In this article, the author proposes that students who led their Individual Education Program (IEP) meetings were better informed about their own disabilities, rights, and accommodations, and that the act of leading the meeting resulted in improved self-advocacy and self-confidence. Also, in understanding their list of accommodations and…

The purpose of the White Paper is to provide additional information for and guidance to the federal government, professional organizations, practitioners, and the public. The Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA) is hopeful that this document will facilitate legal, regulatory, policy, and training decisions, and ultimately, service…

Foreign language teachers experience difficulties in teaching students with learning disabilities. The challenge is to teach students with and without disabilities in the same classroom while having no background knowledge of how to teach towards all these students. Through observations and interviews with two foreign language teachers, the use of…

The need to ask educators about their opinions on the subject to what extent early intervention methods enhance mathematical performance is long overdue. The purpose of this quantitative research is to examine the extent to which teachers agree that early intervention methods enhance the mathematical performance of students with mathematical…

The purpose of this case study is to highlight the integral role that progress monitoring (PM) plays throughout any response to intervention (RTI) process. This example uses a three-level, responsiveness-to-intervention (RTI) method for identifying students with learning difficulties. Using a fictional third-grade classroom as the setting for…

During 1989 more than 23,000 parents and educators representing 429 California schools returned surveys as a part of a triennial evaluation of special education. The surveys addressed three purposes: (1) overall assessment of the California Resource Specialist programs (designed to serve learning disabled students with a combination of regular…

This intervention study evaluated the effects of using two types of explicit instruction, curriculum maps and guided questions, compared with simple reviews or repetition to teach core curriculum content to high school students with learning disabilities in a group instruction format. A repeated measures research design was used with six groups of…

The study investigated the initial and long term efficacy of job-related social skills instruction for mildly to moderately handicapped adolescents identified as learning disabled, emotionally handicapped, and educable mentally handicapped. Assessment consisted of behavioral observations of students' performance during role play simulations.…

The purposes of this study conducted by the Research and Evaluation Department on the Mesa (AZ) Public Schools Learning Disability - Extended Program (LD-X) were to (1) collect information describing the LD-X student population; (2) assess the degree of phasing of LD-X students into regular classes; (3) determine the perceptions and attitudes of…

The document reports 1979-80 progress of the Allegheny Intermediate Unit Exceptional Children's Program for Improved Individual Instruction in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Part of the project is designed to develop new materials and resources for developing math and reading skills in learning disabled students. Progress is described for the following…

The purpose of this study was to investigate middle school general education mathematics teachers' beliefs and knowledge of inclusive instruction and to assess whether or not teachers' classroom practices reflect their beliefs and knowledge. Administrative support and higher education teacher preparation programs were also examined. Data were…

A description is presented of the activities and outcomes of a project designed to provide training that would enhance the efforts of remedial educators to serve learning disabled students on campus. Introductory sections provide background on the increase of learning disabilities at community colleges, review the evidence of the need for the…

The study examined the process by which diagnostic data on children thought to have learning disabilities (LD) are generated and used. Emphasis was placed on the validity of test instruments in common use in the field. Since part of the practical validity of any instrument used to identify an LD child rests on the validity of the LD construct…

The academic progress and self-concept of North York (Ontario, Canada) learning-disabled and educable retarded students were studied, with particular reference to the effectiveness of placement in mixed exceptionality versus single exceptionality programs. Information was gathered from the published special education literature, students' files,…

This final report discusses the activities and outcomes of a project designed to train specialists to work collaboratively across settings to improve the outcomes of young children with language and learning disabilities. It provided education for trainees that led to a Masters degree in speech-language pathology with a specialty in early…