Vol. 1, No. 4 , 1995, Page 2 |
"No matter what its initial potential, a brain malnourished, assailed by toxic
environments, or poorly nurtured has little chance of realizing its biological promise."
Jane Healy, Ph.D.
in Endangered Minds
"The numbers are appalling. They underscore what many have said in the past several
years: that whatever we're doing, it doesn't seem to be appropriate for the kinds of
young offenders and their families we're seeing today."
Dallas County Judge Lee Jackson, responding to a new study of Dallas County's
juvenile justice system which showed that within 18 months after release from a rehab
program, 79% of young offenders committed another delinquent act. Quoted in the
Dallas Morning News, October 9, 1995.
"It is quite clear, despite disparity in prevalence rates, that incidence of learning
disability in the delinquent population is much higher than in the general population....
Consequently, development of effective delinquency prevention and treatment methods
for learning-disabled youth is critically important."
Dr. Katherine A. Larson, in
the Journal of Learning Disabilities