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Supporting Children with Severe-to-Profound Learning Difficulties and Complex Communication Needs to Make Their Views Known: Observation Tools and Methods
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Greathead, Scot; Yates, Rhiannon; Hill, Vivian; Kenny, Lorcan; Croydon, Abigail; Pellicano, Elizabeth – Topics in Language Disorders, 2016
All children have the right to shape decisions that influence their lives. Yet, children with severe-to-profound intellectual disabilities and complex communication needs are often marginalized from this process. Here, we examined the utility of a set of tools incorporating ethnographic and structured observational methods with three such…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Severity (of Disability), Children
A Framework for Assessment and Treatment of Language-Learning Disabled Children with Psychiatric Disorders.
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Audet, Lisa R.; Hummel, Lauren J. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1990
The paper defines the population of primary school age language/learning-disabled children with communication disorders and emotional/behavioral disorders. It then discusses the language demands of traditional treatment methods, assessment and diagnostic procedures, approaches to communication intervention, and treatment modalities; and offers a…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Case Studies, Communication Disorders, Educational Diagnosis
Closing the Gap: Accommodating Students with Language Learning Disabilities in College.
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Ganschow, Leonore; Philips, Lois; Schneider, Elke – Topics in Language Disorders, 2001
This article describes language difficulties of college students with language learning disabilities and the types of accommodations that are provided to these students. It presents four language issues that affect the provision of accommodations, points out the differences across universities in the accommodations offered, and provides three case…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Case Studies, College Choice, Coping
Facilitating Self-Determination Abilities in Adults with LLD: Case Study of a Postsecondary Student.
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Bashir, Anthony S.; Goldhammer, Richard F.; Bigaj, Stephen J. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2000
A case study of a graduate student with language-learning disorders is used to demonstrate the development of self-determination abilities. Academic and communication interventions were used to foster development of the student's self-knowing and self-valuing as the basis for becoming a self-determined individual. The role of the speech-language…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Communication Disorders, Communication Skills, Higher Education
The Triune Assessment-Intervention Model (TAIM) for Students with Sensemaking and Dynamic Literacy Deficits.
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Farmer, Stephen S.; Nesbit, Elizabeth – Topics in Language Disorders, 2000
This article presents the Triune Assessment-Intervention Model (TAIM), which uses the constructs of sensemaking and dynamic literacy as its conceptual framework. The model assesses use of semantics/syntax, phonology/orthography, organization, and scripts/schemas rule systems though analysis of oral and literate discourse events, communication, and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Style, Communication Skills, Disability Identification
Who Are Adults with Learning Disabilities and What Do We Do about Them?
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Westby, Carol – Topics in Language Disorders, 2000
This article addresses the definition of learning disabilities (LD), issues in identifying learning disability in young adults, the legal rights/protections for adults with LD in the workplace or higher education, and what are reasonable accommodations. Case vignettes provide examples of the issues. (Contains references.) (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Access to Education, Accessibility (for Disabled), Adults