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Reschly, Daniel J. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2014
The use of response-to-intervention (RTI) to identify children and youth with specific learning disabilities (SLDs) is described with multiple illustrations. Essential components of the RTI process are specified at multiple tiers of intervention, each essential to valid SLD identification. The RTI goals are prevention in general education, early…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Disability Identification, Learning Disabilities, Children
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Johnson, Evelyn S. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2014
Learning disabilities (LDs) have long been presumed to be a neurological disorder resulting from a deficit in 1 or more cognitive processes. Although the emphasis on cognitive processing disorders has been included in the definition since the term was coined, and although it arguably represents the key distinguishing characteristic of LDs, it also…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Neurological Impairments, Cognitive Processes, Literature Reviews