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Educational Specialists' Assessment Practices for Dysgraphia Identification: A Qualitative Case Study
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Jillian Wilkison – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Dysgraphia is a specific learning disability in the area of written language that is frequently under-identified in the school setting due to inconsistent application of dysgraphia assessment. The problem addressed in this study was the inconsistency in dysgraphia assessment processes, in Texas public school systems, that contribute to an…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Writing Skills, Students with Disabilities, Disability Identification
Approaches to Specific Learning Disability Identification: An Early Review of the Literature
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Whitney J. Mahan – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Due to lack of consistency among diagnosis practices of students with specific learning disabilities (SLDs) in the state of Texas, as well as other legal matters regarding diagnoses of SLD, there is a divide among eligibility criteria for students around the state. Currently, the three models that have received the most attention of SLD…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Learning Disabilities, Students with Disabilities, Clinical Diagnosis
A Multiple-Group Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Self-Determination between Groups of Adolescents with Intellectual Disability or Learning Disabilities
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Seong, Youjin; Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Palmer, Susan B.; Little, Todd D. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2015
Promoting self-determination has been identified as an important practice for the successful transition of youth and young adults with disabilities, and numerous studies have examined the relationship between levels of self-determination and transition-related and postsecondary outcomes. Only a few such studies, however, have examined the global…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Adolescents, Mental Retardation, Learning Disabilities
An Exploration of School Counselors' Demands and Resources: Relationship to Stress, Biographic, and Caseload Characteristics
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McCarthy, Christopher; Kerne, Valerie Van Horn; Calfa, Nicolina A.; Lambert, Richard G.; Guzman, Michele – Professional School Counseling, 2010
The study in this article examined the relationship of school counselors' reports of demands and resources in their work environment to perceived stress, biographic factors, and caseload characteristics. Participants were 227 school counselors in Texas. Paperwork requirements and size of caseload were rated the most demanding aspects of their job,…
Descriptors: Work Environment, School Counselors, Anxiety, Disabilities
A Survey of Procedures Used for Identifying Gifted Learning Disabled Children.
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Boodoo, Gwyneth M.; And Others – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1989
This research focuses on problems involved in identifying children who are both gifted and learning disabled (GLD). The state of the art is demonstrated by surveying procedures in use in Texas by special education and gifted programs. Results yield characteristics of GLD children that are consistent with observations in the literature. (Author/PB)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Gifted Disabled
Update on Gifted Education. Volume 1, 1991.
Update on Gifted Education, 1991
This document is the first volume of a projected quarterly publication designed to assure that the most current information, both on the latest research and on successful practices in the field of gifted education is made available to schools as quickly and efficiently as possible. The four issues of this volume contain the following articles:…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Bilingual Students, Curriculum Development, Diversity (Student)