School Psychological Services for Learning Disabled Students

1981 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. 385-387
Author(s):  
Joseph N. Murray ◽  
Fred H. Wallbrown
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabled ◽  
Psychological Services ◽  
Disabled Students ◽  
School Psychological Services

School psychological services: An emerging model (PTIA)

1972 ◽  
Author(s):  
William M. MacQueen ◽  
John Halfacre ◽  
Ronald A. McWhirt
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Services ◽  
School Psychological Services

The Changing Role of the School Psychologist

1984 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Lord ◽  
Vicki McKenzie ◽  
Sue O'Brien ◽  
Cheryl Semmens
Keyword(s):  
Social Workers ◽  
Student Services ◽  
School Psychologist ◽  
Psychological Services ◽  
School Based ◽  
School Psychological Services ◽  
Changing Role ◽  
Speech Therapists

School psychological services in Victoria are provided by Student Services, which is not a school based service. The staff includes Guidance Officers, Psychology Officers, Social Workers, Welfare Officers, Interpreters and Speech Therapists. Services are provided to pre-schools, special facilities, government and registered schools. This paper focuses on the psychological services provided.

Computerized Cognitive Training with Learning Disabled Students: A Pilot Study

1992 ◽  
Vol 71 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1347-1356 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Talbot ◽  
M. Pépin ◽  
M. Loranger
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Cognitive Training ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Mental Arithmetic ◽  
Learning Disabled ◽  
Skills Development ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Disabled Students ◽  
Computerized Cognitive Training

The effects of practicing computerized exercises in class by 59 learning disabled students who received an 8-hr. training program, 30 min. per week, were evaluated. Six exercises designed to facilitate basic cognitive skills development were used. Twelve subjects were assigned to a control group without any form of intervention. Covariance analysis (pretest scores used as covariates) showed a significant effect of training on mental arithmetic. These results suggest that practicing a computerized exercise of mental arithmetic can facilitate the automatization of basic arithmetic skills (addition, subtraction, and multiplication). The nature, progress, and evaluation of such types of intervention are discussed.

Learning Disabled Students' Spontaneous Use of Test-Taking Skills on Reading Achievement Tests

1985 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 205-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas E. Scruggs ◽  
Karla Bennion ◽  
Steven Lifson
Keyword(s):  
Reading Achievement ◽  
Achievement Tests ◽  
Learning Disabled ◽  
Achievement Test ◽  
Strategy Use ◽  
Disabled Students ◽  
Test Items ◽  
Test Taking ◽  
Level Of Confidence ◽  
Resource Rooms

The present investigation was undertaken to identify the type of strategies learning disabled (LD) students employ on standardized, group-administered achievement test items. Of particular interest was level of strategy effectiveness and possible differences in strategy use between LD and nondisabled students. Students attending resource rooms and regular third-grade classes were administered items from reading achievement tests and interviewed concerning the strategies they had employed in answering the questions and their level of confidence in each answer. Results indicated that (a) LD students were less likely to report use of appropriate strategies on inferential questions, (b) LD students were less likely to attend carefully to specific format demands, and (c) LD students reported inappropriately high levels of confidence.

Computerized Drill-and-Practice and Academic Attitudes of Learning Disabled Students

1989 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 167-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marley W. Watkins
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Learning Disabled ◽  
Academic Skills ◽  
Academic Work ◽  
Disabled Students ◽  
Academic Tasks ◽  
Academic Attitudes ◽  
Spelling Instruction ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Drill And Practice

Computerized drill-and-practice is currently a primary application of microcomputers in special education. This application has been disparaged by some, but in many cases has been demonstrated effective in improving the academic skills of learning disabled (LD) and underachieving children. This investigation found that 126 LD students who received computerized math and spelling drill-and-practice for a year expressed significantly more positive attitudes toward academic work on the computer than toward similar academic tasks undertaken in the regular classroom. They also reported opinions significantly more favorable toward math and spelling drill than opinions expressed by 89 other learning disabled students, who did not have access to computerized math and spelling instruction, toward academic work performed in their special education classrooms. Analysis by gender of student revealed that boys were significantly less positive about school than girls but that boys and girls were equally positive about practicing academic skills on the microcomputer. It was concluded that computerized drill-and-practice may be more effective than once believed and that additional research is needed to identify the components of computerized drill-and-practice that result in academic and attitudinal gains among learning disabled pupils.

Creative Capabilities of Learning-Disabled and Normal Students

1980 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 481-482
Author(s):  
Steve Graham ◽  
Al Sheinker
Keyword(s):  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Learning Disabled ◽  
Disabled Students ◽  
Initial Approach ◽  
Equivalent Number ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Average Students

The Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (Figural Form A) and Sounds and Images were administered to 26 learning-disabled and 30 average students in Grades 3, 4, and 5. Significant differences between the two groups were noted on all measures except fluency. Although learning-disabled students produced an equivalent number of relevant creative responses in comparison to their average peers, they were less able to generate new ideas and change their initial approach.

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