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Direct linkWong, Sandie; Press, Frances – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2017
In Australia, over 900,000 children attend some type of early childhood education and care service. Many of these children have learning difficulties and early childhood teachers play a significant role in identifying children's needs and working with other professionals to instigate and/or implement appropriate interventions. When educators and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Learning Problems, Preschool Teachers
Professional Practice Issues in the Assessment of Cognitive Functioning for Educational Applications
Decker, Scott L.; Hale, James B.; Flanagan, Dawn P. – Psychology in the Schools, 2013
Research has demonstrated that many children have learning problems related to deficits in specific cognitive processes that are not adequately represented by a single IQ score. The administration of cognitive measures that include narrow abilities is useful in understanding specific learning problems and developing effective interventions.…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Intelligence Tests
Taylor, Laura Marie; Hume, Ian Robert; Welsh, Nikki – Educational Psychology, 2010
The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between being labelled either as having dyslexia or as having general special educational needs (SEN) and a child's self-esteem. Seventy-five children aged between 8 and 15 years categorised as having dyslexia (N = 26), as having general SEN (N = 26) or as having no learning difficulties (N…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Educational Needs, Self Esteem, Dyslexia
Download full textBarkon, Beverly – Physical Disabilities: Education and Related Services, 2009
By 2010 it is predicted that one in 900 adults will be survivors of some form of pediatric cancer. The numbers are somewhat lower for survivors of brain tumors, though their numbers are increasing. Schools mistakenly believe that these children easily fit pre-existing categories of disability. Though these students share some of the…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Disability Identification, Brain, Educational Environment
Fuchs, Douglas; Deshler, Donald D. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2007
During the past several years, one of the most frequently addressed topics at conferences and in professional journals is responsiveness to intervention (RTI). This is because it is viewed by many as a new way to think about both early intervention and disability identification. Despite its relative newness, a subset of RTI proponents contend…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Disability Identification, Early Intervention, Academic Achievement
Hagans-Murillo, Kristi – California School Psychologist, 2005
A response-to-intervention model (RTI) has been identified as a promising way to identify and intervene early with children who are experiencing learning difficulties. The general RTI approach also holds promise of preventing learning difficulties with preschoolers. This article examines the potential benefits of implementing a RTI model in…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, School Psychologists, Emergent Literacy, Teaching Methods
Clare, Mary M.; Torres, Danielle – Multiple Voices for Ethnically Diverse Exceptional Learners, 2006
Contemporary schools are faced daily with the challenge of identifying the instructional needs of migrant learners who are having notable difficulty learning. Given this reality, it is important to consider contemporary questions of special and general education practices. To explore these questions, this article draws from observation in a…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Migrant Education, Migrant Children, Spanish Speaking
Hettleman, Kalman R. – Abell Foundation, 2004
Students with disabilities across the nation, including Baltimore City, are failing to achieve their academic potential. Inadequate instruction and other inappropriate or unlawful practices cause and conceal the dysfunction of special education. At long last, the illusion and broken promises of special education have been publicly exposed. Under…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Learning Problems, Federal Legislation, At Risk Students
