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Beyda-Lorie, Sandra; Kritikos, Effie; Messerer, Jeffrey – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
Research shows that educators are not prepared to address real life issues such as substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, and bullying in the classroom. Yet, students with learning disabilities remain vulnerable to each of these pressing life issues. The purpose of the current study was to determine whether the curriculum infusion (CI) model increased the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Special Education Teachers
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Deshler, Donald D.; Bulgren, Janis A. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 1997
Discusses major outcome goals and proposes the use of a system of learning strategies and instructional procedures known as content enhancement with an academically diverse group of students, including gifted students with learning disabilities. Content-enhancing instructional routines focus on organization, understanding, recall, and application…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted Disabled
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Lowenthal, Barbara – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2003
The increase in the rate and intensity of child maltreatment within the last decade is worrisome. In 1996, 44 out of every 1,000 youths under the age of eighteen were maltreated (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1998). Special educators should consider the possible effects of maltreatment on children with learning disabilities. When…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Learning Disabilities, Special Education Teachers, Special Needs Students