The authors review literature on conventional and special approaches to arithmetic instruction with emphasis on applying these approaches to the teaching of elementary learning disabled students with disorders in the area of arithmetic. Section I focuses on the instructional context of arithmetic. It is suggested that generalization teaching…

WRITTEN FOR PARENTS, THIS BOOKLET DESCRIBES THE BRAIN INJURED ADOLESCENT AND THE PROBLEMS AND EXPERIENCES FACED BY THE ADOLESCENT AND HIS PARENTS. EIGHTEEN QUESTIONS ASKED BY PARENTS OF THESE CHILDREN ARE DISCUSSED. THE AREAS COVERED ARE-- (1) SOCIAL EXPERIENCES, (2) GUIDED INDEPENDENCE, (3) SOCIAL SKILLS, (4) SUCCESS EXPERIENCES, (5) LEISURE TIME…

THIS SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY INCLUDES 317 ANNOTATED REFERENCES DEALING DIRECTLY WITH THE BEHAVIORAL CHARCTERISTICS OF CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL DYSFUNCTION. REFERENCES HAVE APPEARED IN JOURNALS OR OTHER SOURCES AVAILABLE IN UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES. THE BIBLIOGRAPHY IS CLASSIFIED INTO SIX MAJOR DIVISIONS--(1) THE ENTITY AND ITS DESCRIPTION, (2) CLINICAL…

Two studies explore the late outcome of minimal brain dysfunction in 73 patients in relation to their initial presentation and predictive factors. Both studies followed the patients for a period of 10 to 20 years. Findings from the first study of initial presentation in relation to adult outcome showed that there was a strong positive correlation…

A differential diagnosis of three types of severe reading disability cases is presented. The brain damaged-ego disturbed child suffers a defect in the central nervous system which makes it extremely difficult to develop such basic skills as perception, concept formation, and language. The specific brain injury cases, classed as organic remedial,…

This paper presents thoughts and techniques concerning the control of the specific learning disability (SLD) child and the emotional needs which these children have. The SLD child whose learning and behavior problems are significant and are due to some visual-perceptual or organic problem and not emotional disturbance, disadvantagement, or gross…

TEXAS STATE STANDARDS FOR SPECIAL CLASSES FOR MINIMALLY BRAIN-INJURED CHILDREN INCLUDE STUDY OF THE CHILD BY A PLACEMENT COMMITTEE AND A PSYCHOLOGICAL REEVALUATION OF THE CHILD EVERY 3 YEARS. CRITERIA FOR ADMISSION TO SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSES AND MINIMALLY BRAIN-INJURED CLASSES, INSTRUCTIONS FOR ESTABLISHING AND OPERATING SPECIAL EDUCATION…

A 14-year-old minimally brain injured boy and his parents present their views regarding the boy's problems at an overnight summer camp for regular children. (SBH)

Equal numbers of reading disabled children from each of three schools were assigned to treatment or control conditions. After ten group counseling sessions students in the treated groups showed significant increases in oral and reading vocabulary skills. Sentence comprehension was not improved by counseling. (Author)

Article describes the changing, organized behavioral patterns of the sensorimotor period, techniques for treatment, assessment charts, and role of the therapist. (MB)

Two studies of a visual-motor tracking task purported to effectively discriminate subtypes of minimal brain dysfunction are presented. Subjects were psychiatric inpatients, hyperactive males, and normal controls. The tracking task was found to be a useful measure of stimulant drug action but not of specific hyperkinetic defects. (Author/SJL)

Investigated shifts of gaze to peripheral targets in full-term and very preterm infants with transient periventricular echogenicity, a type of short-term brain damage, between 6-26 weeks old. Found that differences between full- and preterm infants was small, but after 16 weeks, there were subtle differences between them as preterms took longer to…