabled third- and fourth-graders classified as impulsive on J. Kagan's Matching Familiar Figures Test were assigned to one of three training conditions in which they viewed a model who responded in either a reflective or impulsive cognitive tempo on a matching-to-sample task or a control model. (Author/SBH)

Theory and research on the relation of lateral dominance to the causation of reading disability are reviewed. Both direct and indirect measures of cerebral hemisphere functioning are considered. (SBH)