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Learning Disabilities: The Link to Delinquency Should Be Determined, but Schools Should Do More Now

GGD-76-97 Published: Mar 04, 1977. Publicly Released: Mar 04, 1977.
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There is growing evidence indicating a correlation between children with learning problems and children demonstrating juvenile delinquent behavior. Agencies and institutions dealing with juvenile justice and education in five States were visited, and consultants in remedial education conducted numerous psychological tests to derive a sample of learning problems of institutionalized juveniles.

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