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Download full textLos Angeles County Superintendent of Schools, CA. – 1963
A 6-year field study project was undertaken to try out some patterns of special education with neurologically handicapped children. Three phases emphasized these objectives: feasibility, class size, pupil safety, approval, incidence, referral, diagnosis, placement, curriculum, treatment, evaluation, teacher qualifications, parent reactions,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Clinical Diagnosis, Exceptional Child Research
Lambert, Nadine; Grossman, Herbert – 1964
Medical factors were assessed in 20 children (grades 1 to 10) with behavior and learning problems, and an educational program was subsequently offered. All 20 had their case histories taken, were given pediatric and open electroencephalograph examinations, and were evaluated by psychological tests. One team of physicians found no clearly defined…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Behavior Problems, Clinical Diagnosis, Educational Diagnosis
Hagin, Rosa A.; And Others – 1970
The WPPSI was used in a Manhattan, N.Y., public school because administrators, teachers, and parents had asked for help in understanding children who had difficulty in learning to read well, despite special efforts to help them. A preventive intervention program was begun based on a clinical study of every first grader. Forty children were…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Processes, Diagnostic Tests, English (Second Language)
Greene, Lawrence J. – 1998
This book provides strategies for working within the educational system and going outside the system, when appropriate, to get learning assistance for a struggling student. Part 1, "Identifying the Problem," discusses communicating with the teacher and getting vital information, focusing observations and impressions, and communicating…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Homework
Gil, Doron; And Others – 1979
This report provides an overview of the research being conducted by the Clinical Studies Group of the Institute for Research on Teaching, whose research is designed to improve the instruction, evaluation, and performance of preservice and inservice reading diagnosticians. The first section of the report describes the use of an inquiry theory of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Clinical Diagnosis, Decision Making Skills, Elementary Secondary Education
Vigo County School Corp., Terre Haute, IN. – 1968
Children having problems in adjusting to school are referred to the Center. An interdisciplinary team evaluates each child for possible placement in a controlled therapeutic classroom. Provided here as preliminary project evaluation are a sample psychological report and a psychometric summary sheet. Case studies are given for children in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Case Studies, Clinical Diagnosis
District of Columbia Dept. of Human Resources, Washington, DC. – 1968
Services for persons living in the District of Columbia, with handicaps due to mental, physical, sensory, or special health conditions, are described. Agencies offering services for several handicapping conditions and government facilities are listed; indexes list agencies by specific handicaps and by services. The address, telephone, hours,…
Descriptors: Administrators, Admission Criteria, Agencies, Clinical Diagnosis
Tarnopol, Lester, Ed. – 1969
Designed to assist in the development or improvement of programs for children with learning disabilities, the text includes the following discussions: an introduction to children with these disabilities; a new look at learning disabilities; parent and professional relations; the national problem of learning disabilities; the role of the physician…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Behavior Problems, Clinical Diagnosis, Community Programs
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Direct linkWillingham, Daniel T. – Education Next, 2005
Mel Levine writes about learning disabilities in a way that sometimes invites satire. The premise of his 2003 book, "The Myth of Laziness," for example, is that a child who appears lazy probably does not lack motivation, but rather suffers from "output failure." Levine, a professor of pediatrics at the University of North…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Psychomotor Skills, Attention, Spatial Ability
Diagnosing Learning Disabilities in Community College Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
Shulman, Deborah – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2002
The difficulty of determining if a student's learning difficulties are the results of learning disabilities or issues related to cultural and linguistic diversity (CLD), often causes problems when individuals are referred for a learning disability assessment. This article discusses the many issues related to assessment of adults in community…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Community Colleges, Test Selection, Learning Disabilities
Layton, Carol A.; Lock, Robin H. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2003
Within the United States, public schools are required to meet the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) standards mandated by federal law. Institutions of Higher Education (IHE) are challenged to interpret information presented by students for eligibility documentation in light of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards.…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Eligibility, Federal Legislation, Evaluation
Bellinger, Diane; And Others – 1995
This paper reviews the research on fragile X syndrome, the second most common cause of mental retardation related to chromosomal anomaly. It notes that far more males than females are affected by the fragile X syndrome, which typically results in craniofacial changes, delays in growth and development, speech/language difficulties, and cognitive…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Patterns, Clinical Diagnosis, DNA
Goldstein, David; Dundon, William D. – 1986
This paper addresses the problem of heterogeneity of samples of learning disabled (LD) children by comparing five different systems for identifying homogeneous subgroups in terms of their ability to predict longitudinal reading and mathematics scores. One hundred and sixty LD children served as subjects. Three of the five subgrouping systems were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Behavior Problems, Blacks
Interagency Committee on Learning Disabilities, Washington, DC. – 1987
The report to Congress by the Interagency Committee on Learning Disabilities, required by the Health Research Extension Act of 1985, Public Law 99-158, provides a review and assessment of Federal research priorities, activities, and findings regarding learning disabilities. Included in the report is information on (1) the number of persons…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Attention Deficit Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Definitions
Hill Top Spectrum, 1987
The four issues contain articles on the diagnosis and treatment of learning disabilities (LDs). Article titles and authors include: "Learning Disability Specialist Looks at Foreign Language Instruction" (Elissa Fisher); "Physician Questions Reliability of Central Auditory Processing Tests in Diagnosing LD" (Daniel Schwartz); "Educator Urges…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Auditory Perception, Auditory Tests, Clinical Diagnosis
