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Sean J. Smith; Amber Rowland; K. Alisa Lowrey – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2023
Middle school learners with disabilities, particularly learning disabilities, struggle with organizing their thoughts, expressing their ideas, spelling, the use of content vocabulary, the mechanics of writing, fluency, and overall, the primary elements of written expression (Graham et al., 2015). While writing complicates learning for students…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Writing Instruction
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Brigham, Frederick J.; Bakken, Jeffrey P. – Advances in Special Education, 2013
It seems that assessment has almost always been a controversial issue when discussing students with learning disabilities. This chapter will first define learning disabilities with a discussion on the current federal definition, what a severe discrepancy is, the dimensions of a psychological processing disorder, and response to intervention. Then…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Definitions, Cognitive Processes, Neurological Impairments