A child psychiatrist had 446 children referred to him for a combination of behavioral and school performance problems. A uniformity of disorder persisted in the basic motor patterns of these children at rest and in activity.
As a part of the complete psychiatric consultation, the children were tested for achievement and reading levels. From the total of 446 children a random sample of 33 children were then studied by psycholinguistic techniques to determine whether such an evaluation should be a routine part of the child's work up.
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