The authors describe their clinical experiences in working with learninq disabled children who have emotional disorders as well. Their approach, "psychotherapeutic remediation," is explained to combine psychodynamic psychotherapy methods with special education techniques, and to fuse the tutorial role of a remedial teacher and the therapeutic function of a psychotherapist. Diagnostic and treatment techniques are detailed in two longitudinal case studies of a 10-year-old boy with "neurological deficit and poor reality testing, and a 6-year-old girl with visual perception problems and secondary emotional difficulties. (CL)