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Displaying records 21 through 29 (29 total).

National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities. 1994. Collective perspectives on issues affecting learning disabilities: Position papers and statements. Austin, TX: Pro-Ed, 110 pp.

Annotation: This monograph presents a collection of position papers of the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities (NJCLD), a national committee of representatives of organizations committed to the education and welfare of individuals with learning disabilities. Each paper provides a response to national issues concerning learning disabilities. In addition to the papers, the monograph provides a comprehensive overview of the NJCLD—its history, primary objectives, and the procedures used to accomplish its goals.

Contact: Pro-Ed, 8700 Shoal Creek Boulevard, Austin, TX 78757-6897, Telephone: (512) 451-3246 Secondary Telephone: (800) 897-3202 Fax: 512-451-8542 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.proedinc.com Available in libraries. Document Number: ISBN 0-89079-534-7.

Keywords: Americans With Disabilities Act, Education, Learning disabilities, Service delivery

National Health/Education Consortium. 1991. Healthy brain development: Precursor to learning. Washington, DC: National Health/Education Consortium, 13 pp. (National Health/Education Consortium occasional paper; no. 1)

Annotation: This report examines brain development as it is affected by a child's environment, social and physical stresses, and prenatal drug exposure. It also examines how these influences translate into learning deficiencies, language disabilities, and long-term academic failings. The report includes a series of recommendations to policymakers and members of health, science, and education communities in an effort to translate research into positive approaches on behalf of children.

Contact: Institute for Educational Leadership, 4301 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 100, Washington, DC 2008-2304, Telephone: (202) 822-8405 Fax: (202) 872-4050 E-mail: [email protected] Contact E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.iel.org $5.00.

Keywords: Academic achievement, Brain, Cognitive development, Drug affected children, Drug affected infants, Family life, Learning disabilities, Perinatal addiction, Social factors, Substance abusing pregnant women, Teratology

Paul NW, Golia SR, ed. 1989. Research in infant assessment: Proceedings of a symposium held by the Association for Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities (ACLD), Inc.. White Plains, NY: March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, 169 pp. (Birth defects: Original article series; v. 25, no. 6)

Annotation: These proceedings of a symposium held by the Association for Children and Adults with learning Disabilities (ACLD) addressed the question: Is a risk index for learning disabilities in the cradle a valid concept? The symposium reviewed recent research indicating potential for predicting later learning disabilities through new assessment techniques performed with newborns. Topics included: 1) assessment of reproductive and caring variables; 2) minor physical anomalies; 3) electrical activity mapping; 4) auditory evoked responses from newborns; 5) prenatal exposure to teratogenic agents; 6) prenatal and neonatal exposure to lead; 7) acoustic cry analysis; 8) use of a risk index in infancy; 8) neurobehavioral assessment in newborns; and 9) metabolic correlates.

Contact: March of Dimes, 1275 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains, NY 10605, Telephone: (914) 997-4488 Secondary Telephone: Web Site: http://www.marchofdimes.com Available in libraries.

Keywords: Congenital abnormalities, Drug induced congenital disorders, Lead poisoning, Learning disabilities, Neonatal screening, Nervous system diseases, Prenatal screening, Risk assessment, Teratogens

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Center for Research for Mothers and Children, Human Learning and Behavior Branch. 1988-. The Human Learning and Behavior Branch: A report to the National Advisory Child Health and Human Development Council. Bethesda, MD: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, irregular.

Annotation: This report provides an overview of the funding trends for the branch since 1978; the 1988 report emphasizes fiscal years 1985–1987, and the 1992 report emphasizes fiscal years 1988-1991. Research highlights are noted for the program areas of the branch: behavioral pediatrics, developmental behavioral biology, learning, cognition, social and emotional development, communication and learning disabilities, and prevention of risk behaviors associated with AIDS. Specific areas covered include: neonatal behavior; health and illness-related behavior of children and childhood injury; brain/behavior relationships as shaped by hormonal influences; development during the perinatal period; socialization of emotion and cognition and the development of cognition during infancy and childhood; the development of speech and language; and dyslexia.

Contact: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Human Learning and Behavior Branch, Executive Plaza North, Room 633, Bethesda, MD 20892., Telephone: (301) 496-6591 Available in libraries.

Keywords: AIDS, Behavioral medicine, Child development, Child health, Cognitive development, Communication, Emotional development, Learning, Learning disabilities, Pediatrics, Social development

Capute A. 1987. Neurodevelopmental Precursors of Learning Disability [Final report]. Baltimore, MD: John F. Kennedy Institute for Handicapped Children,

Annotation: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the predictive validity (and clinical utility) of selected aspects of infant development in relationship to later specific learning disability. The study sought to determine whether the neurodevelopmental substrate for learning disorders could be detected prior to academic underachievement. 240 children participated in the study. The findings of the study supported the original premise: Early deviations in the pattern of development are associated with developmental dysfunctions in other areas. Such deviations are detectable by techniques that can be employed in the course of well-child care. If replicated, the data give primary care providers a means of placing infants "at risk" for learning dysfunction that is based on performance instead of history. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Contact: National Technical Information Service, O.S. Department of Commerce, 5301 Shawnee Road, Alexandria, VA 22312, Telephone: (703) 605-6050 Secondary Telephone: (888) 584-8332 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.ntis.gov Document Number: NTIS PB88-173828.

Keywords: Learning disabilities, Nervous system diseases, Preschool children, School-age children, Specific learning disability (SLD)

U.S. Congress. 1986. Public Law 99-457, October 8, 1986. Washington, DC: U.S. Congress, 31 pp.

Annotation: This document contains the text of Public Law 99-457, also known as Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986. The Education of the Handicapped Act was amended to reauthorize the discretionary programs under that Act, authorize an early intervention program under that Act for handicapped infants and toddlers and their families, and for other purposes.

Contact: Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchlibrary.org Available for loan. Document Number: HRSA Info. Ctr. MCHB250.

Keywords: Children with developmental disabilities, Children with special health care needs, Early intervention services, Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986, Federal legislation, Infants with developmental disabilities, Learning disabilities

Werner EE, Smith RS. 1977. Kauai's children come of age. Honolulu, HI: University Press of Hawaii, 292 pp.

Annotation: This book presents the findings of a follow-up study on adolescents previously involved in a longitudinal study on the island of Kauai in Hawaii. The eighteen year study considers the short- and long-term effects of perinatal stress and a disadvantaged environment and their implications on learning disabilities and behavioral disorders during adolescence.

Contact: University Press of Hawaii, 2840 Kolowalu Street, Honolulu, HI 96822, Telephone: 808-956-8255 Fax: 808-988-6052 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/cart/shopcore/?db_name=uhpress Available in libraries. Document Number: ISBN 0-8248-0475-9.

Keywords: Adolescents, Behavior disorders, Cognitive development, Followup studies, Hawaiians, Learning disabilities, Longitudinal studies, Mental health, Social development, Youth

Read MS, Felson D. 1976. Malnutrition, learning, and behavior. Bethesda, MD: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 36 pp.

Bi-Regional Institute on Earlier Recognition of Handicapping Conditions (1970: University of California, Berkeley). 1970. Proceedings. Berkeley, CA: University of California, School of Public Health, 159 pp.

Annotation: These proceedings discuss acrocephalosyndactyly, craniofacial dysotosis, and related syndromes; genetic counseling clinics; minor anomalies as indicators of altered morphogenesis; biochemical aspects of handicapping conditions; biochemical screening; evaluation of screening procedures; what happens after screening; children and computers; prevention of mental retardation; fetal and neonatal assessment; newborn hearing screening; congenital dislocated hip in the Navajo Indian; mass computer evaluation of school children for heart disease; implications of screening techniques for comprehensive care; prevention of behavior disorders in early childhood; remediation of learning disabilities; poverty; and delivery of health services to children in the inner city.

Keywords: Acrocephalosyndactylia, American Indians, Assessment, Behavior disorders, Biochemical genetics, Children, Computers, Congenital hip dislocations, Craniofacial abnormalities, Developmental screening, Diagnosis, Disabilities, Evaluation, Genetic counseling, Genetic screening, Health services delivery, Hearing screening, Heart diseases, Inner city, Learning disabilities, Mental retardation, Newborn infants, Poverty, Prevention

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