“…Many learning disabled (LD) students are deficient in written language skills, as measured both by norm-referenced tests of written language (Poplin, Gray, Larsen, Banikowski, & Mehring, 1980) and by criterion-based analyses of their writing products (Anderson, 1982;Deno, Marston, & Mirkin, 1982;Morris & Crump, 1982;Nodine, Barenbaum, & Newcomer, 1985). Although reading, math, and spelling skills are emphasized in remedial programs, written-expression has been given insufficient attention both in the curriculum and in educational literature (Roit & McKenzie, 1985).…”