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Michaels, Craig A.; Lazar, J. Wayne; Risucci, Donald A. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1997
A study investigated the cognitive, academic, and personality characteristics of 75 adults with learning disabilities referred for services through the state/federal vocational rehabilitation system. Results found the subjects were homogenous relative to other groups of adults with learning disabilities, with low-average cognitive functioning and…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Adults, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Cognitive Ability
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Van Luit, Johannes E. H.; Kroesbergen, Evelyn H.; Naglieri, Jack A. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2005
This study examined the utility of the Planning, Attention, Simultaneous, Successive (PASS) theory of intelligence as measured by the "Cognitive Assessment System" (CAS) for evaluation of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The CAS scores of 51 Dutch children without ADHD were compared to the scores of a group…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evaluation Methods, Hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorders
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Lord-Maes, Janiece; Obrzut, John E. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1996
This article discusses recent findings concerning cognitive outcomes in traumatic brain injury (TBI) in children and adolescents, with a particular focus on age differences with TBI. It suggests a relationship between specific learning disorders and brain dysfunction, addresses differential hemispheric functioning with TBI, and outlines recent…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Children