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Gerber, Paul J.; Brown, Dale – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1991
The consensus conference on learning disabilities and employment sponsored by the President's Committee on Employment of Persons with Disabilities in May 1990 is described. Decisions and proposals made in the key areas of work preparation, vocational entry, reasonable accommodation, job advancement, socioadaptability, attitudes, and definitions…
Descriptors: Adults, Employment Potential, Entry Workers, Job Placement
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Swanson, H. Lee; Christie, Lynda – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1994
Three studies investigated 98 children's and 252 adults' implicit knowledge about learning disabilities. Overall, the studies suggested that professionals outside the field of special education, as well as nondisabled children, have fairly well-developed ideas about what constitutes a learning disability. Exemplars of tacit knowledge matched most…
Descriptors: Adults, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Definitions
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Hux, Karen; Stogsdill, Melinda – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1993
An adult with language-learning difficulty participated in an instruction program for remediating a morphological impairment. The program focused on metalinguistic information and the contrast of sentence pairs differing in single morphological features. Results confirmed the program's effectiveness in improving the accuracy of suffix usage in…
Descriptors: Adults, Case Studies, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Disabilities
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Spekman, Nancy J.; And Others – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1993
This article highlights major themes, issues, and recommendations that evolved from an August 1991 international symposium on risk and resilience in individuals with learning disabilities. Recommendations in the areas of research, direct services, and social policy are offered. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adults, At Risk Persons, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education
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Raskind, Marshall H.; Goldberg, Roberta J.; Higgins, Eleanor L.; Herman, Kenneth L. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1999
A 20-year follow-up study of 41 individuals with learning disabilities investigated changes in independent variables and dependent variables and compared successful and unsuccessful individuals. Self-awareness, perseverance, proactivity, emotional stability, goal setting, and social support systems predicted success better than IQ or achievement.…
Descriptors: Achievement, Adults, Followup Studies, Goal Orientation
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Rosenthal, Irwin – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1992
Various client-centered, dynamic, and cognitive/behavioral counseling approaches are suggested for development of greater social awareness and competence, more positive self-esteem, and a more cohesive sense of self in learning-disabled adolescents and adults. Individual case vignettes are offered to explain both the rationale and strategies of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Behavior Change, Counseling Techniques
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Werner, Emmy E. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1993
This article traces the development of 22 children with learning disabilities and 22 controls at ages 1, 2, 10, 18, and 32 years. Most learning-disabled individuals made a successful adaptation to adult life, with marriage, divorce, and employment rates similar to the cohort as a whole. Clusters of protective factors were identified. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adjustment (to Environment), Adults, At Risk Persons
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Taymans, Juliana M. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1991
Two self-administered, self-scored, and self-interpreted career interest inventories used by adolescents and adults are described, the Self-Directed Search and its Form Easy, an adaptation for poor readers. The paper discusses test components, subtests, and theory; gender issues; interpretation; appropriateness; coding discrepancies; and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Career Choice, Career Guidance