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Perin, Dolores – 1990
This final report describes the inservice training on the problems of learning disabled college students which was provided to community college faculty and support staff in New York City in December 1989 and March 1990. Participants included coordinators for disabled students, program coordinators, instructors, and tutors. The inservice training…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Diagnostic Teaching, Handicap Identification
Brown, Catherine Caldwell, Ed. – 1983
The booklet summarizes proceedings from a conference on prenatal and perinatal factors associated with learning disabilities and neurological problems. Many of the papers report data from the Collaborative Perinatal Project of the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, a longitudinal study of pregnancy…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Birth Weight, Clinical Diagnosis, Diseases
Download full textKerr, Barbara, Ed. – 1983
Results of studies by four research teams on French as a second language in Ontario are presented along with commentaries. Merrill Swain and Sharon Lapkin's findings from the study "Bilingual Education in Ontario: A Decade of Research" are reported, and Michael Canale's discussion of the purposes and theoretical framework development of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education Programs, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
Perin, Dolores; Katz, David – 1987
A description is presented of the activities and outcomes of a project designed to provide training that would enhance the efforts of remedial educators to serve learning disabled students on campus. Introductory sections provide background on the increase of learning disabilities at community colleges, review the evidence of the need for the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Community Colleges, Inservice Teacher Education, Learning Disabilities
Senate Committee of Canada (Ontario). Standing Senate Committee on Health, Welfare and Science. – 1978
Experiences in prenatal life and early childhood that may cause personality disorders or criminal behavior in later life are examined in these proceedings of the Subcommittee on Childhood Experiences as Causes of Criminal Behavior, of the Standing Committee on Health, Welfare and Science, Senate of Canada. This issue, the eighth in a series of 19…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Antisocial Behavior, Autism, Criminals
Ontario Dept. of Education, Toronto. – 1991
This paper provides a transcript of a videotaped roundtable discussion on learning disabilities among people in adult literacy programs in Canada. Panelists discussed several definitions of learning disabilities, such as processing difficulties, physical difficulties, and receptive difficulties. They debated the usefulness of labeling persons with…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Educational Improvement
Learning Disabilities Association of America, Pittsburgh, PA. – 1992
This proceedings document includes 11 papers presented at a 1992 symposium on the impact of current educational reform initiatives on students with learning disabilities. Preceding the papers is a summary of the outcomes of the symposium, which are enumerated in terms of questions generated, commonalities, unresolved topics, and next steps. Papers…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Boards of Education, Educational Change, Educational Needs
Douglass, Malcolm P., Ed. – 1977
The articles in this collection approach the question of what is fundamental in reading in a variety of ways. The topics covered in the 30 articles include the following: teaching and learning, structural imagination and professional staff development, Zen and the art of reading, learning and learning disabilities, Piaget and Hamlet, the political…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Acquisition
Thomas, Alice P., Ed. – 1995
The "Plain Talk about K.I.D.S. (Kids Inclined toward Difficulty in School)" summit on learning disorders was held in 1995 to bring together experts in the field of learning disorders to help disseminate the knowledge that will bring progress in the educational management of students who have difficulty in school. The first 10 chapters present…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attention Deficit Disorders, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Change
Thomas, Alice P., Ed. – 1998
The "Plain Talk about K.I.D.S. (Kids Inclined toward Difficulty in School)" summit is a biennial conference that addresses the challenges of educational change from several strategic directions at once, combining theory and research with concrete strategies and solutions from the educational, medical, judicial, business, and parental professions.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attention Deficit Disorders, Class Size, Conferences
National Center for Learning Disabilities, Inc., New York, NY. – 1994
Four videocassettes provide the presentations and discussion of four panels from a 1994 summit on the nation's responsibility in relation to individuals with learning disabilities. Each panel examined issues of research, public policy and legislation, good practices, and consumer interest within its area of concentration. The first panel was on…
Descriptors: Adults, Courts, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
Stefanich, Greg P.; Egelston-Dodd, Judy, Ed. – 1994
This book includes four papers presented at a conference on teaching science to students with disabilities. The first paper, "Science Education for Motor/Orthopedically-Impaired Students" (E. C. Keller, Jr.), covers: (1) categories of motor/orthopedic-impairments, (2) life function assessment, (3) formal and informal science teaching…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Chemistry, Disabilities, Educational Strategies
Brown, Dale S.; And Others – 1990
The President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities brought together a total of 61 educators, employers, helping professionals, people with learning disabilities, family members, and government policy leaders in a conference designed to identify issues and develop a strategic plan to improve employment opportunities for people with…
Descriptors: Adults, Advocacy, Attitudes, Definitions
American Montessori International of the United States, Inc., Rochester, NY. – 1997
This set of proceedings from the Association Montessori International (AMI/USA) 1996 conference contains the conference schedule and 20 presentations. The conference presentations are: (1) "The Dawning of Wisdom" (Montessori); (2) "The Support of Montessori Education to Human Potential" (Montanaro); (3) "Healthy…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Conferences, Educational Improvement, Educational Research
Hohenshil, Thomas H., Ed.; And Others – 1982
These conference proceedings deal with vocational assessment procedures which school psychologists can use with handicapped secondary school students, and the role that psychologists can play in this process. The keynote address proposes six basic premises for secondary school psychological services and describes basic vocational assessment models…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Conferences, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Role
