Forty disabled readers, half with tinted lenses and half without, and 40 average readers, half matched with the disabled readers on chronological age and half on reading age, were randomly assigned to either a general or a specific instruction condition. In both treatments subjects were shown how to monitor text for internal inconsistency. In addition, the specific instruction condition provided explicit instruction in how to use a cross-referencing technique to evaluate the internal consistency of a given text. Results indicated that the disabled readers with tinted lenses resembled the CA-match average readers, but differed from the disabled readers without lenses in not requiring specific instruction in the use of evaluative standards for comprehension monitoring. But at the same time, the lenses group had not quite attained the level of competence observed in the CA-match average readers.

This study examined predictors of school placement for children with special needs. Data was gathered and summarized on the 205 preschool children who attended a special unit at the Child Study Centre of Western Australia over an 8 year time span. It also investigated the relationship between child, home, and unit-related variables and placement on leaving the unit. A factorial analysis produced six principal factors which related to the nature of placement decisions. These factors can be interpreted in terms of severity of disability, quality of relationships, age at entering and leaving the unit, family type and family health.

Edu-Kinesthetics or Educational Kinesiology (E.K.), is becoming increasingly popular as an intervention treatment for children with learning difficulties. This paper reviews the claims of E.K. in the light of concepts and findings from contemporary neuropsychological and learning disabilities literature suggesting caution is needed in accepting claims for the success of E.K. without supporting research data.

Old Way/New Way is an approach to remedial teaching developed by Harry Lyndon, a Guidance Officer working in the Southern Area of the South Australian Education Department. In this paper he has presented an introduction to this method and a brief description of its application to an instructional problem.