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Executive Function: Implications for Education. NCER 2017-2000
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Zelazo, Philip David; Blair, Clancy B.; Willoughby, Michael T. – National Center for Education Research, 2016
Executive function (EF) skills are the attention-regulation skills that make it possible to sustain attention, keep goals and information in mind, refrain from responding immediately, resist distraction, tolerate frustration, consider the consequences of different behaviors, reflect on past experiences, and plan for the future. As EF research…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Attention Control, Educational Research, Learning Processes
Pupils' Perceptions of Self and of Labels: Moderate Learning Difficulties in Mainstream and Special Schools
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Kelly, Narcie; Norwich, Brahm – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2004
Background: The study is set in the context of international moves towards more inclusion of children with disabilities into mainstream schools and the greater importance attached to the child's voice in decision making in education. Aims: To examine how children with moderate learning difficulties (MLD) in mainstream and special schools see…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Disabilities, Special Schools, Inclusive Schools
Patterns of Learning Disorders: Working Systematically from Assessment to Intervention
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Wodrich, David L.; Schmitt, Ara J. – Guilford Publications, 2006
When pre-referral interventions fall short of resolving a student's learning difficulties, a comprehensive psycho educational evaluation may be necessary. This user-friendly book provides school-based practitioners with a clear framework for assessment and evidence-based intervention planning under the revised IDEA guidelines. A step-by-step flow…
Descriptors: Psychoeducational Methods, Case Studies, Guidelines, Federal Legislation
The Education of the Handicapped Adolescent: The Transition from School to Working Life.
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Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. – 1983
This report is the second to appear in a series of studies carried out by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) during the past 5 years. The first report concerned the integration of handicapped young people into ordinary schools. The present report deals with what happens…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Counseling, Curriculum, Disabilities
Treating Tourette Syndrome and Tic Disorders: A Guide for Practitioners
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Woods, Douglas W., Ed.; Piacentini, John C., Ed.; Walkup, John T., Ed – Guilford Publications, 2007
Grounded in a comprehensive model of Tourette syndrome (TS) and related disorders, this state-of-the-art volume provides a multidisciplinary framework for assessment and treatment. Leading authorities present the latest knowledge on the neurobehavioral underpinnings of TS, its clinical presentation, and how to distinguish it from frequently…
Descriptors: Hyperactivity, Clinical Psychology, Neurological Impairments, Disabilities
English I. Teacher's Guide [and Student Workbook]. Revised. Parallel Alternative Strategies for Students (PASS).
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Fresen, Sue, Ed.; Goldstein, Jeren, Ed. – 1998
This teacher's guide and student workbook are part of a series of content-centered packages of supplemental readings, activities, and methods adapted for secondary students who have disabilities and other students with diverse learning needs. Parallel Alternative Strategies for Students (PASS) materials are designed to help those students succeed…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Academic Standards, Capitalization (Alphabetic), Curriculum