Abstract
First place this month goes to a very well organized program in composition writing and syntax, Composition: Guided/Free, by Gerald Dykstra, Richard Port, and Antoinette Port. The film, If a Boy Can't Learn, will help people understand the plight of learning disabled teenagers. Those whose work involves the physical education of the handicapped should look into Dolores Geddes' informative paperback, Physical Activities for Individuals with Handicapping Conditions. The Jordan Left Right Test is actually an assessment of mirror imaging tendencies in children and some fascinating research results came out of the standardization. The “fun section” this month includes two sets of activities (Secret codes and a language arts card game). Almost everyone will want to buy Free and Inexpensive Learning Materials published by George Peabody College. In Suprathreshold Remedial Activities, I have pulled together as a category those techniques which call for“larger than life size” sensory-motor participation by the learning disabled child. This leads into a review and account of the work of the eminent Mildred McGinnis presented in a volume by Etiole DuBard, Teaching Aphasics and Other Language Deficient Children. This book has much to offer the learning disability teacher whose many students have basic language disabilities. Finally, for those who wish to implement some of the above auditory-vocal techniques, there is a descriptive section on auditory, speech and language training equipment from the Avid Corporation.