Adult resilient child who is parent of three children (two with learning disabilities) briefly describes her own childhood and how she coped as a child. Author presents six guidelines she used in relationships with her own children and six amendments to guidelines brought about by her divorce. (NB)

Discusses issues surrounding identification and classification of learning-disabled population at postsecondary level. Maintains that diagnostic evaluations are necessary to determine eligibility for services, furnish information for curriculum planning and development, and provide projection/incidence figures and research data. Suggests that…

Until recently, children with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) were often placed in special education classrooms. The critical challenge for administrators is ensuring that ADD children are correctly identified and appropriately educated. To avoid lawsuits, principals must lead the development of appropriate policies, procedures, and strategies to…

Discusses microcomputer-based reformatting of text to help learners with disabilities. Highlights include letter size; spacing; copyright problems; expanding the target audience to make systems more cost effective; writing skills; voice input; and further enhancements, including networked systems and the use of hypertext. (14 references) (LRW)

Compared intellectual (Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale for Adults-Revised) and neuropsychological (Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery) assessment as valid methods of identifying learning disabilities in adults. Findings from 155 subjects revealed that both instruments were able to distinguish adults with and without learning disabilities.…

Describes how the whole-language philosophy undergirds the teaching approaches used in a nontraditional special education program designed for students with language and learning disabilities. (SR)

Describes types of jail education services available and how special education services may realistically be provided. Offers plan to initiate comprehensive prerelease prescriptions for handicapped (emotionally disturbed, learning disabled) jailed offenders similar to those provided in correctional institutions for imprisoned offenders nearing…

Describes the use of the language experience approach (LEA) and semantic mapping strategies with three seven-year-old boys who were nonreaders. Finds the use of mapping strategies with LEA was successful when children had difficulty structuring and organizing their own stories. (MG)

This study examined the conversational engagement techniques employed by children with and without learning disabilities in dyadic interactions. Analysis indicated that the 60 learning-disabled subjects (9-13 years old) employed engagement-related techniques as sophisticated as those of their nondisabled peers, though they did so less consistently…

The notes of 30 university students with learning disabilities (LD) and 30 nondisabled university students were compared on the number of cued and noncued information units recorded and the number and type of abbreviations used. Results showed that the LD students performed significantly lower on all variables. (Author/DB)

Summarizes research on whether individuals with learning disabilities exhibit social deficits characteristic of their population and whether instructional time should be spent teaching social skills conducted over 14 years by University of Kansas Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities (KU-IRLD). Describes commonalities across KU-IRLD…

Longitudinal data on 515 fifth graders, including 51 with learning disabilities (LD), were examined for correlations between learning disabilities and juvenile delinquency. Self-report data on delinquent activity and court records were examined seven years later. LD status did not account for a significant portion of unique variance in the…

Examines whether subtest scatter might be an indicator of learning disabilities (LDs), psychopathology, or both in a sample of normal adolescents (N=170) using the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children III and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent. The hypothesis that subtest scatter is associated with LDs was generally not…

Between 42% and 60% of students in alternative education settings have learning disabilities. Teachers need the ability to optimize classroom climate, improve literacy and transition outcomes, achieve behavioral growth, and understand multicultural and multilingual issues. (Author/JOW)

Examines the necessity of defining the knowledge and skills required of postsecondary disability-service providers, due to the significant growth in the number of students with disabilities entering higher education. Discusses the implications of recent developments in professional standards for postsecondary disability personnel and the…