A Parent Education Group in Learning Disabilities

Parent counseling and parent education pro-cedures are increasingly recognized as im-portant interventive mental health strategies. This article describes a parent education group which focuses on the learning disabled child and provides parents with a survey of specific learning disabilities. Factual information and emotional support are provided in a series of 6 to 8 group sessions. The content areas include L D definitions, laterality and directionality, visual perceptual difficulties, auditory percep-tion problems, and perceptual-motor issues. In addition to the cognitive input, parents are involved in experiential activities designed to help them experience the world of the learnin