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The Willingness and Ability of Postsecondary Faculty to Provide Academic Accommodations to Students with Learning Disabilities
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McCarron, Elizabeth C. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Faculty are responsible for providing the academic accommodations needed and used by students with learning disabilities (SWLD). Since learning disabilities (LD) are hidden, faculty may question the need for, efficacy of, and fairness of accommodations. Yet academically accommodating SWLD is important to academic success and persistence. This…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Learning Disabilities, Teacher Attitudes
Response to Intervention: Considerations for School Leaders Concerning Specific Learning Disability Determination
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Robidas, Marian T. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
With the changes made to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-446), educational leadership is now able to use the Response to Intervention (RtI) process for Specific Learning Disability (SLD) determination rather than the long-standing discrepancy model (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004).…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Learning Disabilities, Eligibility, State Regulation
Special Education Student Perspectives of Factors Influencing Their Decision to Leave a Comprehensive High School in San Diego Unified School District on Their Eighteenth Birthday
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Chambliss, Judith – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The problem. This study investigated whether there were statistically significant differences in perceptions of high school students with specific learning disabilities with respect to reasons for either remaining in high school or leaving high school on their 18th birthday. Method. A quasi-experimental study was conducted. 30 students who were…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Likert Scales, Comparative Analysis, High School Students
The Lived Experience of a Special Education Student Who Has Dropped out of High School--A Case Study: Past and Future
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Hansen, Shannon M. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this paper is to examine a single study participant and overall graduation rates as they relate to both the general education and special education population. As more federal requirements are defined, especially the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, along with individual state requirements, the overall graduation rate of both of…
Descriptors: School Personnel, Special Education, Learning Disabilities, Graduation Rate