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Early Indicators of Learning Disabilities in Children with Developmental Language Disorder Compared to Their Typically Developing Peers
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Ibrahim Can Yasa; Müge Müzeyyen Çiyiltepe – SAGE Open, 2024
Developmental language disorder (DLD) is a language deficit affecting approximately 7% of the general population and does not associate with any hearing impairment, neurological damage, or mental disorder. In DLD, the complications arise over time due to the learning difficulties experienced, which causes eventual cognitive delay compared to…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Language Impairments, Screening Tests, Young Children
Predicting Adult-Age Mental Health with Childhood Reading and Math Disability: Do Resilience and Coping Styles Matter?
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Tuija Aro; Ahmet Bilal Özbek; Minna Torppa – Annals of Dyslexia, 2024
We studied the associations between childhood-identified learning disabilities and adult-age mental health and whether adult-age reading and math skills, coping styles, or resilience influenced the associations. The participants were 159 Finnish adults (60.4% males). Of them, 48 (30%) had a reading disability (RD), 22 (14%) had a math disability…
Descriptors: Adults, Foreign Countries, Learning Disabilities, Intelligence Quotient
"With an LD You're always Mediocre and Expect to be Mediocre": Perceptions of Adults Recently Diagnosed with Learning Disabilities
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Duquette, Cheryll; Fullarton, Stephanie – Exceptionality Education International, 2009
The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the educational and employment experiences of 10 adults who had recently been diagnosed as having a learning disability. Seven of the participants eventually obtained a high school diploma or the equivalent and they all had held a variety of entry-level jobs. The participants felt that having an…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Employment Experience, Employment Opportunities, Educational Experience
Alternative Approaches to the Definition and Identification of Learning Disabilities: Some Questions and Answers
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Fletcher, Jack M.; Coulter, W. Alan; Reschly, Daniel J.; Vaughn, Sharon – Annals of Dyslexia, 2004
Recent consensus reports concur in suggesting major changes in the federal regulatory approach to the identification of learning disabilities (LD). These reports recommend abandoning the IQ-discrepancy model and the use of IQ tests for identification, and also recommend incorporation of response to instruction (RTI) as one of the identification…
Descriptors: Special Education, Learning Disabilities, Eligibility, Disability Identification
Agreement between School Study Team Decisions and Authoritative Definitions in Classification of Students At-Risk for Mild Disabilities.
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Gresham, Frank M.; MacMillan, Donald L.; Bocian, Kathleen M. – School Psychology Quarterly, 1998
School study teams' use of results from traditional psychoeducational measures in determining eligibility for special education is examined. Three groups of students were studied: (1) learning disabled (N=47); (2) mildly mentally retarded (N=43); (3) low achievers (N=60). Relatively low agreement was found between eligibility and research…
Descriptors: Access to Education, At Risk Persons, Children, Disability Identification
Sheltered Homeless Children: Eligibility and Unmet Need for Special Education Evaluations.
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Zima, Bonnie T.; Bussing, Regina; Forness, Steven R.; Benjamin, Bernadette – 1998
This study examined the special education needs of school-aged children living in emergency homeless family shelters in Los Angeles (California). Specifically, the study: (1) identified the proportion of sheltered homeless children with a probable behavior problem, learning disability, or mental retardation; (2) examined the level of unmet need…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Behavior Disorders, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Learning Disabilities, Literacy, and Adult Education.
Vogel, Susan A., Ed.; Reder, Stephen, Ed. – 1998
This book deals with the long-neglected problem of learning disabilities (LDs) and the relationship of LDs to difficulties in the acquisition of literacy. Its 17 chapters are divided into 5 sections that begin with an opener to help the reader identify the main themes and content of each chapter in the section. Four chapters in Section I address…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, At Risk Persons, Career Education