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Kovaleski, Joseph F.; VanDerHeyden, Amanda M.; Runge, Timothy J.; Zirkel, Perry A.; Shapiro, Edward S. – Guilford Press, 2022
From leading authorities, this indispensable work is now in a revised and expanded second edition, presenting state-of-the-art tools and procedures for practitioners. The book shows how to use response to intervention (RTI) to evaluate K-12 students for specific learning disabilities (SLD). The second edition gives increased attention to…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Response to Intervention, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities
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Hayes, Anne M.; Elder, Brent C.; Bulat, Jennae – RTI International, 2020
The World Health Organization and World Bank (2011) estimate that there are more than 1 billion people with disabilities in the world. To address this population's diverse needs, the United Nations drafted their Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in 2006. Article 24 (Education) of the CRPD requires ratifying countries to…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Disability Identification, Change Strategies, Developing Nations
Jimerson, Shane R., Ed.; Burns, Matthew K., Ed.; VanDerHeyden, Amanda M., Ed. – Springer, 2016
The second edition of this essential handbook provides a comprehensive, updated overview of the science that informs best practices for the implementation of response to intervention (RTI) processes within Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) to facilitate the academic success of all students. The volume includes insights from leading scholars…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Student Evaluation, Reading Skills, Writing Skills
Swartz, Stanley L.; And Others – 1981
The document contains a review of the literature on screening for learning disabilities; a report of a Macomb, Illinois, study testing the Myklebust Learning Quotient method of identifying learning disabilities; and guidelines for learning disability eligibility screening in the Macomb schools. In the introduction, characteristics of the learning…
Descriptors: Eligibility, Guidelines, Handicap Identification, Learning Disabilities
Palmer, Lyelle L. – Academic Therapy, 1980
Methods of deriving more information from auditory discrimination tests of learning disabled children in order to better diagnose and provide programing are described. (PHR)
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Tests, Behavior Patterns, Diagnostic Tests
Winzer, Margret; Malarczyk, Barbara – 1981
Difficulties in identifying learning disabilities (LD) are examined, and special problems presented by hearing impaired children with LD are considered. The value of rating scales as a quick instrument for obtaining, measuring, recording and communicating information is emphasized. Adaptations of the Pupil Rating Scale for hearing impaired…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Handicap Identification, Hearing Impairments
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Cohen, Jonathon – NASPA Journal, 1984
Describes common signs and symptoms of learning disabilities in college students and suggests guidelines for identifying such students. An understanding of how cognitive, neuropsychological, and psychodynamic factors contribute to academic problems allows for sophisticated and responsible recommendations. (JAC)
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Diagnosis, Higher Education, Learning Disabilities
Mellard, Daryl F.; Johnson, Evelyn S. – Corwin, 2008
Written by leading special education researchers with the National Research Center on Learning Disabilities and the University of Kansas, this comprehensive yet accessible reference provides administrators with practical guidelines for launching RTI in their schools. Highlighting the powerful role that RTI can play in prevention, early…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Guidelines, Learning Disabilities, Prevention
Willis, Marilyn A. – Exceptional Child, 1981
The role of optometry in the study of learning difficulties and the problems of interpreting research results in the fields of optometry and ophthalmology are discussed. Limitations of school visual screening are described, and it is suggested that many children with learning difficulties should be referred for a full clinical visual examination.…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Optometry
Montgomery, Dorothy – 1986
Part I of this document contains materials that relate to the Screening Test for Adult Learning Difficulties (STALD). The test, other testing materials, and test administrator's sheets are provided as attachments. The test is aimed at screening adult learners individually to see whether characteristics common to adults with learning difficulties…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Illiteracy, Learning Disabilities
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Pysh, Margaret Van Dusen; Chalfant, James C. – 1978
Designed for regular and special education administrators, diagnosticians, and teachers, the manual describes recommended practices and procedures for identifying and serving LD (learning disabled) children, as required by Illinois state and federal regulations. The manual is divided into the following four topic areas (sample subtopics in…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Identification, Individualized Programs, Inservice Teacher Education
Mainzer, Richard W.; And Others – 1982
The manual describes Maryland's programs and processes for serving learning disabled students. Teacher Assistance Teams, a support service for classroom teachers, is the focus of Chapter 1, which examines the team's composition, function, and responsibilities. Chapter 2 presents the state's admission, review, and dismissal process for special…
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Handicap Identification
Johnson, E.; Mellard, D. F.; Fuchs, D.; McKnight, M. A. – National Research Center on Learning Disabilities, 2006
The National Research Center on Learning Disabilities (Lawrence, KS) prepared this manual as a tool for implementing Responsiveness to Intervention (RTI). The manual can help schools understand, design, and evaluate the RTI features that they will implement. This RTI Manual is based on current research regarding the features of RTI. While striving…
Descriptors: Intervention, Learning Disabilities, Case Studies, Student Evaluation
Cooper, Richard – 1999
This document is designed to assist individuals administering the Cooper Screening of Information Processing (C-SIP), which is intended as a diagnostic teaching tool that allows teachers or others to determine, in a conversational setting, whether a person manifests any common characteristics of learning problems. After a brief introduction, a…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Elementary Secondary Education
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Dix, Jennifer; Schafer, Susan – Gifted Child Today Magazine, 1996
Basic information for regular classroom teachers with students who are both gifted and learning disabled covers definition of this population; incidence; characteristics; and six teaching strategies, such as flexibility in how student demonstrates mastery of material, adapting for reading differences, and using attention-directing techniques. A…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Definitions, Disability Identification, Gifted Disabled
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