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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
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Whitaker, Simon; Hirst, Daniel – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2002
It is argued that challenging behavior can be better understood if a correlational analysis (looking for correlations between behavior occurrence and other variables) is used in addition to functional analysis. A case example is provided of a man whose aggressive outbursts were negatively correlated with trips out of his unit. (Contains…
Descriptors: Adults, Aggression, Autism, Behavior Modification
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Robertson, Laurel M.; Harding, Meri S.; Morrison, Gale M. – Education and Treatment of Children, 1998
A study examined early indicators of school adjustment and conduct problems, comparing the risk and resiliency characteristics of Latino elementary students who were typical (n=66), at-risk (n=77), had learning disabilities (n=18), and speech impairments (n=8). At-risk students showed lower grades, fewer study and social skills, and more problem…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Disabilities, Elementary Education, High Risk Students
Wright, Nancy; Wendler, Cathy – 1994
This paper reports the results of an SAT I field trial which examined test performance and efficiency of test timing for students with disabilities. A prototype SAT I test was administered to 1,113 students with disabilities in December 1992, in special formats and using special accommodations, to obtain information about the level of performance…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Aptitude Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Disabilities
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Obiakor, Festus E., Ed.; Utley, Cheryl A., Ed. – Multiple Voices for Ethnically Diverse Exceptional Learners, 2002
This issue of "Multiple Voices" contains the following articles: (1) "A Self-Study of Diversity: Preservice Teachers' Beliefs Revealed through Classroom Practices" (Donna M. Sobel and others), which presents the results of seven preservice teachers' self-study that reveals ways in which the teachers' beliefs regarding diversity issues were…
Descriptors: American Indians, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Bilingual Education, Blacks