Learning Disabilities.

An attempt to collate basic knowledge concerning learning disabilities, the text discusses the background and definition of learning disabilities, and its identification, etiology, and epidemiology. Guidelines for diagnostic evaluation are presented as are approaches from perceptual motor, developmental, visual, neurophysiological, linguistic, and diagnostic-remedial points of view. Additional topics considered are illustrative classroom programs, teacher preparation, educational research, parent groups, special education legislation, and future prospects. (JM)