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Download full textCohen, Linda M. – NCBE New Focus, 1988
Issues in the education of gifted and talented students from minority language groups are discussed, including the definition of giftedness and how it affects minority language students, the reasons for underrepresentation of this group in gifted programs, commonly used techniques for identification of students in this group, and the suitability…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Acceleration (Education), Administrator Role, Change Strategies
Baladerian, Nora J. – ARCH Factsheet, 1994
Estimates of the incidence of abuse of children with disabilities range from 2 to 10 times the rate of children without disabilities All forms of abuse, including multiple types of abuse with the same child, multiple perpetrators of abuse, and multiple victims within a grouping of children, exist within the population of children with…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Disabilities
Peer reviewedMiller, Phyllis, Ed. – Mensa Research Journal, 2000
This issue of a research journal on gifted education explores issues surrounding gifted children who also have learning disabilities. Specific articles include: (1) "Notes, Quotes, and Anecdotes" (Francis Cartier); (2) "Gifted Children with Learning Disabilities: A Review of the Issues" (Linda E. Brody and Carol J. Mills), which examines current…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Involvement
Hartman, Chester, Ed. – Poverty & Race, 1995
This journal issue consists of articles and other information about immigration issues, as well as discussions of the utility of racial and ethnic categories. "An International Perspective on Migration" (Cathi Tactaquin) examines the intertwined economic, political, and environmental causes of international migration; discusses how…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Blacks, Civil Rights, Demography
Zero to Three, 1989
Five bulletins of the National Center for Clinical Infant Programs provide articles with the following titles and authors: "Motor Control as a Resource for Adaptive Coping" (G. Gordon Williamson et al.); "Fostering Emotional and Social Development in Infants with Disabilities" (Stanley Greenspan); "Dramatic Responses in a…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Developmental Disabilities, Diseases, Drug Abuse
Garcia, Shernaz B.; Ortiz, Alba A. – NCBE New Focus, 1988
It is often difficult to distinguish those students with learning problems due to individual differences in learning styles or achievement difficulties from those students with specific disorders; failure to do so sometimes results in inappropriate referral of language minority students to special education. It also contributes to disproportionate…
Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Brown, Robert S. – Scope, 1993
This theme issue on acceleration of gifted students offers an Ontario (Canada) perspective on early entrance to school and grade-skipping. It begins with a history of acceleration programs and then outlines their current status, with less than 40 percent of school boards with gifted programs using some form of acceleration. It goes on to analyze…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Age Grade Placement
Ponessa, Joan M.; And Others – Public Affairs Focus, 1994
This special report summarizes a larger report titled "Linkages in the Delivery and Financing of Special Education Services in New Jersey" by Henry A. Coleman et al. It describes a project which analyzed the linkage between the structure of state aid for special education and the identification, classification, and placement of students…
Descriptors: Classification, Costs, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Research Connections in Special Education, 2000
This issue describes how researchers are studying ways to reduce the overrepresentation of students from minority backgrounds in special education. It begins by discussing problems associated with inappropriate classification and placement of minority students, including being denied access to the general education curriculum, being placed in…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Curriculum
Bortolussi, Vicki, Ed. – Communicator, 1998
The CAG "Communicator" focuses on serving gifted students in California. This document consists of the four issues of "Communicator" issued during 1998. Featured articles include: (1) "Underachievement for Some--Dropping Out with Dignity for Others" (Sally Reis); (2) "When Gifted High School Students Fail"…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Standards, Art Activities, Child Rearing
Bortolussi, Vicki, Ed. – Communicator, 1997
The CAG "Communicator" focus is on serving gifted students in California. This document consists of the four issues of "communicator" issued during 1997. Featured articles include: (1) "The Gifted Student At Risk. It Can't Be True" (Judy Roseberry); (2) "Tech Net-Technology and At-Risk Students" (Judy Lieb); (3) "Reviving Ophelia: Saving the…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Standards, Child Rearing, Educational Technology
