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Comparing Three Patterns of Strengths and Weaknesses Models for the Identification of Specific Learning Disabilities
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Miller, Daniel C.; Maricle, Denise E.; Jones, Alicia M. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2016
Processing Strengths and Weaknesses (PSW) models have been proposed as a method for identifying specific learning disabilities. Three PSW models were examined for their ability to predict expert identified specific learning disabilities cases. The Dual Discrepancy/Consistency Model (DD/C; Flanagan, Ortiz, & Alfonso, 2013) as operationalized by…
Descriptors: Models, Comparative Analysis, Learning Disabilities, Disability Identification
The Utility of the Pattern of the Strengths and Weaknesses Approach
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Fiorello, Catherine A.; Flanagan, Dawn P.; Hale, James B. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2014
Unlike ability-achievement discrepancy and response-to-intervention approaches, the processing strengths and weaknesses (PSW) approach is the only empirically based approach that attempts to identify the pattern of deficit in the basic psychological processes that interferes with academic achievement for children with specific learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Learning Disabilities, Disabilities, Educational Legislation
Sally Smith's Arts-Based and Integrated Curricular Approach to Educating Students with Learning Disabilities
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Durham, Jennifer – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
Founded in 1967, The Lab School of Washington (LSW) has been educating students with learning disabilities using an arts-based curriculum for over 50 years. Sally Smith originally started the school out of frustration with the inability of traditional educational environments to reach her intelligent, but learning disabled, young son and others…
Descriptors: Laboratory Schools, Learning Disabilities, Curriculum, Teaching Methods
An Exploratory Study in Self-Reported School-Wide Response to Intervention Reading Practices
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Weston, Juliette R.; Curran, Christina M.; Majsterek, David J.; Prigge, Debra J. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
This article describes outcomes of a self-report study on first-year steps that selected elementary schools in Washington State took in implementing early reading Response to Intervention (RTI) pilot models. Surveys sent to pilot schools requested information on RTI implementation pertaining to curricula, assessments, funding, resource allocation,…
Descriptors: Intervention, Elementary Schools, Early Reading, Resource Allocation
Conceptual Model-Based Problem Solving That Facilitates Algebra Readiness: An Exploratory Study with Computer-Assisted Instruction
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Xin, Yan Ping; Si, Luo; Hord, Casey; Zhang, Dake; Cetinas, Suleyman; Park, Joo Young – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
The study explored the effects of a computer-assisted COnceptual Model-based Problem-Solving (COMPS) program on multiplicative word-problem-solving performance of students with learning disabilities or difficulties. The COMPS program emphasizes mathematical modeling with algebraic expressions of relations. Participants were eight fourth and fifth…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Program Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Problem Solving