Soviet literature on children with cerebral palsy is concerned with diagnosis and assessment of cognitive functions as well as with education and training. (Author)

Reviewed are research studies published in Eastern Europe evaluating the theories of P. Galperin regarding cognitive development in early childhood. (DB)

Reviewed are approximately 10 research studies done in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe on oligophrenia (mental retardation) and effectiveness of teaching methods for oligophrenics. (GW)

The author reports on recent Soviet studies of developmentaly delayed (DD) children, which compare clinical characteristics of DD, mentally retarded, and normal children relative to such aspects as attention, memory, intellectual functioning, and verbal facility. Noted is the similarity of DD children to American learning disabled children.…

The article provides a sample of research in the Soviet Union with mentally retarded preschoolers. Studies address such topics as problem solving, size perception and classification. (Author/CL)

Assessment practices in the Soviet Union reveal three trends. The so-called pedology movement was replaced in the 1930s by an anti-testing policy, followed more recently by a reassessment of psychodiagnostic practices. Late 1970s and the beginning of 1980s reveal strong interests in psychodiagnosis. (Author/CL)

An international review and comparison of terminology development for cognitive disabilities (intellectual subnormality, mental retardation, mental deficiency, and oligophrenia) identifies cultural differences, social development, level of scientific development, philosophical orientation, prevalence, and social attitudes as factors relating to…

Issues in special education in Poland during the 1970s included mainstreaming, vocational education, teacher education, and attitudes toward socially maladjusted adolescents. (CL)

Issues and studies related to the nature of quantitative v qualitative assessment of cognitive skills in normal and handicapped children are reviewed. (Author)

A review of studies on mental retardation published in the Soviet Union between 1970 and 1980 touches on physical and neurological issues, genetic studies, learning and memory, and emotional factors. General conclusions drawn include that more males are retarded or emotionally disturbed than females. (CL)