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N.I.C.D.A.C.L.D.

N.I.C.D.A.C.L.D. N .€.C.D .A.C.L.D. Phoebe W. Lazarits THE FOLLOWING is a one-act play based upon meetings all too many of us have attended . . . and wished we hadn’t. Scene: The National Interdisciplinary Convocation to Define and Assign the Child with Learning Disabilities. Plot: The convention opens with a statement that, once and for all, the question of whose domain contains the learning dis- abled child will be settled. Seated on the panel of eminent repre- sentatives are a psychologist, a speech pathologist, a reading specialist, a neurologist, a special educator, an educational an- thropologist, and a parent. The chairman is an official from the Office of Education. The following dialogue ensues: Chairman: I think it’s appropriate that the reading specialist read the definition of children with special learning disabilities as it appeared in the 1968 First Annual Report of the National Advisory Committee on Handicapped Children. I suggest that, as he gets to a position that a panel member feels applies to his specialization, that member raise his hand and so state. Reading Specialist: “Children with special learning disabilities exhibit a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological 9, processes . . . . Phoebe W. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Academic Therapy SAGE

N.I.C.D.A.C.L.D.

Lazarus, Phoebe W.
Academic Therapy , Volume 10 (1): 4 – Dec 1, 1974
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N .€.C.D .A.C.L.D. Phoebe W. Lazarits THE FOLLOWING is a one-act play based upon meetings all too many of us have attended . . . and wished we hadn’t. Scene: The National Interdisciplinary Convocation to Define and Assign the Child with Learning Disabilities. Plot: The convention opens with a statement that, once and for all, the question of whose domain contains the learning dis- abled child will be settled. Seated on the panel of eminent repre- sentatives are a psychologist, a speech pathologist, a reading specialist, a neurologist, a special educator, an educational an- thropologist, and a parent. The chairman is an official from the Office of Education. The following dialogue ensues: Chairman: I think it’s appropriate that the reading specialist read the definition of children with special learning disabilities as it appeared in the 1968 First Annual Report of the National Advisory Committee on Handicapped Children. I suggest that, as he gets to a position that a panel member feels applies to his specialization, that member raise his hand and so state. Reading Specialist: “Children with special learning disabilities exhibit a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological 9, processes . . . . Phoebe W.

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