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Theobald, Roddy J.; Goldhaber, Dan D.; Gratz, Trevor M.; Holden, Kristian L. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2019
We used longitudinal data from Washington State to investigate the relationships among career and technical education (CTE) enrollment, inclusion in general education, and high school and postsecondary outcomes for students with learning disabilities. We replicated earlier findings that students with learning disabilities who were enrolled in a…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Inclusion, Learning Disabilities, Enrollment
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Pui, Winnie Sin Wai – Support for Learning, 2016
The purpose of this study was to explore special educational curriculum design at senior secondary school level and whether this helps to enhance the academic attainment and self-confidence of students with learning difficulties. An in-depth discussion focuses on lesson planning for the individual needs and group needs of students by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Individualized Instruction, Curriculum Design, Student Needs
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Shifrer, Dara – Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 2013
Poorer outcomes for youth labeled with learning disabilities (LDs) are often attributed to the student's own deficiencies or cumulative disadvantage; but the more troubling possibility is that special education placement limits rather than expands these students' opportunities. Labeling theory partially attributes the poorer outcomes of…
Descriptors: Social Bias, Labeling (of Persons), High School Students, Expectation
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Bateman, David F. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2008
Ben is a 16-year-old student who resides with his family in an unnamed School District. He is eligible for special education by reason of specific learning disability and ADHD. His parents requested a due process hearing, alleging that the District failed to provide him with a free appropriate public education (FAPE) and requesting reimbursement…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Learning Disabilities, Public Education, Court Litigation
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Viel-Ruma, Kim; Houchins, David; Fredrick, Laura – Journal of Behavioral Education, 2007
In order to improve the spelling performance of high school students with deficits in written expression, an error self-correction procedure was implemented. The participants were two tenth-grade students and one twelfth-grade student in a program for individuals with learning disabilities. Using an alternating treatments design, the effect of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Intervention, Spelling Instruction, Attitudes toward Disabilities