NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Publication Date
In 20251
Since 20244
Since 2021 (last 5 years)9
Source
Journal of Learning…9
Audience
Location
France1
Tennessee1
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Individuals with Disabilities…1
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing all 9 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Courtenay A. Barrett; Kathrin E. Maki; Steven R. Chesnut – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2025
Schools conduct comprehensive psychoeducational evaluations to identify students with specific learning disabilities (SLDs) and determine whether they qualify for special education services. This decision-making process is complex and research has documented many factors influencing SLD identification decisions. One such factor may be…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Beliefs, Disability Identification, School Psychologists
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Harris, Bryn; Kulkarni, Tara; Sullivan, Amanda L. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
The identification of specific learning disabilities (SLD) remains fraught with controversy and uncertainty about professionals' capacity to appropriately identify special education eligibility. For students from linguistically minoritized backgrounds, the "exclusionary clause" prohibits the identification of learning difficulties…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Minority Group Students, State Policy
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Waber, Deborah P.; Boiselle, Ellen C.; Forbes, Peter W.; Sideridis, Georgios D. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2022
Learning disorders can have adverse impacts on children and families extending beyond the academic skills deficits. The goal of the present study was to assess the impact of the school's response, following an independent evaluation, for child and family school-related quality of life (QOL). We hypothesized that a positive school response would be…
Descriptors: Parents, Children, Learning Disabilities, Special Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Catts, Hugh W.; Petscher, Yaacov – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2022
Considerable attention and legislation are currently focused on developmental dyslexia. A major challenge to these efforts is how to define and operationalize dyslexia. In this article, we argue that rather than defining dyslexia on the basis of an underlying condition, dyslexia is best viewed as a label for an unexpected reading disability. This…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Disability Identification, Reading Difficulties, Risk
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Dixon, Chris; Oxley, Emily; Nash, Hannah; Gellert, Anna Steenberg – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2023
Traditional static tests of reading and reading-related skills offer some ability to predict future reading performance, though such screeners may misclassify children with or at risk of reading disorder (RD). Dynamic assessment (DA) is an alternative approach that measures learning potential and may be less dependent on learning background. A…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Identification, Reading Difficulties, Literature Reviews
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Allison F. Gilmour; Justin Harper; Blair Lloyd; Alyssa Van Camp – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
Response to intervention (RTI) is a method for providing academic support to students and for identifying specific learning disabilities (SLDs). Using interrupted time series and hazard models, we examined if statewide RTI adoption in the U.S. state of Tennessee was associated with changes in rates of SLD and first-time SLD identification in…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Disability Identification, Intervention
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Caroline Jolly; Marianne Jover; Jérémy Danna – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
Handwriting deficits, or dysgraphia, are present in several neurodevelopmental disorders. To investigate whether dysgraphia differs according to the associated disorder, we performed a detailed analysis of handwriting in a group of French children with developmental coordination disorders (DCD), reading disorder (RD), or comorbid RD and DCD.…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Handwriting, Students with Disabilities
Richard E. Mattison; Adrienne D. Woods; Paul L. Morgan; George Farkas; Marianne M. Hillemeier – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2023
We examined to what extent subgroups of students identified with learning disabilities (LDs; N = 630) in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998 to 1999 (ECLS-K): 1998 national longitudinal study displayed heterogeneity in longitudinal profiles of reading and mathematics achievement from first to eighth grades.…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Li, Miao; Kirby, John R.; Geva, Esther; Koh, Poh Wee; Zhang, Huan – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2022
This study examined (a) the identification of various reading groups across languages in Chinese (L1) adolescents learning English as a second language (ESL), in terms of their word-reading and reading comprehension skills, (b) overlap in reading group membership across languages, and (c) the performance of the various reading groups on…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction