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Direct linkMiller, Daniel C.; Maricle, Denise E.; Jones, Alicia M. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2016
Processing Strengths and Weaknesses (PSW) models have been proposed as a method for identifying specific learning disabilities. Three PSW models were examined for their ability to predict expert identified specific learning disabilities cases. The Dual Discrepancy/Consistency Model (DD/C; Flanagan, Ortiz, & Alfonso, 2013) as operationalized by…
Descriptors: Models, Comparative Analysis, Learning Disabilities, Disability Identification
Watson, Michael D., Jr.; Simon, Joan B.; Nunnley, Lenora – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2016
IDEA 2004 opened the door for states, and in some cases districts, to choose among three different methods for identifying children with Specific Learning Disabilities (SLDs). This study provides an in-depth look at SLD identification practices in a state that allows school psychologists to use any of the three methods. Eighty-four school…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, School Psychologists, Disability Identification, Disabilities
Hudson, Tina Marlene; McKenzie, Robert G. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2016
Response to Intervention (RTI) has become the gateway to identification for many students with specific learning disabilities. Those include students in the 17 states that require RTI as the source of eligibility data as well as many students in the 33 states that allow districts to choose RTI among other options (e.g., discrepancy). There is…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Identification, Elementary School Students, Learning Disabilities
Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2014
The purpose of the White Paper is to provide additional information for and guidance to the federal government, professional organizations, practitioners, and the public. The Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA) is hopeful that this document will facilitate legal, regulatory, policy, and training decisions, and ultimately, service…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Program Evaluation, Learning Disabilities, Intervention
Johns, Beverley Holden; Kauffman, James M. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
The authors encourage caution in the implementation of Response to Intervention and dispel the false hopes that Response to Intervention will solve many of education's challenges. Outlined in this article are the reasons why Response to Intervention cannot be the solution to the identification of students for special education, why it can't…
Descriptors: Intervention, Disabilities, Identification, Special Education
Kauffman, James M.; Wiley, Andrew L. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2004
The report submitted by the President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education includes faulty claims and reasoning that devalue special education and hinder efforts to better meet the needs of students with disabilities. We question the commission's findings and recommendations regarding closing the achievement gap, practicing prevention,…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, Minority Group Children, Disproportionate Representation, Disabilities
