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Grey House Publishing, 2024
"The Complete Learning Disabilities Resource Guide" has been a comprehensive and sought-after resource for professionals, families and individuals with learning disabilities since 1992. This twenty-fourth edition is the most comprehensive and current source of resources for the LD community available today, and a continual National…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Students with Disabilities, Student Needs, Special Education
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Bakken, Jeffrey P., Ed.; Obiakor, Festus E., Ed. – Advances in Special Education, 2023
"Using Technology to Enhance Special Education," Volume 37 of Advances in Special Education, is a logically, thoughtfully organized, and well-sequenced text. It focuses on how general and special educators can use technology to work with children and youth with disabilities. This cutting-edge book involves researchers, scholars,…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Special Education, Students with Disabilities
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Obiakor, Festus E., Ed.; Bakken, Jeffrey P., Ed. – Advances in Special Education, 2021
In order to properly understand and compare traditional and innovative assessment techniques for students with disabilities, we must be able to access examples of how they work in a logical and thoughtful sequence. This finely curated collection of thirteen chapters presents ideas and research on different disability topics from key leaders in the…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Students with Disabilities, Children, Special Education
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Dhamdhere, Sangeeta, Ed.; Andres, Frederic, Ed. – IGI Global, 2022
In higher education systems, equal importance must be given to differently abled students. However, not all educational institutions have infrastructure and facilities to admit these students even though accessibility and support for these students is growing. There are many schemes, facilities, services, and financial assistance available to…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Students with Disabilities, College Students, Technology Uses in Education
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Bakken, Jeffrey P., Ed.; Obiakor, Festus E., Ed. – Advances in Special Education, 2019
While services for students with disabilities have been vastly improved in recent years, and research has created far greater awareness for the issues they face, there are still many obstacles to overcome as these students progress through the education system. This book discusses the considerable challenges these students conquer in education,…
Descriptors: Special Education, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Hearing Impairments
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Bakken, Jeffrey P., Ed.; Obiakor, Festus E., Ed. – Advances in Special Education, 2018
Interventions in special education are results of advocacy, legislation, litigation, research, and trends. Since interventions come in many forms, they represent multidimensional viewpoints and perspectives and need to be handled with professional care, integrity, fidelity. This book highlights the fact there are skill-sets needed to work with…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Special Education, Intervention, Learning Disabilities
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Singh, Ajay, Ed.; Yeh, Chia Jung, Ed.; Blanchard, Sheresa, Ed.; Anunciação, Luis, Ed. – IGI Global, 2021
Rehabilitation professionals working with students with disabilities and the families of those students face unique challenges in providing inclusive services to special education student populations. There needs to be a focus on adaptive teaching methods that provide quality experience for students with varying disabilities to promote student…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Inclusion, Special Education, Teaching Methods
Egly, Nancy J.; And Others – 1987
Two manuals address self-advocacy and assertiveness training for college students with language learning disabilities (LD) and their tutors. Part I examines the positive use of assertiveness and self-advocacy. Assertiveness is distinguished from aggressiveness, and the importance of assertiveness in the lives of LD college students is underlined.…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, College Students, Learning Disabilities, Postsecondary Education
Egly, Nancy J.; And Others – 1987
The manual presents an overview of the career development process for college students with language learning disabilities (LD). A systematic problem solving process is advocated beginning with job selection and preparation and continuing through retirement. Such a process can help the LD adult to identify personal strengths and weaknesses,…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Exploration, College Students, Higher Education
Brill, Jay – 1987
The fact sheet provides basic information on postsecondary educational services for learning disabled (LD) adults. The handicap of learning disability is described and a brief checklist of typical characteristics of the learning disabled adult is provided. A discussion of options after high school precedes information on types of programs for LD…
Descriptors: College Choice, College Preparation, College Students, Eligibility
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Lock, Robin H.; Layton, Carol A. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2001
Discussion of self-advocacy for postsecondary students with learning disabilities considers learning characteristics, self-advocacy as a critical transition skill, identification of intrinsic processing abilities, developing a self-advocacy plan, and the increasing need for postsecondary accommodations. Insets include a sample self-advocacy plan,…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), College Students, Learning Disabilities, Postsecondary Education
Learning Disabilities Association of America, Pittsburgh, PA. – 1992
This directory lists over 400 public and private colleges and universities with programs for students with learning disabilities. The directory is arranged alphabetically by state. For each college or university, the address, telephone number, and contact person are listed, along with a description of the requirements for admission and the…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Programs, Higher Education, Learning Disabilities
Borglum, Karen – 1980
Designed for use with secondary level learning disabled students and slow learners, this guide contains materials for familiarizing students with the Iowa Basic Driver's Manual. The following materials are included: pre- and posttests, chapter tests, vocabulary drills, worksheets to accompany each chapter of the Iowa driver's manual, and answer…
Descriptors: Driver Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Problems, Secondary Education
Ratcliff, Dolores – 1980
Designed for elementary school teachers, the document presents two short puppet plays about children who are different. The first story focuses on a young boy's concerns about being adopted. The second play is about a boy who is learning disabled. The plays, which require only two acting characters, are accompanied by two song lyrics and a list of…
Descriptors: Adoption, Childhood Attitudes, Dramatics, Elementary Education
Cain, Kate, Ed.; Oakhill, Jane, Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2007
Comprehension is the ultimate aim of reading and listening. How do children develop the ability to comprehend written and spoken language, and what can be done to help those who are having difficulties? This book presents cutting-edge research on comprehension problems experienced by children without any formal diagnosis as well as those with…
Descriptors: Congenital Impairments, Written Language, Comprehension, Speech Impairments
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