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Lowenthal, Barbara – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2003
The increase in the rate and intensity of child maltreatment within the last decade is worrisome. In 1996, 44 out of every 1,000 youths under the age of eighteen were maltreated (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1998). Special educators should consider the possible effects of maltreatment on children with learning disabilities. When…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Learning Disabilities, Special Education Teachers, Special Needs Students