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Roles of the Metacognition and Emotional Systems in a Categorization Task for Adults with Moderate and Severe Learning Disabilities
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Igier, Suzanne; Valérie, Pennequin – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2022
This research aimed to evaluate the links between metacognitive experiences, emotional coping strategies and categorization in adults with severe and moderate intellectual disabilities. The participants consisted of 32 people between 23 and 70 years old and having severe and moderate intellectual disabilities were recruited in several…
Descriptors: Adults, Learning Disabilities, Severe Intellectual Disability, Moderate Intellectual Disability
Dysgraphia Differs between Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder and/or Reading Disorder
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Caroline Jolly; Marianne Jover; Jérémy Danna – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
Handwriting deficits, or dysgraphia, are present in several neurodevelopmental disorders. To investigate whether dysgraphia differs according to the associated disorder, we performed a detailed analysis of handwriting in a group of French children with developmental coordination disorders (DCD), reading disorder (RD), or comorbid RD and DCD.…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Handwriting, Students with Disabilities
Arithmetic Abilities in Children with Developmental Dyslexia: Performance on French ZAREKI-R Test
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De Clercq-Quaegebeur, Maryse; Casalis, Séverine; Vilette, Bruno; Lemaitre, Marie-Pierre; Vallée, Louis – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2018
A high comorbidity between reading and arithmetic disabilities has already been reported. The present study aims at identifying more precisely patterns of arithmetic performance in children with developmental dyslexia, defined with severe and specific criteria. By means of a standardized test of achievement in mathematics ("Calculation and…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Mathematics Skills, Elementary School Students, Dyslexia
Cooperative Group, Risk-Taking and Inclusion of Pupils with Learning Disabilities in Physical Education
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Andre, Amael; Louvet, Benoit; Deneuve, Pascale – British Educational Research Journal, 2013
The aim of this research was to study the impact of cooperative learning on changes in cooperative behaviours and acceptance amongst pupils with learning disabilities related to risk-taking. One hundred and sixty-eight French first year middle school pupils participated in this study. Thirty-six pupils with learning disabilities were mainstreamed…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Risk, Foreign Countries, Middle School Students
Neuropsychological Profile on the WISC-IV of French Children with Dyslexia
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De Clercq-Quaegebeur, Maryse; Casalis, Severine; Lemaitre, Marie-Pierre; Bourgois, Beatrice; Getto, Marie; Vallee, Louis – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2010
This study examined the pattern of results on the "Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children" (WISC-IV; French version) for 60 French children with dyslexia, from 8 to 16 years of age. Although use of WISC-III failed to clearly identify typical profiles and cognitive deficits in dyslexia, WISC-IV offers an opportunity to reach these…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Dyslexia, Short Term Memory, Foreign Countries
Cognitive Profile in a Large French Cohort of Adults with Prader-Willi Syndrome: Differences between Genotypes
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Copet, P.; Jauregi, J.; Laurier, V.; Ehlinger, V.; Arnaud, C.; Cobo, A. -M.; Molinas, C.; Tauber, M.; Thuilleaux, D. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2010
Background: Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a rare genetic disorder characterised by developmental abnormalities leading to somatic and psychological symptoms. These include dysmorphic features, impaired growth and sexual maturation, hyperphagia, intellectual delay, learning disabilities and maladaptive behaviours. PWS is caused by a lack of…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Intelligence, Body Composition, Mental Retardation
Cross-Cultural Comparisons of Obesity and Growth in Prader-Willi Syndrome
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Dudley, O.; McManus, B.; Vogels, A.; Whittington, J.; Muscatelli, F. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2008
Introduction: The present study reports cross-cultural comparisons of body mass index (BMI) and growth in Prader-Willi syndrome, a neurodevelopmental disorder associated with obesity, growth restriction and mild learning disability. Our objectives were to: (1) compare rates of obesity in adults with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) in France, with data…
Descriptors: Obesity, Learning Disabilities, Identification, Foreign Countries
From Savage to Citizen: Education, Colonialism and Idiocy
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Simpson, Murray K. – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2007
In constructing a framework for the participation and inclusion in political life of subjects, the Enlightenment also produced a series of systematic exclusions for those who did not qualify: including "idiots" and "primitive races". "Idiocy" emerged as part of wider strategies of governance in Europe and its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Disabilities, Citizenship, Foreign Policy