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Download full textPrewett, Sara; Mellard, Daryl; Lieske-Lupo, Jessica – National Center on Response to Intervention, 2011
Planning, developing, implementing, and sustaining organizational change, such as Response to Intervention (RTI), is a complex endeavor. This brief is designed to give practitioners guidance based on the implementation activities of middle school practitioners across the country. The authors recognize that secondary schools must consider many…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Response to Intervention, Credits, Organizational Change
Peer reviewedGray, Richard A. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1981
Twenty-five suggestions are presented for consideration when describing, defining, and assessing learning disabled adults; when designing appropriate instructional and support services for these individuals; and when planning related research. Implications are discussed for elementary and secondary level educators, as well as for those designing…
Descriptors: Adults, Learning Disabilities, Program Development
Riegel, R. Hunt – Academic Therapy, 1983
Recommendations for adapting instruction for learning disabled high schoolers can be made to regular teachers according to a four-part format: frequently observed instructional modifications, difficulty factors based on an average of a sample of general education teachers, comments regarding the implementation, and suggestions for making the…
Descriptors: High Schools, Learning Disabilities, Mainstreaming, Program Development
Vogel, Susan A.; Sattler, Joan L. – 1981
Intended for college and university admissions officers, faculty, and administration, the booklet presents an overview of learning disabilities (LD) and the implications of LD on postsecondary services. A definition of LD is given, followed by a list of typical characteristics of LD adults. Characteristics of a model comprehensive college LD…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Learning Disabilities, Postsecondary Education
Eaton, Marie – B. C. Journal of Special Education, 1978
The article presents educators with guidelines for developing a structured program in which parents tutor their learning disabled children. (DLS)
Descriptors: Guidelines, Learning Disabilities, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Participation
Muraski, John A. – Academic Therapy, 1982
Steps in developing career education programs for learning disabled adolescents are described, and components of a successful career education program are outlined. (SW)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Education, Community Resources, Learning Disabilities
Peer reviewedMoccia, Ruth E.; And Others – Journal of Reading, Writing, and Learning Disabilities International, 1989
A transition program was developed which pairs learning-disabled high-school juniors with mentors. Mentor/protege teams work cooperatively to complete tasks related to the individual protege's goals. Preliminary results show increased graduation and postsecondary enrollment rates. (Author/PB)
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, High Schools, Learning Disabilities, Mentors
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Bureau of Education for Exceptional Students. – 1983
This resource manual--proceedings of two task force meetings--is intended to assist Florida school districts, state agencies, and parents in the provision of special programs for students who exhibit disorders in oral or written language. As part of a continuing effort to improve services for exceptional students in Florida's public schools, the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Language Handicaps, Learning Disabilities, Oral Language
Hughes, Selma; Brewer, Jeanne – 1985
The paper provides an overview of issues in postsecondary education programing for adults and adolescents with learning disabilities. Information provided is derived from a literature review and research and clinical experience. Definitional distinctions between learning disabled (LD) and underachieving students are noted and characteristics (both…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Learning Disabilities, Postsecondary Education, Program Development
Peer reviewedApostoli, Beth Dempsey – Journal of Reading, Writing, and Learning Disabilities International, 1986
Successful transition from high school to college for learning disabled students requires specialized support services including the help of a knowledgeable guidance counselor in designing a transition plan which considers student characteristics, communication between educators in each setting, and provision of a primary facilitator to effect…
Descriptors: College Students, High Schools, Higher Education, Learning Disabilities
Landrum, Timothy J. – Academic Therapy, 1989
The article provides practical suggestions for teachers working with gifted learning-disabled students. It includes a discussion of whether students can be both gifted and learning disabled, and reviews service options, methods of identification, and programing for this population. (DB)
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Educational Needs, Gifted Disabled, Handicap Identification
Peer reviewedSchumaker, Jean B.; Clark, Frances L. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1990
The nature of strategy instruction combined with prevailing teaching models necessitated that the University of Kansas Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities create a new inservice teacher education format, based on such "best practices" as having ongoing training, requiring active and continued participation by key…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Inservice Teacher Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies
Peer reviewedBarbaro, Fred – Journal of Reading, Writing, and Learning Disabilities International, 1986
A strategy, based on organizational change literature, for establishing a college program for learning-disabled students includes such crucial steps as assessing the change effort (nature of the change, environmental factors, initiators of change), establishing a campaign plan (program and decision centers), and developing deployment tactics…
Descriptors: College Programs, College Students, Higher Education, Instructional Development
Niles, Spencer G.; Tiffany, Sheila A. – Academic Therapy, 1990
Strategies for establishing and maintaining an effective vocational assessment program for students with learning disabilities involve highlighting the school motivation and career planning connection, securing administrative support, conducting a needs assessment, communicating goals, maintaining open communication with school personnel,…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Evaluation Methods, High Schools, Job Skills
Zigmond, Naomi; And Others – 1986
The booklet examines issues and strategies in serving learning disabled (LD) secondary students. Chapter 1, on program development, reviews such program options as varieties of the resource room model and self-contained class and examines three major factors involved in decisions about program emphases: (1) administrative practices, (2) teacher…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Techniques, Delivery Systems, Learning Disabilities
