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Calhoon, Mary Beth; Berkeley, Sheri; Scanlon, David – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2019
How schools fulfill Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) requirements has evolved. Decades of general and special education reforms have led to dramatic increases in expectations for students in special education to be included in the general education classroom and curriculum and to achieve to the same high standards as their general…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Public Education, Special Education, Inclusion
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Scanlon, David; Calhoon, Mary Beth; Berkeley, Sheri – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2021
Since its inception, a premise of special education has been to provide students with disabilities with an appropriate education. The interpretation of "appropriate" has evolved across eras of special education. For students with learning disabilities, emphases on inclusion and high-stakes achievement have eroded the intention of FAPE.…
Descriptors: Special Education, Students with Disabilities, Access to Education, Learning Disabilities
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Baker, Scott; Gersten, Russell; Scanlon, David – Learning Disabilities: Research & Practice, 2002
A solid, emerging research base exists on how to provide meaningful access to the general education curriculum for students with learning disabilities. This article uses examples from research in comprehension and writing to highlight the underlying features of these empirically based approaches. The importance of multiple teaching strategies is…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Inclusive Schools
Scanlon, David; Mellard, Daryl F.; Garrison, Steven; Lancaster, Sean; Mellard, Jessica; Rausch, Trena – 1998
The research on literacy practices for adults with learning disabilities was reviewed. A computerized search of four databases--Dissertation Abstracts International (DAI), ERIC, Psychological Abstracts (PA), and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)--yielded more than 500 pertinent publications that were published during the past 14 years. Of the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy