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Tankersley, Melody, Ed.; Cook, Bryan G., Ed.; Landrum, Timothy J., Ed. – Advances in Learning and Behavioral Disabilities, 2022
Intensive, individualized interventions are certainly the hallmark promise of special education. In a multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS), tier 3 interventions are the most intensive and require individualized delivery to address the learning and behavioral needs of students who are most often identified for special education services. MTSS,…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Behavior Disorders, Intervention, Special Education
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Ryan, Carolyn S., Ed. – IntechOpen, 2017
Learning disabilities are conditions that are associated with difficulties in knowledge and skill acquisition to the level expected of same-age peers. The current book is an international examination of assessment methods, preventative measures, intervention, and research with those individuals with learning disabilities obtained from authors in…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Classification, Identification
Anna Marie A. Bonafide – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2014
Middle school students bring various identities into the classroom, including their reading identities and their self-concepts concerning their views of themselves as readers. Using identity and psychosocial and sociocultural theoretical constructs as a foundation, I conducted phenomenological case studies that focused on middle school remedial…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Self Concept, Reading Difficulties, Reader Text Relationship
Benasich, April A., Ed.; Fitch, R. Holly, Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2012
Understanding the precursors and early indicators of dyslexia is key to early identification and effective intervention. Now there's a single research volume that brings together the very latest knowledge on the earliest stages of dyslexia and the diverse genetic, neurobiological, and cognitive factors that may contribute to it. Based on findings…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Conferences (Gatherings), Animals, Reading Comprehension
Sabatini, John, Ed.; Albro, Elizabeth, Ed.; O'Reilly, Tenaha, Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2012
"Reaching an Understanding: Innovations in How We View Reading Assessment" builds upon the editors previous book "Measuring Up: Advances in How We Assess Reading Ability" (ED533202) by representing some early attempts to apply theory to help guide the development of new assessments and measurement models. "Reaching an…
Descriptors: Reading Tests, Measurement Techniques, Reading Skills, Test Construction
Waber, Deborah P. – Guilford Publications, 2010
Experts have yet to reach consensus about what a learning disability is, how to determine if a child has one, and what to do about it. Leading researcher and clinician Deborah Waber offers an alternative to the prevailing view of learning disability as a problem contained within the child. Instead, she shows how learning difficulties are best…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Learning Problems, Twins, Learning Disabilities
McCardle, Peggy, Ed.; Miller, Brett, Ed.; Lee, Jun Ren, Ed.; Tzeng, Ovid J. L., Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2011
What causes dyslexia, and how does it manifest across languages? As bilingualism becomes increasingly important globally, these questions have never been more critical--and this comprehensive volume from The Dyslexia Foundation explores them in unprecedented depth. Bringing together the best brain-based, genetics, and behavioral research in the…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Second Languages, Dyslexia, Second Language Learning
Shapiro, Bruce K., Ed.; Accardo, Pasquale J., Ed.; Capute, Arnold J., Ed. – 1998
This book is a compendium of papers presented March 18-20, 1996, at the eighteenth annual Spectrum of Developmental Disabilities course. Research findings are presented that address identification, diagnosis, management, and prognosis of specific reading disability. Individual chapters include: (1) "Dyslexia: The Evolution of a Concept" (John…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Clinical Diagnosis, Disability Identification, Dyslexia
Durgunoglu, Aydin Yucesan, Ed.; Goldenberg, Claude, Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2010
Grounded in state-of-the-art research, this book explores how English language learners develop both the oral language and literacy skills necessary for school success. Chapters examine the cognitive bases of English acquisition, and how the process is different for children from alphabetic (such as Spanish) and nonalphabetic (such as Chinese)…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Literacy, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Morris, Darrell – Guilford Publications, 2007
In this highly informative text, Darrell Morris offers detailed, practical guidance based on decades of hands-on experience as a reading clinician and educator. He demonstrates how to conduct a comprehensive diagnostic assessment; interpret reading scores; and provide individualized instruction that takes each student's specific strengths and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Reading Diagnosis, Identification, Reading Teachers
Searls, Evelyn F. – 1997
This monograph describes the third edition of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-III) and its relationship to reading/learning disabilities. It is designed for educators and students in education who want to go beyond the numerical values of the WISC-III intelligence quotients and understand the implications of the scores for the…
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Intelligence Tests, Learning Disabilities
Shaywitz, Sally E., Ed.; Shaywitz, Bennett A., Ed. – 1992
This collection of papers focuses on definitions, assessment, assessment instruments, and distinctions between attention deficit disorder (ADD) and general learning disabilities or conduct disorders. Part I covers issues of definition and assessment in the following papers: "Methodological Issues in the Classification of ADD" (Jack Fletcher, et…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Definitions, Drug Therapy, Elementary Secondary Education
Jarvis, Peter, Ed.; Watts, Mary, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
As our understanding of learning focuses on the whole person rather than individual aspects of learning, so the process of learning is beginning to be studied from a wide variety of perspectives and disciplines. This handbook presents a comprehensive overview of the contemporary research into learning: it brings together a diverse range of…
Descriptors: Learning, Perception, Cognitive Processes, Nurses
Fletcher, Jack M.; Lyon, G. Reid; Fuchs, Lynn S.; Barnes, Marcia A. – Guilford Publications, 2006
Evidence based and comprehensive, this important work offers a new approach to understanding and intervening with students with learning disabilities. The authors--leading experts in neuropsychology and special education--present a unique model of learning disabilities that integrates the cognitive, neural, genetic, and contextual factors…
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Reading Difficulties, Neuropsychology, Intervention
Watkins, Ruth V., Ed.; Rice, Mabel L., Ed. – 1994
The fourth volume in a series on communication and language intervention focuses on specific language impairments in children, and contains papers presented at a 1992 conference. Papers include the following: "Specific Language Impairments in Children: An Introduction" (Ruth V. Watkins); "Studies of Genetics of Specific Language Impairment" (J.…
Descriptors: Children, Early Identification, Evaluation Criteria, Family (Sociological Unit)
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