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Peer reviewedLangdon, Henriette W. – Exceptional Children, 1983
The article covers the following areas: language acquisition, development, and disorders in bilingual individuals; instruments to assess first- and second-language skills of bilingual students; determination of a language disorder in a bilingual population; and intervention techniques such as the author's experience working with Puerto Rican and…
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention, Language Acquisition
Download full textBergert, Susan – 2000
This brief paper summarizes warning signs of learning disabilities in preschool children, elementary school children, and secondary school children. It notes that learning disabilities are presumed to arise from dysfunctions in the brain resulting in significant difficulties in perceiving information, processing and/or remembering information,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention Control, Cognitive Development, Disability Identification
Peer reviewedRooney, Karen J. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 1995
Background and historical information on dyslexia are presented, including use of the term dyslexia, definitions of brain disorders affecting language ability, various schools of thought on remediation, guidelines for evaluating individuals with language-processing problems, and recommendations for treating common problems. (SW)
Descriptors: Definitions, Disability Identification, Dyslexia, Educational History
National Inst. on Deafness and Other Communications Disorders, Bethesda, MD. – 1998
This information packet presents materials which focus on early identification of hearing impairment in infants and young children to prevent speech and language delays. A glossary of terms is followed by a summary of results of the National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference (1993) concerning early identification of hearing…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Communication Disorders, Delayed Speech, Disability Identification
Monroe County School District, Key West, FL. – 1990
Intended for use in Florida training programs for caregivers of infants and toddlers with disabilities, this guide presents an overview of the Model of Interdisciplinary Training for Children with Handicaps (MITCH); provides a user's guide to the series; and presents specific information for presenting Module 2, which focuses on speech and…
Descriptors: Caregiver Speech, Child Caregivers, Child Development, Cognitive Development
Connecticut Birth to Three System, Hartford. – 1998
This document presents guidelines for differential diagnosis and eligibility determination under Connecticut's Birth to Three System for young children with communication problems, usually delayed speech. An executive summary presents a rationale and recommendation locator in the form of a matrix of communication problems, the eligibility…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Communication Disorders, Delayed Speech, Developmental Delays
Bondurant-Utz, Judith A.; Luciano, Lenore B. – 1994
This book is intended to be a practical resource guide for professionals responsible for designing and implementing individualized early intervention programs for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers with special needs. Part I provides an introduction to the purpose and characteristics of a comprehensive, multidisciplinary assessment. Part II…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Development, Curriculum Based Assessment, Disabilities
