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Vickers, Melana Zyla – John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy (NJ1), 2010
Universities are providing extra time on tests, quiet exam rooms, in-class note-takers, and other assistance to college students with modest learning disabilities. But these policies are shrouded in secrecy. This paper, "Accommodating College Students with Learning Disabilities: ADD, ADHD, and Dyslexia," by Melana Zyla Vickers, examines…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Dyslexia, College Students, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities)
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Rodkin, Philip C.; Farmer, Thomas W.; Acker, Richard V.; Pearl, Ruth; Thompson, Jana H.; Fedora, Pledger – Journal of School Psychology, 2006
Examined the nominations that elementary students with mild disabilities made for peers they perceived as cool. The total sample was comprised of 948 students (496 girls, 452 boys) from the metropolitan Chicago area and North Carolina and included 107 (11.3%) students with mild disabilities. Overall, students with mild disabilities nominated…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Males, Mild Disabilities, General Education
Serow, Robert; And Others – 1994
Carolina PALS (Programmed Alternative Learning for Students) is a program designed to meet the educational, social, and emotional needs of students with mild disabilities in grades 3-10, by having one special education teacher and one regular teacher share teaching in the regular classroom. In 1992-93, the program operated in 50 schools, reaching…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Inclusive Schools, Mild Disabilities