This article discusses terminology in Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 referring to "otherwise qualified" individuals with disabilities, with particular reference to students with learning disabilities. Current practices and issues in implementing the law with learning-disabled students are evaluated in light of legal…

Data from a survey of 299 practitioners were assembled to identify needed competencies of administrative and direct service personnel in implementing postsecondary support programs for learning-disabled students. Key competencies identified by instructors include assessment skills, cognitive interventions, and instructional skills, whereas…

Survey contacted 175 students with learning disabilities who exited four high schools between 1986 and 1989. Overall, 86 percent were employed either full or part time. At least one semester of postsecondary education was completed by 26 percent of sample. The most successful students tended to be those with higher math ability, employment during…

Reviews research to derive cross-informant syndrome scales for 1991 profiles of Child Behavior Checklist, Teacher's Report Form, and Youth Self-Report. Summarizes studies of reliability and validity, as well as findings on cross-informant agreement, stability of parent ratings, cross-informant prediction, and comparisons of profile scores for…

High school students with learning disabilities (LD), low achievement, or average achievement responded, several times daily, to questions concerning levels of affect, activation, cognitive efficiency, self-esteem, motivation, and feedback from others. LD students reported feeling more positive and active than the other groups during school hours;…

Physical fitness of children with learning disabilities may be comparatively low. In a school-university cooperative program, four rural children with learning disabilities and their families participated in a 10-week fitness program that included nutrition education and family exercise activities. Results were positive and showed the need for…

Using data from the National Education Longitudinal Study and applying hierarchical linear modeling, this study found a strong gap in achievement in math and science between adolescents with and without learning disabilities (LD). The gap was reduced for LD adolescents who did not make a school transition until at least ninth grade. (DB)

The effectiveness of instruction in word-problem solving for students with learning problems in 25 outcome studies was examined across student characteristics, instructional features, methodological features, skill maintenance, and generalization components. Computer-assisted instruction was found to be most effective for group-design studies;…

Seventeen fourth and fifth graders with severe writing disabilities received a weekly one-hour individual tutorial which focused equally on transcription (handwriting and spelling) and composition skills. Students showed reliable improvement in composition and handwriting automaticity but not in spelling. Suggestions for teaching phonological…

Defines four roles that media specialists should assume in the management of students with learning differences. These include disseminating information to classroom teachers and parents about diagnosing/managing students with learning differences, collaborating with colleagues in educational-technology selection, working one-on-one with students,…

Describes the use of computer-supported studying as an approach to helping students with disabilities develop and apply skills needed for successful transition from secondary to postsecondary education. Vignettes of three students with learning disabilities illustrate the success of computer-supported studying. (Author/CR)

Presents a 71-item annotated bibliography of selected children's books (published between 1992 and 1996) dealing with disabilities, along with a brief description of criteria used to evaluate the books. Includes sections on AIDS, asthma, autism, blindness, deafness, dyslexia, mental disabilities, and physical disabilities. (RS)

Reviews recent applied instructional research for students with learning disabilities for the purpose of providing educators and counselors with the background and logic behind the development of current instructional practices. Topics include procedural prompts, scaffolds, cognitive strategies, story grammar, think sheets, anchored instruction,…

Examined technical and adaptive competence in coping among 97 African-American adolescents with learning disabilities. Findings indicated that short-term, reactive, technical competence was a better predictor of feelings of efficacy, and longer-term, developmental adaptive competence was a better predictor of behavioral problems. Gender subsample…

Information recorded on Transition Planning Guides was compared with the perceptions of 22 students with learning disabilities and their parents regarding postsecondary goals and anticipated support needs. Findings indicate little relationship between the postsecondary outcomes and support needs recorded and those expressed by students and parents…