Journal of Learning Disabilities articles from January 1999

Journal of Learning Disabilities archives from January 1999

The Possible Relationship Between Visual Deficits and Dyslexia: Examination of a Critical Assumption.
January 1, 1999... Abstract Numerous studies have found that visual deficits are associated with dyslexia. The prevailing theory regarding this association is that dyslexia is the result of a deficit in the magnocellular system (earlier called the transient...

Self-Organization of Mother-Child Instructional Dyads and Later Attention Disorder.
January 1, 1999... Abstract Instructor-learner interactions are viewed from the perspective of dynamically self-organizing, coordinated systems. Mothers were asked to instruct their preterm and full-term 24-month-old children to sort blocks according to size...

Language Problems in Children with Learning Disabilities: Do They Interfere with Maternal Communication?
January 1, 1999... Abstract In this study, parent-child interaction in two carefully matched subgroups--school-age boys with learning disabilities (LD) who showed a discrepancy between their verbal IQ and performance IQ and had more extensive difficulties in...

The Differential Effects of Two Systematic Reading Comprehension Approaches with Students with Learning Disabilities.
January 1, 1999... Abstract This study compared two highly dissimilar approaches for teaching students to determine character motive when reading three types of narrative text. The three text types used were textually explicit, textually implicit, and...

Imagery Deficits in Nonverbal Learning Disabilities.
January 1, 1999... Abstract This study reports the observations gathered from 11 children referred to consulting services because of learning difficulties at school and diagnosed with nonverbal learning disabilities (NVLD). These children had an average...

Visual Processing of Verbal and Nonverbal Stimuli in Adolescents with Reading Disabilities.
January 1, 1999... Abstract This study investigated whether a group of children with reading disabilities (RD) were slower at processing visual information in general (compared to a group of children of comparable age and a group of children of comparable...

A 10-Year Follow-Up Survey of Programs and Services for Students with Learning Disabilities in Graduate and Professional Schools.
January 1, 1999... Abstract This 10-year follow-up study compares programs and services for students with learning disabilities (LD) in graduate and professional schools between 1985 and 1995. In 1995, surveys were sent to the same institutions (n = 682) as...

ADHD: A Psychological Response to an Evolving Concept.(attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder)
January 1, 1999... (Report of a Working Party of the British Psychological Society) Abstract The British Psychological Society is the only national organization of psychologists within the United Kingdom representing all aspects of psychology and all...