Relationship of Postural Reflexes to Learning Disabilities.

Rider, Barbara A.

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Publication Date: 1972

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Relationship of Postural Reflexes to Learning Disabilities

Rider, Barbara A.

American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 26, 5, 239-43, Jul-Aug 72

The fact that the children with learning disorders had significantly more abnormal reflexes than did the normal children lends empirical support to the theory of minimal neurological impairment as a factor in the etiology of learning disabilities. (Author)

Descriptors: Grade 2, Human Posture, Learning Disabilities, Motor Reactions, Neurological Organization, Perceptual Motor Coordination, Tables (Data)

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