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Auriemma, Danielle Lynn; Ding, Yi; Zhang, Chun; Rabinowitz, Mitchell; Shen, Yangqian; Lantier-Galatas, Katherine – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2022
This study investigated the relationship between parental cognitions, coping styles, and stress in parents of children with learning disabilities. More specifically, parental beliefs about self-efficacy and satisfaction in the parenting role were examined in relation to parenting stress. Furthermore, the relationship between parenting stress and…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Child Rearing, Stress Variables, Coping
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Rooney, Karen J. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2008
Each year the Division for Learning Disabilities (DLD) of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) sponsors a Showcase at the CEC convention to highlight the work of outstanding professionals in the field. Because this year was the DLD's 25th anniversary, past presidents were asked to participate in a panel to provide history and advice for the…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Learning Disabilities, Presidents, Children
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Gresham, Frank M.; Vellutino, Frank R. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2010
A fundamental assumption in the identification of specific learning disabilities (SLD) has been that the presence of a severe discrepancy between ability and academic achievement is a valid marker for the presence of a SLD. This assumption is based on the notion that discrepant low achievers constitute a unique group of children who are different…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Intelligence Quotient, Learning Disabilities, Low Achievement
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McPhail, Jean C.; Freeman, John G. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2005
The challenge of transforming our educational thinking and practices to achieve genuine rather than token inclusion asks that we examine select ideas from the natural and social sciences that have served to colonize the childhood disability field through hegemonic educational discourses. This article examines the colonizing discourses that have…
Descriptors: Social Sciences, Learning Disabilities, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Educational Discrimination
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Garrett, Adia J.; Mazzocco, Michele M. M.; Baker, Linda – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2006
Metacognition refers to knowledge about one's own cognition. The present study was designed to assess metacognitive skills that either precede or follow task engagement, rather than the processes that occur during a task. Specifically, we examined prediction and evaluation skills among children with (n= 17) or without (n= 179) mathematics learning…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Prediction, Children, Learning Disabilities