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GGD-76-97 1 (1977-03-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaabrz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DOCUMENT RESUME 00138 - [A08915481 Learning Disabilities: The Link to Delinquency Should Be Determined, but Schools Should Do More Now. GGD-76-97; B-168530. March 4, 1977. 45 pp. + 5 appendices (25 pp.). Report to tiL Congress; 'Jy Robert F. Keller, Acting Comptroller General. Issue Area: Law Enforcement and Crime Prevention: ;uvenle Delinquency (505); Education, Training, and Employment Programs (1100). Contact: General Government Div. Budget Function: Education, Hanpover, and Social Services: Elementary, Secondary, and VocationZl Education |501); Law E!.1orcement and Zustice: Law Enforce'aent Assistance (754). Organization Concerned: Department of Justice; Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; Law Enfercement Assistance Administration. congressional Relevance: House Committee on the Judiciary; Senate Committee on the Judiciary; Congress. kuthority: Education of the Handicappcd Act, as amended (20 U.S.C. 1411). Elemcntary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (20 U.S.C. 1401). Education for All Handicapped children Act of 1975 (89 Stat. 773). Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5601). There is row.ing evidence indicating a correlation between .hildren with learniny problems and children demonstrating Juven: 'le delinquent behavior. Agencies and institutions dealing with juvenile just.ce 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. Findings/Conclusions: One-fourth of the juveniles tested in the studies had primary learning problems. Academic underachievement was graded as mild, moderate, or severe, correspcnding from 2 years below grade level to the absence of all academic skills. Whether these disabilities caused delinquency is uncertain; the guestion warrants further examination. Ameliorating such disabilities is justified for its own sake; morecver, it just may have the added benefit of reducing delinqrency. Recommendations: The exact relationship Cf these disabilities to delinquency should be studied. The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare,, in conjunction with the States, should develcp comparable prevalence rates of children with learning disabilities, and the resoatrces needed to ccmbat these problems. The Law Enforcement Assistance Administration should require juvenile correctional facilities to makE use of diagnostic information helpful to the needs of their charges. (DJM)

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