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Mather, Nancy; White, Jennifer; Youman, Martha – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2020
Today 195 countries exist in the world. The purpose of this review was to provide a global picture of the services and opportunities for individuals with dyslexia. The intent was not to provide an exhaustive review of each topic, but rather to provide examples of what is occurring in different countries around the world. Through an Internet…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Cross Cultural Studies, Evaluation Methods, Identification
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Beyda-Lorie, Sandra; Kritikos, Effie; Messerer, Jeffrey – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
Research shows that educators are not prepared to address real life issues such as substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, and bullying in the classroom. Yet, students with learning disabilities remain vulnerable to each of these pressing life issues. The purpose of the current study was to determine whether the curriculum infusion (CI) model increased the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Special Education Teachers
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Kroese, Judith M.; Mather, Nancy; Sammons, Janice – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2006
"We cannot allow the quality of special services to preclude conquering reading disabilities (Horne, 1978, p. 582)." This study was conducted to explore how teachers' spelling abilities relate to student outcomes. The results indicated that the students enrolled in classrooms where the teachers had the lowest knowledge of phoneme-grapheme…
Descriptors: Spelling, Teacher Characteristics, Phonemes, Graphemes
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Ornelles, Cecily; Cook, Lyssandra; Jenkins, Amelia – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2007
A focus group of 5 general education schoolteachers from one rural middle school in Hawaii was conducted to investigate their perspectives on the unintended effects of including students with learning disabilities. The general education teachers were asked how the inclusion of students with learning disabilities had impacted (a) their professional…
Descriptors: Inclusive Schools, General Education, Learning Disabilities, Focus Groups