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089107 1 (1975-04-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacvda0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE M 07 REGIONAL OFFICE SUITE 300-D, 2420 W. 20TH AVENUE DENVER, COLORADO 80211 Mr. Joseph L. Mulvey Regional Administrator Law Enforcement Assistance Administratin ht U.S. Department of Justice 6324 Federal Building Denver, Colorado 80202 Dear Mr. Mulvey: We recently completed a survey of the impact of learning disabilities on juvenile delinquency in Colorado, and this letter contains a summary of our observations, conclusions, and suggestions. The General Accounting Office is presently doing similar work in other states and plans to issue a report on its overall findings next year. Our survey was performed at the Law Enforcement Assistance Administra- tion (LEAA) Denver Regional Office; the Colorado State Planning Agency; the Denver Anti-Crime Council; the Denver Juvenile Court, Juvenile Hall, and District Attorney's Office; the Adams County District Court and Juvenile Detention Center; the Colorado Division of Youth Services; and the Colorado Department of Education. We interviewed psychologists, administrators, educators, and juvenile justice officials. We also obtained the results of several studies, conducted in various parts of the country, that attempted to establish a relationship between learning disabilities and juvenile delinquency. LEARNING DISABILITIES AND JUVENILE DELINQUENCY Officials we questioned agree that learning disabled children are not mentally retarded. While these children generally show the same I.Q. range as their peers, their level of performance is below that of their peers. Officials also agree that conditions such as perceptual handicaps, brain injury, minimal brain dysfunction, dyslexia, and developmental aphasia are specific learning disabilities. A generally accepted definition of learning disabilities however is lacking because there is disagreement as to whether learning problems created by emotional or environmental factors are learning disabilities. Moreover, there is disagreement among experts regarding how to test for learning disabilities. The definitions used for learning disabilities by the Colorado Department of Education and the Division of Youth Services differ from each other and are broader than the definition used by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's Bureau of Education for the Handicapped. 4-43- o1o1 I''.

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