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Michelle Simmons; Mikyung Shin; Stephanie L. Hart – Texas Education Review, 2024
State legislation serves as a guide and critical influence on the evaluation and identification of students with dyslexia across the United States. The state of Texas has numerous laws and regulations concerning dyslexia, guided by the Texas Administrative Code, Texas Education Code, Texas Occupations Code, and the Texas Education Agency's…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Students with Disabilities, Disability Identification, Educational Policy
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Maich, Kimberly; Somma, Monique; Hill, Randy – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2018
The purpose of this project was to examine programs and services for students with emotional/behavioural disorders (E/BD) across Canada. It is a replication of a survey undertaken a decade prior intended to examine similarities and differences in Canada's provinces and territories, as well as exploring overall changes to policy and process in this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education
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Leonard, Helen; Dixon, Glenys; Whitehouse, Andrew J. O.; Bourke, Jenny; Aiberti, Karina; Nassar, Natasha; Bower, Carol; Glasson, Emma J. – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2010
The etiology of autism spectrum disorders is unknown but there are claims of increasing prevalence in many countries. Despite more than a decade of epidemiological investigation, it is still unclear whether the rising trend in prevalence reflects a true increase or changes in diagnostic trends and improvements in case ascertainment. This paper…
Descriptors: Incidence, Autism, Disability Identification, Epidemiology
Idaho State Dept. of Education. Special Education Section. – 1997
This report provides information on the incidence of and services provided to students with disabilities or gifts and talents in Idaho in the school year 1995-96. Through charts, graphs, and text, information is provided on: (1) the number of students served by category of disability; (2) special instructional programs and services; (3) the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
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Ruehl, Mark E. – Behavioral Disorders, 1998
Reviews the debate from the standpoint of entitlement about the education of children who are classified as seriously emotionally disturbed or socially maladjusted. It examines how research has supported or contradicted the notion of entitlement from the standpoint of prevalence, classification, intervention, and cost. Ethical guidelines are…
Descriptors: Classification, Clinical Diagnosis, Disability Identification, Educational Legislation
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Guarino, Cassandra M.; Chambers, Jay G. – Journal of Special Education Leadership, 2001
A study investigated the impact of the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) on special education by collected data on all 176 school districts for 1989-90 through 1993-94. Findings indicate that KERA had a significant impact on the provision of, and allocation of resources to, special education five years after implementation. (Contains two…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disability Identification, Educational Finance, Educational Innovation
Harris-Stowe State Coll., St. Louis, MO. Teacher Education Dept. – 1994
This paper represents the perspectives of 25 special education teacher scholarship students from 13 Caribbean and Central American countries (Barbados, Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nevis, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Dominica, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Jamaica, Grenada, and Antigua) on the status of special education in their…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Delivery Systems, Developing Nations, Disabilities