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Profiles AN INTERVIEW WITH ALEX BANNATYNE john Arena: Well, Alex, you have been very busy in recent years-especially in the areas of early screening and early program- ing for learning disabilities. What caused you to develop this interest? Alex Bannatyne: It has always seemed to me that we could save years of frustration and unhappiness from the lives of learning-disabled children if they could be detected before six years of age, diagnosed in terms of deficits, and then taught to read, write, spell, and calculate correctly from the beginning. /A: I agree, Alex; and in addition, early screening and teach- ing would be far less expensive to the community than extensive remediation later. But how could these objectives be achieved? Do we have enough knowledge yet? AB: There has been quite extensive research concerning which tests best predict learning disabilities, and which tests diagnose the deficits that underlie them. It was only necessary to unearth all these tests, assemble them into one battery, and use Alexander Bannatyne, PhD, is director of the Bannatyne Learning Center, 6950 North Kendall Drive, Miami, Florida 33156. He is also a contributing editor to Academic Therapy. SEPT. 1978 95 them for early screening and diagnosis. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Academic Therapy SAGE

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SAGE
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0001-396X
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10.1177/105345127801400111
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AN INTERVIEW WITH ALEX BANNATYNE john Arena: Well, Alex, you have been very busy in recent years-especially in the areas of early screening and early program- ing for learning disabilities. What caused you to develop this interest? Alex Bannatyne: It has always seemed to me that we could save years of frustration and unhappiness from the lives of learning-disabled children if they could be detected before six years of age, diagnosed in terms of deficits, and then taught to read, write, spell, and calculate correctly from the beginning. /A: I agree, Alex; and in addition, early screening and teach- ing would be far less expensive to the community than extensive remediation later. But how could these objectives be achieved? Do we have enough knowledge yet? AB: There has been quite extensive research concerning which tests best predict learning disabilities, and which tests diagnose the deficits that underlie them. It was only necessary to unearth all these tests, assemble them into one battery, and use Alexander Bannatyne, PhD, is director of the Bannatyne Learning Center, 6950 North Kendall Drive, Miami, Florida 33156. He is also a contributing editor to Academic Therapy. SEPT. 1978 95 them for early screening and diagnosis.

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Academic Therapy SAGE

Published: Sep 1, 1978

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