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Psychologists' Diagnostic Assessments of Adults with Dyslexia: An Australian-Based Survey Study
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Sadusky, Andrea; Freeman, Nerelie C.; Berger, Emily; Reupert, Andrea E. – Educational and Developmental Psychologist, 2022
Objective: This study explored how psychologists in Australia assess and diagnose adults with dyslexia. Psychologists' understandings about dyslexia were recorded alongside the tools used for diagnosing adults with dyslexia (and how these differ from practices with young people). Training experiences and influential factors on diagnostic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dyslexia, Adults, Psychologists
Comparing Math LD Diagnostic Rates Obtained Using LDAC and "DSM-5" Criteria: Implications for the Field
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Schroeder, Meadow; Drefs, Michelle A.; Zwiers, Michael – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2020
Within the Canadian context, the two major learning disability classification systems are arguably the American Psychiatric Association's (APA) "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" and the Learning Disabilities Association (LDAC) of Canada's "Official Definition of Learning Disabilities." Several of the more…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Disabilities, Students with Disabilities, Clinical Diagnosis
The Effects of Extended Time on Writing Performance
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Goegan, Lauren D.; Harrison, Gina L. – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2017
The effects of extended time on the writing performance of university students with learning disabilities (LD) was examined. Thirty-eight students (19 LD; 19 non-LD) completed a collection of cognitive, linguistic, and literacy measures, and wrote essays under regular and extended time conditions. Limited evidence was found to support the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Testing Accommodations, Learning Disabilities
Cognitive Risk Factors for Specific Learning Disorder: Processing Speed, Temporal Processing, and Working Memory
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Moll, Kristina; Göbel, Silke M.; Gooch, Debbie; Landerl, Karin; Snowling, Margaret J. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2016
High comorbidity rates between reading disorder (RD) and mathematics disorder (MD) indicate that, although the cognitive core deficits underlying these disorders are distinct, additional domain-general risk factors might be shared between the disorders. Three domain-general cognitive abilities were investigated in children with RD and MD:…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Comorbidity, Cognitive Processes, Neurological Impairments
The Contributions of Domain-General and Numerical Factors to Third-Grade Arithmetic Skills and Mathematical Learning Disability
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Cowan, Richard; Powell, Daisy – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2014
Explanations of the marked individual differences in elementary school mathematical achievement and mathematical learning disability (MLD or dyscalculia) have involved domain-general factors (working memory, reasoning, processing speed, and oral language) and numerical factors that include single-digit processing efficiency and multidigit skills…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Skills, Learning Disabilities, Elementary School Students
Criminal Offending and Learning Disabilities in New Zealand Youth: Does Reading Comprehension Predict Recidivism?
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Rucklidge, Julia J.; McLean, Anthony P.; Bateup, Paula – Crime & Delinquency, 2013
Sixty youth (16-19 years) from two youth prison sites participate in a prospective study examining criminal offending and learning disabilities (LD), completing measures of estimated IQ, attention, reading, and mathematical and oral language abilities. Prevalence rates of LDs exceed those of international studies, with 91.67% of the offenders…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Delinquency