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Combating Attention Deficits with Mind-Mapping Tools
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Hannon, Rebekah – COABE Journal: The Resource for Adult Education, 2022
It is no secret that many adult learners who enter GED® preparatory programs across the country experienced hardship and difficulty in K-12 schools. Often, many of these same students had to battle with learning disabilities such as ADD/ADHD, making school and learning an even more challenging task. Learning and concentration difficulties are…
Descriptors: Equivalency Tests, High School Equivalency Programs, Test Preparation, Adult Students
Academic Attainment during Commitment and Postrelease Education-Related Outcomes of Juvenile Justice-Involved Youth with and without Disabilities
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Cavendish, Wendy – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2014
Youth with disabilities are disproportionately represented in juvenile justice populations and their education-related outcomes and rates of high school graduation are poor. This study examined academic characteristics of youth with and without disabilities ("N" = 4,066) and reports on the education-related outcomes of these youth 3…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Juvenile Justice, Grade Point Average, Learning Disabilities
Juvenile Correctional Schools: Characteristics and Approaches to Curriculum
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Gagnon, Joseph C.; Barber, Brian R.; Van Loan, Christopher; Leone, Peter E. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2009
This study focused on school-level approaches to curriculum, as well as school, principal, and student characteristics in juvenile corrections (JC) schools for committed youth. A national random sample of 131 principals from these schools responded to a mail and on-line survey. No statistically significant differences existed between respondent…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Learning Disabilities, Behavior Disorders, School Districts
Providing an Appropriate Education to Adjudicated and Incarcerated Juvenile Delinquents: The Challenge to Correctional Education Administrators.
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Pasternack, Robert; And Others – Journal of Correctional Education, 1988
This article describes the continuum of educational services that have been designed and implemented to meet the needs of juvenile delinquents committed to a correctional facility. Correctional education administrators will find a model that has been successful in diagnosing, placing, and providing appropriate services to meet those needs. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Correctional Education, Delinquency, Disabilities
A Review of Learning Strategies for Adults with Learning Disabilities Preparing for the GED Exam.
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Westberry, Susan J. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1994
This literature review considers instructional and testing strategies for General Education Development (GED) adult students with learning disabilities. The GED test is described, and specific instructional strategies from the literature are identified for the areas of writing skills, science, social studies, literature and art, and mathematics.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Equivalency Tests, High School Equivalency Programs
Adult Basic Educators' Perceptions of Learning Disabilities.
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Ross, Jovita Martin; Smith, Judith Osgood – Journal of Reading, 1990
Examines knowledge, attitudes, and development requirements of adult basic education (ABE) and general equivalency diploma (GED) staff regarding students with learning disabilities. Reports that respondents generally held positive attitudes towards the learning disabled, but were not as knowledgeable about the learning disabled's legal rights.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adult Basic Education, Attitude Measures, Attitudes toward Disabilities