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Considerations in the Development of Foreign Language Substitution Policies at the Postsecondary Level for Students with Learning Disabilities.
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Smith, Sheila Graham – ADFL Bulletin, 2002
Discusses a policy at Baylor University for accommodating students with language learning disabilities so they can meet the university's foreign language (FL) requirements. Explains how language-based learning disabilities are diagnosed and how they are related to FL learning, the legal obligations of an institution, and how universities cope with…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Educational Policy, Higher Education, Learning Disabilities
Section 504 and the American with Disabilities Act: Accommodating the Learning Disabled Student in the Foreign Language Curriculum.
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Moore, Francis X., III – ADFL Bulletin, 1995
Discusses the effects of section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and various state laws on the foreign language requirements of Virginia college and university programs. Foreign language instructors and departments need to be aware of their responsibilities in accommodating learning-disabled…
Descriptors: College Students, Court Litigation, Higher Education, Institutional Role