California encephalitic virus is a known etiology underlying an unknown but possible residual cerebral pathology. The study of such a specific viral encephalitis assists us to establish a scientific data base between the clinical findings and the behavioral deficits that underlie academic achievement. More importantly, the children with behavioral difficulties appear normal (and are in language function) but they neither outgrow a developing underachievement deficit related to perceptual problems nor are the perceptual problems altered by regular classroom instruction.
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