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Greek Young Adults with Specific Learning Disabilities Seeking Learning Assessments
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Bonti, Eleni; Bampalou, Christina E.; Kouimtzi, Eleni M.; Kyritsis, Zacharias – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2018
The purpose of this study is to investigate the reasons why Greek young adults with Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) seek learning assessments. The study sample consisted of 106 adults meeting Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders criteria for SLD. Data were collected through self-report records (clinical interview) of adults…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Adults, Learning Disabilities, Mental Disorders
The Legal Meaning of Specific Learning Disability for IDEA Eligibility: The Latest Case Law
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Zirkel, Perry A. – Communique, 2013
Specific learning disability (SLD), although moderately declining in recent years, continues to be the largest of the eligibility classifications under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA; NCES, 2012). The recognition of response to intervention (RTI) in the 2004 amendments of the IDEA as an approach for identifying students with…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Eligibility, Special Education, Laws
An Examination of the Eligibility Process of Third, Fourth, and Fifth Graders Identified under the Special Education Category of Specific Learning Disabilities
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Schwartz, Susan Glembin – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The category of Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) accounts for almost 50% of the students identified for special education services in America (U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education, 2010). The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which the participating school system's (PSS) Special Education Procedural Guide…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Special Education, Eligibility, Learning Disabilities
Copying Letters to Service Users with Learning Disabilities: Opinions of Service Users, Carers and Professionals Working within Learning Disability Services
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Hovey, Toni; Cheswick, Claire – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2009
The NHS Plan, Department of Health (2000) made a commitment that patients should be able to receive copies of clinicians' letters about them as a right in order to improve communication and enable patients to participate in their care. In South Gloucestershire, the opinions of local service users with learning disabilities, their carers, and…
Descriptors: Communication Strategies, Mental Retardation, Opinions, Learning Disabilities
The Effects of Response to Intervention Implementation on Special Education Referral and Identification Rates
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Kreider, Theresa E. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Special education referral and identification rates have risen dramatically over the last thirty years. In fact, several studies report an increase of nearly 200% (Cortiella, 2008; Vaughn, Linan-Thompson, & Hickman, 2003). During the last several years a new model of identifying students with learning difficulties has received much…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Rural Schools, Intervention, Emotional Disturbances