This study examined the feasibility and effectiveness of Remote Learning (RL) for students with learning disabilities (LD) during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the first experiment, the appropriateness of using RL to teach students with LD during the pandemic was examined in 99 Saudi special educators. The teachers reported that their students with LD…

Existing research suggests that students with ADHD may not receive the expected benefit from some testing accommodations. One possible explanation for this lack of benefit might be that students do not receive adequate instruction in and practice with testing accommodations to make them effective. The current study was designed to investigate…

A reversal (ABAB) design was used to evaluate the effectiveness of a group contingency intervention on the verbally disrespectful behaviors of seven middle school students with specific learning disabilities and attention deficit disorders (ADHD) in a special education resource classroom setting for reading instruction. During the intervention…

Students with learning disabilities and other types of disabilities who attend post-secondary education settings may often require reasonable accommodations to succeed. While the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is designed to protect students with disabilities from discrimination, many students are unaware of their rights and how to request…

In this article, we summarize the findings from eight separate focus group studies, conducted with various stakeholders--special education teachers, general education teachers, administrators, school psychologists, students with learning disabilities, parents of students with learning disabilities, teacher educators, and higher education faculty…

A survey of 90 university graduates (with 54% responding) who had taken part in university-based learning strategy training as part of an adolescent teaching methods course found that respondents felt the training was beneficial and should be continued and expanded. Recommendations included the need to coordinate university preservice and school…

An interview of 12 caregivers of African American children with mild disabilities from a large Midwestern city was conducted in order to obtain information on their views and experiences with needs and services provided for families of children with mild disabilities. Results revealed interesting information regarding most frequent and most…