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Zeigler, Carmen S., Comp.; And Others – 1980
Designed by the Bloomfield Hills (Michigan) multidisciplinary evaluation team, the document suggests procedures and enabling activities to implement the assessment and identification of learning disabled students. Individual sections address five areas (ability, achievement, severe discrepancy, exclusionary clause, and need for special education…
Descriptors: Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Handicap Identification, Interdisciplinary Approach
Download full textRosen, Karen; Minisi, Rena – 1976
Presented is the report of the Region 9 (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Vermont) invitational caucus of the Council for Exceptional Children's Division on Children with Learning Disabilities which met in March of 1976. Focused on is the process for identifying children with learning disabilities…
Descriptors: Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Education, Identification
Peer reviewedMcCarthy, Jeanne M.; Harris, Martha Jane; Reeves, Karla K. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1997
A study investigated ways that each of the 50 states serve preschool children (ages 3-5) with specific learning disabilities (SLD), the impact of the preschool-specific/noncategorical label, and the quantitative criteria used for eligibility. Although all states reported that preschoolers with SLD could receive services, different eligibility…
Descriptors: Definitions, Disability Identification, Eligibility, Evaluation Criteria
Schrag, Judy A. – 2000
A study reviewed recent trends, issues, and changes within the states related to the use of discrepancy formulas and other approaches for determining eligibility of students with learning disabilities (LD) for special education and related services. A survey of the 50 states and the District of Columbia found they all have a statement in their…
Descriptors: Classification, Definitions, Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education
National Association of State Directors of Special Education, Washington, DC. – 1976
Incorporated from questionnaire data, the directory provides detailed information about services provided for children with specific learning disabilities in each state as well as in the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and districts covered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Information for each state usually includes the following: name…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Consultants, Definitions, Delivery Systems
PDF pending restorationSouth, W. Frank, Comp.; And Others
Presented is the report of a regional task force on diagnosis and program intervention for children with learning difficulties (learning disabled, behaviorally disordered, slow learning, culturally/linguistically different, and economically/environmentally disadvantaged children). Current state practices relative to the five disability classes are…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Cultural Differences, Definitions, Disadvantaged Youth
