Treatment Validity: A Unifying Concept for Reconceptualizing the Identification of Learning Disabilities.

Fuchs, Lynn S.; Fuchs, Douglas

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ERIC Number: EJ579526

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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Treatment Validity: A Unifying Concept for Reconceptualizing the Identification of Learning Disabilities.

Fuchs, Lynn S.; Fuchs, Douglas

Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, v13 n4 p204-19 Fall 1998

Proposes a treatment-validity model for the identification of learning disabilities. The four-phase eligibility-assessment process would include evaluating adaptations in the regular classroom and verifying the effectiveness of special education before placement. Considers the technical requirements of this alternative eligibility process, and the feasibility issues. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility, Evaluation Methods, Intervention, Learning Disabilities, Models, Outcomes of Treatment, Prereferral Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Special Education, Student Evaluation, Student Placement, Validity

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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IES Cited: ED504995

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