How much reading?
Russell D. Snyder M.D.1
1 Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Many therapies have been recommended for remediation of learning disabilities. Elsewhere in this issue of Pediatrics, Silver1 presents a timely review of current methods of remediation with comments on their effectiveness which provides a valuable reference source for the physician dealing with learning-disabled children. A learning disability is an unexpected school failure in a circumscribed area of performance. The child must have relatively normal intelligence and willingness to learn. A cognitive deficit is presumed. If the child's problem involves reading, a selective reading disability exists. Selective disabilities occur in other areas such as arithmetic, art, and physical education, although these disabilities are seldom brought to clinical attention.
