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Showing 1 to 20 of 585 for “"Learning Disabilities"”.
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Cyberbullying and students with learning disabilities
… who are classified, under Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) are thought to be particularly vulnerable to cyberbullying. Parents play a vital role in raising their children and keeping them safe. This study examines whether parents having a child classified, under IDEA, have …
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Facilitating choice for people with learning disabilities
… of basic human rights and yet for people with learning disabilities this has often been a reality. Some argue that choice is different for people with learning disabilities for a variety of intellectually based reasons. The effect of choice on people with learning disabilities therefore is an …
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The Binormal Hypothesis of Specific Learning Disabilities
The concept of specific learning disabilities has its roots in the medical literature of the nineteenth century. According to the medical model the cause of specific learning disabilities are presumed to lie in specific cognitive dysfunctions. This hypothesis predicts two qualitatively distinct …
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Parents with learning disabilities: a psychological perspective
… evidence investigating parents’ with Learning Disabilities psychological wellbeing and social support. The empirical paper explores the journey of parenthood from the perspective of parents with Learning Disabilities. Finally, the public domain paper provides a summary of the empirical …
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Relationships Between Central Auditory Function and Learning Disabilities
… of this study was to compare the performance of "learning disabled" (LD) children and children with no identified learning problems on tests of central auditory function. Katz's Staggered.Spondaic Word (SSW) test and Willeford's Tests of Central Auditory Function (TCAF) were administered.</p> …
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Mesosystem Variables and Schools' Learning Disabilities Prevalence Rates
… steadily rising. The largest increase is in the learning disabilities category. With the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 and the federal requirements for schools under the No Child Left Behind law, schools are required to take a closer look …
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How do People with Learning Disabilities Understand Citizen Inquiry?
One question often asked is whether people with learning disabilities are regularly excluded from decision-making processes which may have a direct impact on them. This study uses citizen inquiry research methodologies to engage adults with learning disabilities in scientific inquiry through the …
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Homework can be challenging for students with learning disabilities
… to determine how homework affected students with learning disabilities and their parents. A total of 14 students with learning disabilities in a Learning Resource Center of a middle school, together with their parents, participated in the study. A survey with 15 questions was provided to …
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Assessment of attentional problems with and without learning disabilities
La presente tesis doctoral cuenta con tres grandes objetivos generales, cuyo propósito final es conseguir una evaluación válida y fiable para el diagnóstico del TDAH. El primer objetivo, trata de elaborar un modelo de evaluación del TDAH que considere las relaciones existentes entre variables de …
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Value of Peer Tutoring For Children With Learning Disabilities
… What kinds of gains will two children with learning disabilities make in their word recognition skills when both children are involved in a peer tutoring program? Purpose. The purpose of the study was to assess the value of same-age peer tutoring when both children are functioning at common …
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Designing online instruction for postsecondary students with learning disabilities
… content to postsecondary students with varying learning disabilities. The research provides a holistic picture of the students in their actual learning environment. Two college students diagnosed as learning disabled were studied with three non-disabled classmates in an online college learning …
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Identification of Specific Learning Disabilities: Georgia School Psychologists' Perceptions
<p>An on-line survey was conducted to investigate the assessment practices and perceptions of 366 practicing school psychologist in the state of Georgia concerning various operational components, and the use of RTI when determining SLD eligibility. Results were analyzed using ordinal logistic …
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Learning disabilities in Britain 1780-1880: perceptions and practice
… perceptions and practices in relation to learning disabilities in different contexts over a period of a hundred years, between 1780 and 1880. Previous studies have concentrated on institutional and professional contexts, on informed medical opinion for example, or on focused studies of …
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Off-line metacognition in children with mathematics learning disabilities
… and treatment of young children with mathematics learning disabilities. Since Flavell (1976), metacognition has become a general multidimensional construct. Unfortunately, despite all the emphasis on metacognition, it became clear that currently researchers use different concepts for overlapping …
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Strategies for Teaching Hebrew to students with Learning Disabilities
… for those who experience difficulties learning to read and write in their native language. Previous research investigated the relationship of native language processing and foreign language processing by students with learning disabilities. The consensus among researchers who examined …
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Writing Self-Efficacy of Elementary Students With Learning Disabilities
… important academic skill that many students with learning disabilities (LDs) find difficult to master. To acquire basic literacy skills, early intervention and appropriate accommodations are crucial for these learners. In the context of writing achievement, self-efficacy refers to students’ …
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The treatment of depression in children with learning disabilities.
… in four adolescent participants identified as learning disabled and depressed. Homework completion and on-task behaviors were the two dependent measures as well as pre-and post-data on the levels of depressive symptomology and self-concept. The results showed that decreasing the symptoms of …
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Medicalized Illiteracies: Learning Disabilities, Contentious Histories, and Writing Studies
… role in the creation and maintenance of the learning disabilities label. The condition is contingent upon an expected connection between intelligence and literacy, both understood to be stable, quantifiable capacities. This contingency fuels debate as to the nature and definition of …
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Case Studies of Postsecondary College Students with Learning Disabilities
… counseling interventions and accommodations that learning disabled (LD) postsecondary students received that contributed to their academic success and (b) identify barriers and issues that LD students experienced in accessing services. Ten postsecondary students were identified and classified as …
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