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Download full textCrowley, Catherine J. – 2003
This digest discusses the difficulty of assessing the speech and language of culturally and linguistically diverse students and recommends strategies for identifying communication disorders. It begins by reviewing what qualifies as a communication disorder, discussing the limitations of speech and language tests, and outlining test considerations.…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Communication Disorders, Cultural Influences, Data Collection
Wilkinson, Wendy; Dresden, Cynthia – 1997
This paper focuses on the state of the law as it concerns adults with disabilities regarding educational issues. Sections 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 are addressed and legal issues are examined, including: (1) the definition of disability; (2) documentation of disability; (3) financial…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adult Education, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Communication Aids (for Disabled)
Ramirez-Smith, Christina – 1997
This paper discusses the characteristics of children who are gifted and have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Seven principles to reach and teach gifted learners with ADHD are recommended: (1) remembering that these learners have needs just like other children in their age groups; (2) having realistic expectations in helping these…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Cooperative Learning, Disability Identification
Iowa State Dept. of Education, Des Moines. Bureau of Special Education. – 1997
This guide presents practice recommendations developed by a special Iowa study group as a result of change in 1995 from state-developed definition and eligibility criteria for learning disability to the definition and evaluation requirements of federal regulations. The recommendations focus on preferred practices in assessment, evaluation, and…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Definitions, Disability Identification, Educational Legislation
McKinney, James D.; Montague, Marjorie; Hocutt, Anne M. – 1998
This paper discusses the first year results of a screening procedure used to identify 92 kindergarten and first grade children who were at risk of developing serious emotional disturbance (SED), and presents additional data on the predictive validity of the screening procedure one year later. The Systematic Screening for Behavior Disorders (SSBD)…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Disability Identification, Early Intervention, Elementary School Students
Edwards, Mark C.; Schulz, Eldon G. – 1997
The report describes activities and achievements of the Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) Teacher Inservice Project. The inservice program was developed using a formal process to identify the critical issues related to ADD awareness, assessment, and intervention. Program content was designed to address critical issues identified in the research…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Problems, Disability Identification, Drug Therapy
Burnette, Jane – 1998
This digest summarizes the problem of over-representation of minority students in special education and offers suggestions to reduce this disproportionate representation. It notes concerns of the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) and the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) that minority students are being misclassified and receiving…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Disabilities, Disability Identification, Disproportionate Representation
Shackelford, Jo – 1994
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires the implementation of a comprehensive child find system. This system includes public awareness activities to inform parents, professionals, and the community at large of the availability of early intervention and preschool services, of the importance of identifying children with or at…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, At Risk Persons, Community Programs, Cooperative Programs
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. Special Education Section. – 2000
This final report details the activities and outcomes of a federally sponsored Oregon project designed to address the expressed and identified needs of students with deafblindness, their parents, and the services provided to them. As a result of the project, services (including the availability of technical assistance, information, and training…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Deaf Blind, Delivery Systems
Bradley, Renee, Ed.; Danielson, Louis, Ed.; Hallahan, Daniel P., Ed. – 2002
This volume on the identification of learning disabilities (LD) offers chapters that provide comprehensive reviews of the research evidence underlying different aspects of LD and was the product of a 2001 general conference followed up by a small research forum. Contributors include researchers, parents, practitioners, and administrators. A final…
Descriptors: Classification, Clinical Diagnosis, Definitions, Disability Identification
Stringari, Tim – iJournal, 2003
Discusses the increasing number of students with psychological disabilities attending community colleges. In efforts to meet these students' extended support needs during times of budget cuts, the College of San Mateo, a community college, has organized partnerships within the local mental heath, rehabilitation, and consumer groups. Since 1991,…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Accessibility (for Disabled), Community Colleges, Community Involvement
Neisworth, John T.; Bagnato, Stephen J.; Salvia, John; Hunt, Frances M. – 1999
This manual describes the rationale, use, and validity of the Temperament and Atypical Behavior Scale (TABS), a norm-referenced measure of dysfunctional behavior appropriately used with infants and young children between the ages of 11 and 71 months. TABS is intended to identify children who are developing atypically or are at risk for atypical…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Rating Scales, Disability Identification
Arizona State School for the Deaf and Blind, Tucson. – 1999
This final report describes accomplishments of the four-year federally funded Arizona Deafblind Project which attempted to: (1) identify all deafblind children in Arizona; (2) deliver technical assistance to families; (3) deliver technical assistance to service providers; and (4) enhance community oversight, coordination, and collaboration with…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Deaf Blind, Delivery Systems
Zima, Bonnie T.; Bussing, Regina; Forness, Steven R.; Benjamin, Bernadette – 1998
This study examined the special education needs of school-aged children living in emergency homeless family shelters in Los Angeles (California). Specifically, the study: (1) identified the proportion of sheltered homeless children with a probable behavior problem, learning disability, or mental retardation; (2) examined the level of unmet need…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Behavior Disorders, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Forness, Steven R.; Ramey, Craig T.; Ramey, Sharon L. – 1998
This study followed up a large national sample (N=4,161) of Head Start children in an attempt to identify children who are at risk for emotional or behavioral disorders and eligible for special education and to determine to what extent these children are actually identified in the natural progression of special education referral. Children were…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Behavior Disorders, Disability Identification, Eligibility
