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Download full textHaydon, Todd; Kennedy-Donica, Alana – Insights into Learning Disabilities, 2023
The authors present a case report for an adolescent student with a learning disability who has academic, behavioral, and intensive mental health needs. A therapeutic package to support and maintain student progress is discussed. The case report outlines specifically how the student's mental health needs were supported through the implementation of…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Students with Disabilities, Psychotherapy, Suicide
Direct linkWitzel, Bradley; Myers, Jonté A. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2023
Solving word problems is a large part of algebra coursework and statewide testing. However, solving secondary mathematics word problems is difficult for most students and extremely challenging for students with specific learning disabilities (SLD). In recent meta-analyses, two problem solving strategies emerged as effective for secondary students…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Word Problems (Mathematics), Algebra, Heuristics
Lambert, Rachel – Education Sciences, 2018
This paper describes two myths that circulate widely about the potential of students with Learning Disabilities to learn mathematics: (1) that students with Learning Disabilities cannot benefit from inquiry-based instruction in mathematics, and only from explicit instruction; and (2) that students with Learning Disabilities cannot construct their…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Learning Disabilities, Mathematics Instruction, Inquiry
Adrea Truckenmiller – Reading Teacher, 2024
Laws, practices, and research about reading difficulties have been gradually and rapidly changing since the passage of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in 1974. It is difficult for schools to keep up, especially when it takes approximately 16 years for research to reach widespread public knowledge. In this article, I frame the…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Equal Education, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
Stephanie Grote-Garcia; Evan Ortlieb – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2024
The annual "What's Hot in Literacy" survey uncovers the current focal points within literacy education. A panel of twenty-five literacy leaders participated and engaged in interviews to identify the most and least emphasized literacy topics, as well as those deserving more attention. The findings for 2023 spotlight several topics…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Leaders, Books, Censorship
R. Brandon Conaway; Ara J. Schmitt; Elizabeth McCallum; Laura M. Crothers; James B. Schreiber – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2024
Reading disorders, including reading comprehension disorders, are among the most common referrals for evaluation in schools. If that evaluation involves individually administered tests of reading, the examiner is faced with selecting at least one reading comprehension subtest that is inherently associated with specific task demands, such as a…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Reading Comprehension, Cloze Procedure
Tami Sabag-Shushan; Tami Katzir – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2024
According to the multidimensional view of reading comprehension (RAND), reading comprehension (RC) is influenced by three components?: the reader, text, and task. A broader perspective considers factors beyond the cognitive and linguistic dimensions and incorporates the contribution of emotional condition. The present study examined individual…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Comparative Analysis, Reading Difficulties, Literacy
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
Natalie Libster; Connie Kasari; Alexandra Sturm – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Purpose: This study examined predictors of sexual victimization among autistic and non-autistic college students. Specifically, we aimed to determine whether autistic students are more likely than non-autistic students to experience unwanted sexual contact and sexual assault, controlling for co-occurring diagnoses. We also aimed to determine…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Victims of Crime, Rape, Autism Spectrum Disorders
Elena Rose Couldrey – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Despite the existence of various special education laws and mandates aimed at protecting the rights of students with learning disabilities (LD), these students tend to be removed from the classroom setting at disproportionate rates and durations when compared to students without disabilities. The purpose of this interpretive phenomenology was to…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Discipline, General Education
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
John W. McKenna; Michael Solis; Justin Garwood; Melissa Parenti – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2024
Students in the United States who receive special education services are entitled to receive an Individualized Education Program (IEP) that provides an appropriate level of benefit. Although IEP content is informed by policy mandates and practice recommendations, research has yet to investigate the degree to which school practice is in alignment.…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Student Characteristics
Susan B. Pellegrino – ProQuest LLC, 2024
In this state, one constant that students with disabilities have experienced has been the lack of accessibility to the high-stakes standardized test, the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS). The purpose of this Action Research study was to investigate and improve the access, to MCAS testing for students with disabilities in…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Action Research, Standardized Tests, Testing
Gabrielle Wilcox; Erica Makarenko; Frank P. MacMaster; Rose Swansburg – Learning Disabilities: A Contemporary Journal, 2024
Parents play a vital role in supporting children with learning disabilities, but little is known about their understanding of this diagnosis. The experiences of parents with the diagnostic process and the services their children receive post-diagnosis vary widely. Parents who participated in this study reported that they understand learning…
Descriptors: Parents, Parent Attitudes, Knowledge Level, Brain
Diana M. Katovitch – ProQuest LLC, 2024
A subset of individuals with learning disabilities is currently prevented from accessing postsecondary education; these individuals experience general learning disabilities, or GLD (Greenspan, 2017, p. 117). GLD is not a formal disability category in K-12 special education; individual students might not be eligible for academic supports and…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Access to Education
