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Book Published Dr. Helmer Myklebust is shown with his eleventh book, entitled "Progress In Learning Disabilities." The book is one of a series published every few years designed to present new developments in diagnosing, treating and educating children with learning disabilities. STAFF PHOTO--WAYNE GAYLORD 'examples of how to diagnose disor­ ders of written language and of the remediation procedures that are most helpful to these children. The last section of the book is devoted to discussion of a learning disability that does not affect the child's learning to speak, read or write but rather in learning other things, such as how to tell time, how to dress himself, the meaning of facial expressions and gestures. These problems of understanding the social environment are serious and can lead to delinquency. Dr. Myklebust said, "many of us are doing our utmost to be helpful to children with this type of learning disability, usually caused by some involvement on the right half of the brain." A leader of this trend is Dr. Nathlie Badian, of Harvard university, who presented results from a study of public school children in Massachusetts.* Dr. Myklebust said he spent about two years in preparing this volume and thinks it is one of the best he has edited. He resides with his wife in Whispering Oaks, where they are working on another book, his 12th. He is a Visiting Scholar at Northwestern university where for many years he was Professor" of Psychology, Neurology, and Psychiatry and develped and directed the Institute for Children with Learning Disabilities. He has given copies of all of his books to McHenry County college and to the Special Services Division of the McHenry public schools. PAGE 5 - PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY, JANUARY 28,1983 Missionary Committee In Charge Of Servicej The fifth volume in a learning disabilities series written in part and edited by McHenry resident, Dr. Helmer Myklebust, was recently published by a New York firm. This marks the eleventh book he has had published. The book is entitled, "Progress In Learning Disabilities." The purpose of the series, a volume of which is published every three or four years, is to present new developments in the areas of diagnosis, treatment, and education of children who have learning disabilities. During the past few years there have been major advancements in understanding the ways children might have difficulties in learning to use the spoken, and written word. This book consists of five parts, the first part includes progress in un­ derstanding how children become fluent in speaking, reading and writing. Each of these abilities depends • upon complex functions in the brain. The author who covered these developments, Dr. D. Frank Benson, is a pediatric neurologist at the University of California. Children learn to speak before they learn to read and write. If they cannot learn to understand what is said, they can be expected to have problems in learning to read. These learning disabilities that affect com­ prehension, called "Childhood Aphasia" are discussed in Part II. The authors are Dr. Ruthmary Deuel, of Washington university, and Dr. Helmer Myklebust, of Northwestern university. Dr. Deuel, a pediatric neurologist, introduces a new type of medical treatment that might be used to help aphasic children learn and Dr. Myklebust^ a clinical psychologist, discusses his new research on the many ways that disorders in auditory learning can be better recognized and alleviated by proper education and remediation. A few years after learning to use spoken language, the child begins to learn to read. This too is a com­ plicated process, affected by even minor brain disturbances. A child with such difficulties is referred to as having "Childhood Dyslexia," which seems to be more common than is usually assumed and makes up a large part of those who have learning disabilities. The specialists who discussed the new developments in diagnosis and remediation of childhood dyslexia are Dr. Isabelle Lieberman, educational psychologist at the University of Connecticut. Dr. Reid Lyon, a neuropsychologist at the Learning Disabilities center at North­ western university, and Dr. Frank Vellutino of the Child Study center at the Medical college in New York. The last communication system that children must learn is the writ­ ten, perhaps the most complicated of them all. Only in recent years have pediatricians, neurologists, psychologists, and educators become aware that children might not learn to write because they have a learning disability. 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Ed Leman, chairman of the committee, has arranged for Scott Brood to be the speaker for the day. Scott, his wife, Kathy, and their three children are presently residing in Island Lake as Scott completes work toward a Master of Arts degree at Trinity Evangelical seminary, in Deerfield. The Broods are with Africa Evangelical Fellowship and Scott is a teacher in a Bible institute. He will deliver the message Sunday morning at the 10:50 a.m. morning worship service and following the noon potluck luncheon. He will show pictures and explain about his work during the afternoon Bible fellowship hour, which will begin at 1:30 p.m. This will be the third Sunday that the congregation will be sharing their noon meal with each other, and they will vote on the matter of continuing this policy through the month of February. Everyone is welcome to attend the potluck, which begins at noon. Each family attending is asked to bring a dish to pass, and individual table service. Now that the holiday season is over, the AW ANA program is back in full swing, meeting every Thursday and Friday evening at 7 p.m. at Parkland school gym. Grades 6,7, and 8 meet on Thursdays, and grades K through 5 meet on Fridays. On Saturday, the 29th, the Couples' Bible Study group will meet at Harrison school gym for an invigorating evening of volleyball. The Wonder Lake Bible church welcomes the public to all of the services and activities. The church £s located at the north end of Wonder Lake at 7501 Howe road. Sunday school begins at 9:30 a.m. with classes for all ages. Bus service and nursery care are also provided. For in­ formation regarding any of the ser­ vices or activities, call 728-0422 or 728- 1687 Parks & Recreation Bread Baking Basics The City of McHenry Department of Parks and Recreation will be offering a Bread Baking class this winter. Learn from Sandy Young a harvest of breads for a collection. 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