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High Ability Students with Coexisting Disabilities: Implications for School Psychological Practice
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Foley-Nicpon, Megan; Assouline, Susan G. – Psychology in the Schools, 2020
School psychologists are well-positioned to change the educational landscape for twice-exceptional students, or those who possess high ability in one or more talent domains along with one or more disabilities. Better understanding of the nuanced cognitive and psychosocial assessment patterns within this population may increase well-needed…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Students with Disabilities, Gifted Education, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities)
Identification of Gifted Students with Learning Disabilities in a Response-to-Intervention Era
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Crepeau-Hobson, Franci; Bianco, Margarita – Psychology in the Schools, 2011
The identification of children who are twice-exceptional--those who are gifted and have concomitant learning disabilities (LDs)--has historically posed a number of challenges for school psychologists and other school personnel. With the reauthorization of the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act and the shift to the use of a…
Descriptors: Gifted Disabled, Identification, Response to Intervention, Models
Modifying Instruction within Tiers in Multitiered Intervention Programs
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Kupzyk, Sara; Daly, Edward J., III; Ihlo, Tanya; Young, Nicholas D. – Psychology in the Schools, 2012
Response to Intervention provides a continuum of instruction across intensity levels through multitiered intervention models. A lot of work to date has been devoted to how to configure tiers to ensure the appropriate increases in intensity. Much less work has been devoted to making adjustments "within" tiers to attempt to forestall the need for…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Response to Intervention, Program Implementation, Fidelity
Potential Utility of Actuarial Methods for Identifying Specific Learning Disabilities
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Benson, Nicholas; Newman, Isadore – Psychology in the Schools, 2010
This article describes how actuarial methods can supplant discrepancy models and augment problem solving and Response to Intervention (RTI) efforts by guiding the process of identifying specific learning disabilities (SLD). Actuarial methods use routinized selection and execution of formulas derived from empirically established relationships to…
Descriptors: Student Needs, Medical Evaluation, Learning Disabilities, Academic Failure
The Prevention Science of Reading Research within a Response-to-Intervention Model
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Lembke, Erica S.; McMaster, Kristen L.; Stecker, Pamela M. – Psychology in the Schools, 2010
The purpose of this article is to describe research-based reading intervention within a Response-to-Intervention (RTI) model, using prevention science as a context. First, RTI is defined and a rationale is provided for its use in improving the reading performance of all students, particularly those students identified as at risk for…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Intervention, Reading Research, Prevention
Selecting Effective Academic Interventions: An Example Using Brief Experimental Analysis for Oral Reading
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Wilber, Amy; Cushman, Thomas P. – Psychology in the Schools, 2006
The reauthorization of IDEA (the Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004) includes potential use of a response to intervention (RTI) model for the identification of learning disabilities. Using this model, a variety of academic interventions may be implemented with a low-achieving student, with the results monitored to…
Descriptors: Student Reaction, Identification, Oral Reading, Learning Disabilities
Narrowing the Gap between Research and Practice in Sight Word Reading Instruction.
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Fayne, Harriet R.; Gettinger, Maribeth – Psychology in the Schools, 1981
Learning disabilities teachers were given training and materials for a one-week teaching procedure. Overall posttest performance did not differ among the groups; however, children taught using reduced response competition required fewer trials to reach criterion on each word. Results indicated that teachers also benefited from the program. (Author)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Learning Disabilities, Outcomes of Education, Reading Instruction
Building School Support Systems for Parents of Handicapped Children: The Parent Education and Guidance Program.
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Volensky, Leonard T. – Psychology in the Schools, 1995
The Parent Education and Guidance Program is an eight-month program that utilizes parent support groups and professionals from various fields to involve parents of handicapped children in a group process directed toward meeting the child's social, emotional, and intellectual needs. The program attempts to create a positive, ongoing relationship…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Children, Disabilities, Group Dynamics