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Behavioral and Emotional Problems of Students with Learning Disabilities, Serious Emotional Disturbance, or Both Conditions.
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Handwerk, Michael L.; Marshall, Richard M. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1998
Evaluation of 357 students with either learning disability (LD), serious emotional disturbance (SED), or both (SED/LD), ages 6 to 18, found that children with LD differed from those with SED mainly in terms of severity of problem, not type of problem. Results suggest that students with both LD and SED are under-identified and underserved. (DB)
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Learning Disabilities
Locus of Control in Children with Learning Disabilities and Hyperactivity: A Subgroup Analysis.
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Tarnowski, Kenneth J.; Nay, Susan M. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1989
The study with 51 boys (ages 7 to 9 years) found that subjects classified as having both attention deficit disorder/hyperactivity and learning disabilities demonstrated the most external locus of control with subjects classified as only learning-disabled intermediate and subjects classified as only having attention deficit disorder/hyperactivity…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education, Hyperactivity, Learning Disabilities
Concomitant Learning Disabilities and Learning Problems among Students with Behavioral/Emotional Disorders.
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Fessler, Marjorie A.; And Others – Behavioral Disorders, 1991
Of 124 students (ages 5-15) with behavioral/emotional problems, 38 percent were identified as also having learning disabilities and an additional 17.8 percent as having learning problems. The incidence of learning disabilities decreased with age, but that of learning problems remained stable regardless of age groupings. (DB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances
An Examination of Youth with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Language Learning Disabilities: A Clinical Study.
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Javorsky, James – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1996
This study examined the performance of 96 youth hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital on a battery of language measures. Participants with both attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and language learning disabilities (LLD) performed similarly to those with only LLD but significantly more poorly than those with only ADHD or with neither…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attention Deficit Disorders, Children, Emotional Disturbances
Discriminating Characteristics of Children Having Mild Retardation with and without Articulation Disorders.
Sommers, Ronald K.; And Others – Journal of Childhood Communication Disorders, 1995
Forty-seven children (ages 6 to 14) with mild mental retardation, of whom 27 also had an articulation disorder, were evaluated to identify distinguishing characteristics. Task performance results successfully discriminated 89.3 percent of the children with articulation disorders and 80 percent of the children with normal articulation. Fine motor…
Descriptors: Articulation Impairments, Elementary Education, Language Acquisition, Mild Mental Retardation
Orthopaedically Handicapped Students in Public and Private High Schools.
Gregory, James F.; And Others – Exceptional Child, 1987
Orthopedically handicapped (OH, N=353) twelfth graders were compared to a control group. Blacks were under-represented in the OH cohort, and OH students had a higher incidence of other impairments. Academically the OH teenagers performed competitively with classmates, though they experienced difficulties in self-esteem, locus of contrtol, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Grade 12, High School Seniors