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Tankersley, Melody, Ed.; Cook, Bryan G., Ed.; Landrum, Timothy J., Ed. – Advances in Learning and Behavioral Disabilities, 2022
Intensive, individualized interventions are certainly the hallmark promise of special education. In a multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS), tier 3 interventions are the most intensive and require individualized delivery to address the learning and behavioral needs of students who are most often identified for special education services. MTSS,…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Behavior Disorders, Intervention, Special Education
Pacheco, Beatriz – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2018
It is estimated that up to sixty-five percent of children entering grade school this year will end up working in careers that have yet to be created. This is a result, in part, of the rapid advances in technology that have occurred since Apple introduced the iPhone just ten years ago. This technology is not only impacting the way that we learn or…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Learning Processes, Brain, Cognitive Development
El-Koumy, Abdel Salam A. – Online Submission, 2016
The idea of this book arose out of an awareness that students with language learning disabilities are completely ignored in the Egyptian school system and there are no special programs that cater to these students. They are placed in normal schools that are not prepared to deal with their unique difficulties. This book, therefore, is an attempt to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Learning Disabilities
Gow, David W. – Principal, 1986
Outlines the problems of students with dyslexia and the history of the recognition of the problem. Includes a detailed list of symptoms that may indicate dyslexia is a problem for a student. (MD)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Dyslexia, Elementary Secondary Education
McGill-Franzen, Anne – 1987
Various federal and state laws, regulations, and policies influence whether a low-achieving reader is categorized as "disadvantaged" or "disabled," and consequently what instructional interventions are provided. Low-achieving readers are being referred to special education at high rates while the number of eligible students…
Descriptors: Citation Analysis, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Higbee, Jeanne L.; And Others – 1989
Information on types of learning disabilities (i.e. dyslexia and dyscalculia) is presented to help professionals in the field of higher education learn about how to identify learning disabled (LD) students, appropriate accommodations and modifications, special services, resources for referral, policy implications, and legal issues. Due to improved…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Academic Failure, College Students, Developmental Disabilities