Teachers of educable mentally retarded children have long felt the need for specific remedial procedures for children in their classes. The Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities (ITPA) was designed to provide information from which specific remedial procedures can be programed. The results of studies of the ITPA reviewed by the authors indicate a consistent pattern of psycholinguistic strengths and weaknesses from which remedial programs can be designed for the educable mentally retarded.
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