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Single Deficit, Comorbidity or Varying Degrees of Dysfunction? New Directions to the Study of Learning Disorders
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Evgenia-Peristera Kouki; Antriani Tsagkaraki; George C. Spanoudis; Timothy C. Papadopoulos – Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2025
Research on neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) has led us to refine our theoretical and methodological approaches. We explore whether new deficit clusters in line with the Research Domain Criteria, a novel multifactorial framework, optimally explain known conditions such as ADHD, DLD, or SLD in reading. Following the PRISMA guidelines for…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Developmental Disabilities
Automated Approaches to Screening Developmental Language Disorder: A Comprehensive Review and Future Prospects
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Yangna Hu; Cindy Sing Bik Ngai; Sihui Chen – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2025
Purpose: This study examines existing automatic screening methods for developmental language disorder (DLD), a neurodevelopmental language deficit without known biomedical etiologies, focusing on languages, data sets, extracted features, performance metrics, and classification methods. Additionally, it summarizes the strengths and weaknesses of…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Language Impairments, Automation, Screening Tests
Interventions for Challenging Behaviours of Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Developmental Disabilities: A Synthesis Paper
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Montgomery, Janine; Martin, Toby; Shooshtari, Shahin; Stoesz, Brenda M.; Heinrichs, Dustin J.; North, Sebastian; Dodson, Lindsay; Senkow, Quinn; Douglas, Joyce – Exceptionality Education International, 2014
This synthesis paper summarizes research literature addressing challenging behaviours in children and youth with autism spectrum disorders and developmental disabilities in school settings. We conducted a comprehensive literature review to identify relevant peer-reviewed articles published between the years 2000 and 2011. The methodological…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Children, Youth, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
A Review of Commonly-Used State Employment Measures in Intellectual and Developmental Disability Services. Policy Research Brief. Volume 22, Number 1
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Nord, Derek – Institute on Community Integration, 2012
This "Policy Research Brief" summarizes publicly-available data sources that provide information about the employment of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. It provides important information about these data sources, including their purposes, key definitions, and where to access the public data. Using these data…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, State Standards, Information Sources
Recent Developments in the Study of Behaviour Phenotypes.
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Einfield, Stewart L.; Hall, Wayne – Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1994
Research in the field of developmental disabilities has found direct links between severity of a personality trait or psychopathology and particular pathology of the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). From studies of behavior phenotypes, new psychiatric disorders are being recognized, such as Williams syndrome. The formulation of valid behavior…
Descriptors: Classification, Clinical Diagnosis, Developmental Disabilities, Disability Identification
General Learning Disorder: A New Designation for Mental Retardation.
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Baroff, George S. – Mental Retardation, 1999
This article discusses using the term "general learning disorder" instead of "mental retardation." It addresses the offensiveness of the current label, discusses ingredients needed in a more appropriate diagnostic term, and offers a proposed grouping of developmental disabilities based on cognitive ability, language ability, physical ability, and…
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Classification, Clinical Diagnosis