A history of Learning Difficulties Australia: part five – the journal (continued)
Josephine C. Jenkinson

Part Five in this series on the history of Learning Difficulties Australia continues the history, begun in Part Three, of the association’s journal. During this time the quality of articles in the journal came under scrutiny, and refereeing, at first only of research reports, later of all contributions, came into practice. Editorial policy continued to embrace reports of new teaching methods and therapies as a means of informing readers, but contributions also reflected changes taking place in special education and in teacher training. Articles about reading continued to dominate as the debate between whole language and phonics approaches heated up. In 1996 the name of the journal was changed to reflect the broader interests of the association in learning difficulties.