NCJ Number
37891
Date Published
Unknown
Length
0 pages
Annotation
LEARNING DISABILITIES - THE INABILITY TO LEARN OR PERFORM - MAY BE THE REASON WHY HALF OF ALL JUVENILE DELINQUENTS AND OFFENDERS ARE DELINQUENTS AND OFFENDERS.
Abstract
THE SPEAKER DEFINES LEARNING DISABILITIES (LD'S), DISCUSSES DIFFERENT TYPES OF THESE DISABILITIES (AUDITORY RECEPTIVE AND MEMORY PROBLEMS, VISUAL PROBLEMS, DYSLEXIA), AND INSTRUCTS HOW TO SPOT CHILDREN WITH LD'S AT HOME, AT SCHOOL, AND IN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM. HE MAINTAINS THAT THE MAJOR PROBLEM IN MOST LEARNING DISABILITY CASES IS THE DISTINCTION OF 'WON'T DO' ATTITUDES FROM 'CAN'T DO' HANDICAPS. SINCE IT IS POSSIBLE THAT 50 TO 80 PERCENT OF JUVENILE DELINQUENTS HAVE LEARNING DISABILITIES, THE SPEAKER EXPLAINS WHY CHILDREN WITH LD'S COVER IT UP WITH ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND PROVIDES SOME EASY CORRECTIVE MEASURES TO TAKE. TESTING AND REMEDIATION, ESPECIALLY REMEDIAL EDUCATION, ARE DISCUSSED AND CASE HISTORIES ARE INCLUDED. THESE CASSETTES REPRESENT THE EDITED HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SUMMER COLLEGE FOR JUVENILE AND FAMILY COURT JUDGES.