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Miller, Daniel C.; Maricle, Denise E.; Jones, Alicia M. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2016
Processing Strengths and Weaknesses (PSW) models have been proposed as a method for identifying specific learning disabilities. Three PSW models were examined for their ability to predict expert identified specific learning disabilities cases. The Dual Discrepancy/Consistency Model (DD/C; Flanagan, Ortiz, & Alfonso, 2013) as operationalized by…
Descriptors: Models, Comparative Analysis, Learning Disabilities, Disability Identification
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Hudson, Tina Marlene; McKenzie, Robert G. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2016
Response to Intervention (RTI) has become the gateway to identification for many students with specific learning disabilities. Those include students in the 17 states that require RTI as the source of eligibility data as well as many students in the 33 states that allow districts to choose RTI among other options (e.g., discrepancy). There is…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Identification, Elementary School Students, Learning Disabilities
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Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2014
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…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Program Evaluation, Learning Disabilities, Intervention
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Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
The National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities (NJCLD) affirms that the construct of learning disabilities represents a valid, unique, and heterogeneous group of disorders, and that recognition of this construct is essential for sound policy and practice. An extensive body of scientific research on learning disabilities continues to support…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Learning Disabilities, Accountability, Research and Development
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Lindstrom, Jennifer H.; Lindstrom, Will – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
In order to gain access to accommodations and services at colleges and universities, students with learning disabilities must provide documentation of their disabilities, and as students with learning disabilities access higher education at increasing rates, the need for documentation of their disabilities and its impact becomes even more…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Learning Disabilities, Postsecondary Education, Higher Education