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Benikia Kressler; Amy Kunkel; Yun-Ju Hsiao; Haerin Park – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2024
The purpose of this literature review is to examine studies that explore critical special education teacher educators' use of anti-racist and anti-ableist pedagogy and/or Dis/ability Critical Race Studies Theory (DisCrit) as a framework for their curriculum, teaching strategies, and/or teaching techniques. We focus particularly on teacher…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Racism, Social Bias, Attitudes toward Disabilities
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Fox, Laurie – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
In 1970, this first program supporting college students with language-based learning disabilities was a radical pioneer. While an exemplar for 40 years, there are fresh challenges today in the form of competition for diminished numbers of 18 year olds. To better understand what helps and what matters to students, research needs to go beyond most…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Executive Function, Longitudinal Studies
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Ofiesh, Nicole S.; Bisagno, Joan M. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2008
Given the high number of requests for test accommodations and the myriad of test accommodations available, test agencies give considerable attention to the process involved in the provision of test accommodations for high stakes tests. The decision to provide an accommodation to an individual with learning disabilities is based largely on the…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, Learning Disabilities, Test Validity, High Stakes Tests
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Mather, Nancy; Gerner, Michael E. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2008
Exceptionally bright and capable students with learning disabilities, often referred to as being twice exceptional, may fail to meet learning disabilities criteria if a strict psychometric approach is taken. To make an accurate diagnosis, an evaluator must consider their special circumstances, unique abilities, educational histories, and…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Learning Disabilities, Psychometrics, Postsecondary Education
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Harth, Robert; Burns, Carol – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2004
This study investigated the vocational outcomes for a group of young adults with multiple learning disabilities who attended a two-year post-secondary program. One hundred graduates of the program representing the first 15 years of the program participated in the study. Results indicated that large numbers of graduates were employed in both full…
Descriptors: Employment, Graduates, Young Adults, Multiple Disabilities