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Social Alienation and the Learning Disabled School Dropout.

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Seidel, John F.; Vaughn, Sharon – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1991

This study sought to determine differences in expressed attitudes of social alienation between 20 learning-disabled (LD) school completers and 17 LD school dropouts. Results indicated that dropouts felt more socially alienated toward classmates and teachers than school completers did. Risk models for LD school dropouts should include social…

Descriptors: Alienation, Dropout Attitudes, Dropouts, High Schools

Dropouts with Learning Disabilities: What Happens to Them as Young Adults?

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Sitlington, Patricia L.; Frank, Alan R. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1993

The adult adjustment of 101 dropouts with learning disabilities (LD), whose graduating class had been out of school for 1 year, was investigated in terms of employment rate, occupational status, hours worked, wages, and benefits; vocational training, postsecondary education, and usefulness of high school; instructional model used; gender; and…

Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Dropouts, Employment, Followup Studies