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DeRoche, Christina – Canadian Journal of Education, 2015
This study provides a qualitative examination of the original tenets of Labelling Theory (LT) within the realm of education using a relatively new medical label, developmental coordination disorder. Labelling Theory, although initially proposed in the areas of crime and deviance, has been applied to mental illness and educational labels. However,…
Descriptors: Labeling (of Persons), Parent Role, Cultural Capital, Disability Identification
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Kozulin, A.; Lebeer, J.; Madella-Noja, A.; Gonzalez, F.; Jeffrey, I.; Rosenthal, N.; Koslowsky, M. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
The study aimed at exploring the effectiveness of cognitive intervention with the new "Instrumental Enrichment Basic" program (IE-basic), based on Feuerstein's theory of structural cognitive modifiability that contends that a child's cognitive functioning can be significantly modified through mediated learning intervention. The IE-basic…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Mental Age, Intervention, Autism
Koopman, P. R. S. – 1983
A study examined cognitive disorders and syntactical deficiencies in the inmate populations of federal penitentiaries in Canada. The focus of the study was on the relationship between language development and cognitive ability. During the study, a total of 240 inmates from prisons throughout Canada were given hour-long interviews in which they…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes
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Duquette, Cheryll; Stodel, Emma; Fullarton, Stephanie; Hagglund, Karras – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2006
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a term that encompasses the various neurodevelopmental disorders experienced by individuals with prenatal alcohol exposure. FASD incorporates the terms Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE), and Alcohol-Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder (ARND). Early studies showed that students with…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Young Adults, Adolescents
Literacy Works, 1993
Four issues of the newsletter are included. Number 1, with the theme "Literacy and New Canadians," includes an editorial on the government's new language training programs, articles on programs for newcomers, news from the Prairie Literacy Institute, and short reports on a theater project and adolescent problems. Focusing on…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, American Indian Languages, Business, Canada Natives