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Caution: Response to Intervention
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Johns, Beverley Holden; Kauffman, James M. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
The authors encourage caution in the implementation of Response to Intervention and dispel the false hopes that Response to Intervention will solve many of education's challenges. Outlined in this article are the reasons why Response to Intervention cannot be the solution to the identification of students for special education, why it can't…
Descriptors: Intervention, Disabilities, Identification, Special Education
Commentary on Forest Grove School District v. T. A.
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Cortiella, Candace; Mather, Nancy; Diller, Lawrence; Goldstein, Sam – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
Forest Grove School District v. T.A. involved a student with learning disabilities, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and depression (T.A.) whose parents had moved him to a private academy for students with special needs without first consulting with his public school. In the past, the school district had found T.A. to be ineligible…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Public Schools, Private Schools, Individualized Education Programs
Learning Disabilities and a Challenge to the Future.
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Bellamy, G. Thomas; Kameenui, Edward J. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 1989
The keynote speech notes: changes effected by Public Law 94-142, The Education for All Handicapped Children Act; needs for the next decade; and implications for the field of learning disabilities. A framework for change is proposed with four parameters: outcome effectiveness, services in the schools, individual decisions, and balanced progress.…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Delivery Systems, Educational Needs, Educational Trends