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Tammy L. Stephens; Pedro Olvera; Edward K. Schultz – Contemporary School Psychology, 2024
This article positions the core-selective evaluation process (C-SEP), a pattern of strengths and weaknesses (PSW) model of identifying specific learning disabilities (SLD), within guidelines and best practices recommended for assessing English learners. C-SEP is a broad approach that utilizes multiple sources of data to establish underachievement,…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Learning Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Best Practices
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Alsarawi, Aeshah – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2023
Saudi Arabia has officially recognized learning disabilities as a new category of disability since 1996. The Saudi government has since developed policies to meet the needs of students with learning disabilities in the least restrictive environments. With the growing population of these students in Saudi schools, this search is thus focused on…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Learning Disabilities, Student Needs
Marjorie Barnes – ProQuest LLC, 2025
This participatory action research (PAR) dissertation study investigates the implementation of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles by community college faculty in first-year writing courses to support students with learning disabilities at a New Jersey community college. Through a collaborative approach involving faculty as active…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Access to Education, Freshman Composition
Shannon Gale McDonald – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this study was to explore the attitudes and experiences of clarinet lesson teachers toward their private students with special needs, and to outline pedagogical strategies that clarinet teachers can use with special learners. To determine the results, a survey was sent to private clarinet teachers from the United States (N = 80).…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music Teachers, Private Education, Musical Instruments
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Cathery Yeh – School Science and Mathematics, 2023
While there is increased attention to power, privilege, and access in mathematics education, conversations around race and disability are often left out of the conversation. Disability in mathematics continues to be studied with a lens that focuses on behavior, rather than attending to the situated and sociopolitical context in which teaching and…
Descriptors: Race, Academic Ability, Critical Race Theory, Students with Disabilities
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Mary Bottomley; Jodie Bradley; Lisa Clark; Bryan Collis; Bojana Daw Srdanovic; Victoria Farnsworth; Annie Ferguson; Dan Goodley; Andrew Fox; Nikita K. Hayden; Charlotte Lawthom; Rebecca Lawthom; Claudia Magwood; Robert McLean; Ian Middleton; Alison Owen; Matty Prothero; Simon Rice; Simon Richards; Katherine Runswick-Cole; Kelly Scargill; Rohit Shankar; Toni Ann Wood – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
Background: We are a research team of clinical, academic and advocacy-based researchers with and without learning disabilities, working on the "Humanising Healthcare" (for people with learning disabilities) project. The project is dedicated to finding and sharing healthcare practices that enhance the lives of people with learning…
Descriptors: Ethics, Learning Disabilities, Guidelines, Researchers
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Morin, Lisa L.; Agrawal, Jugnu – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2022
The purpose of this article was to evaluate the quality of research studies and the evidence base for algebra instruction for secondary students with learning disabilities (LD) from 2000 to 2020. We evaluated the quality of methodological rigor of a total of eight single subject and three group design research studies using the 2014 Council for…
Descriptors: Algebra, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction, Learning Disabilities
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Cahill, Kevin; Curtin, Alicia; Hall, Kathy; O'Sullivan, Dan – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2020
Alternative education provision in Ireland is under-researched. This paper is a qualitative investigation of the perspectives of a purposive sample of ten teachers on curriculum, pedagogy and assessment in their respective alternative settings of a voluntary education centre, a Youthreach centre and a post-primary special school. 'Funds of…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Nontraditional Education, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
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Williams, Tricia; Wiener, Judith; Lennox, Carolyn; Kokai, Maria – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2022
The current paper describes the process used for developing the Guidelines for Diagnosis and Assessment of Children, Adolescents, and Adults with Learning Disabilities-Consensus Statement and Supporting Documents, and the rationale for some of the decisions. The guidelines were developed by a cross-sectoral working group of psychologists who…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Disability Identification, Clinical Diagnosis, Students with Disabilities
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Timothy E. Morse – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2024
Identifying a special education teacher's primary role has been complicated by competing legislative demands emphasizing every student's academic achievement in the general education curriculum versus some students' needs for individualized instruction that addresses their noteworthy academic achievement deficits. One result is that school…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Intervention, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Role
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Gartland, Debi; Strosnider, Roberta – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2017
This is an official document of the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities (NJCLD), of which Council for Learning Disabilities is a long-standing, active member. With this position paper, NJCLD advocates for the implementation of high-quality education standards (HQES) for students with learning disabilities (LD) and outlines the…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Academic Standards, Educational Quality, Academic Achievement
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Lovett, Benjamin J. – Educational Researcher, 2020
A recent, widely publicized scandal involved students who obtained fraudulent diagnoses of learning disabilities in an effort to get accommodations on college admissions tests. Although the exact circumstances of the scandal are unusual, the methods used to obtain diagnoses and accommodations illustrate widespread problems with current policies.…
Descriptors: Disability Identification, College Admission, Deception, Guidelines
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Bouck, Emily C.; Sprick, Jessica – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2019
The virtual-representational-abstract (VRA) framework adapts an evidence-based practice, the concrete-representational-abstract (CRA) framework, while trying to meet students and teachers where they are in terms of technology interest and use in education. This article discusses the VRA framework and the advantages of virtual manipulatives, and…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Evidence Based Practice, Mathematics, Guidelines
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Beaujean, A. Alexander – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2018
Simulation studies use computer-generated data to examine questions of interest that have traditionally been used to study properties of statistics and estimating algorithms. With the recent advent of powerful processing capabilities in affordable computers along with readily usable software, it is now feasible to use a simulation study to aid in…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Computation, Learning Disabilities, Identification
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Cottrell, Joseph M.; Barrett, Courtenay A. – Psychology in the Schools, 2016
Accurate and consistent identification of students with specific learning disabilities (SLDs) is crucial; however, state and district guidelines regarding identification methods lack operationalization and are inconsistent throughout the United States. In the current study, the authors surveyed 471 school psychologists about "school" SLD…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, Learning Disabilities, Disability Identification, Methods
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