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Dudley-Marling, Curt – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2004
Underpinning the technical gaze that dominates learning disabilities theory and practice is the assumption that learning disabilities are a pathology that resides in the heads of individual students, with the corollary that remedial efforts also focus on what goes on in the heads of students classified as learning disabled. This article begins…
Descriptors: Pathology, Learning Problems, Human Relations, Constructivism (Learning)
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Francis,David J; Fletcher,Jack M.; Stuebing,Karla K.; Lyon,G. Reid; Shaywitz,Bennett A; Shaywitz,Sally E. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2005
Simulated data were used to demonstrate that groups formed by imposing cut-points based on either discrepancy or low-achievement definitions of learning disabilities (LD) are unstable over time. Similar problems were demonstrated in longitudinal data from the Connecticut Longitudinal Study, where 39% of the children designated as having LD in…
Descriptors: Individual Testing, Low Achievement, Grade 5, Grade 3
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Klein, Rosalyn S.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1981
Cases are presented to illustrate the effects of these dysfunctional attitudes and therapeutic approaches toward them. Cognitive, behavioral, and dynamically oriented interventions are presented which have been effective when a child's difficulties result from his acting in accordance with the family's attitude toward learning. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Case Studies, Elementary Education, Family Counseling
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Klein, Rosalyn S.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1981
The second of two articles examining dysfunctional parental attitudes that contribute to school learning and behavior disorders presents case material illustrating the attitudinal problems and effects on children. The psychoeducational therapist is often included in family sessions as his/her experience with learning problems aids in the…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Case Studies, Elementary Education, Emotional Disturbances
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Scott, Sally S.; Gregg, Noel – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2000
Current practices in faculty education pertaining to college students with learning disabilities are reviewed. Discrepancies between the evolving faculty role and current education practices are examined, and guiding questions are proposed for expanding education efforts to keep pace with the faculty role in providing access for students with…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accessibility (for Disabled), College Students, Educational Practices