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The Phenomenology of Depression among Students with and without Learning Disabilities: More Similar than Different.
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Maag, John W.; Reid, Robert – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1994
Ninety-five secondary students with learning disabilities (LDs) and 126 nondisabled students were assessed for depression. The prevalence of depression for both students with and without LDs was 10%. No difference in prevalence or severity of depression was noted for disability or gender. Subscales of the Self-Esteem Inventory and Adolescent…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Drinking, Incidence, Learning Disabilities
Using Wechsler Data to Predict Success for Learning Disabled College Students.
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Leonard, Faith C. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1991
Data from the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R), grade point average (GPA) after 2 semesters of full-time enrollment, and selected student characteristics were compared for 49 learning-disabled college students. WAIS-R results were not generally predictive of academic success, although Comprehension and Similarities subtests…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Higher Education, Intelligence Quotient
Kindergarten Predictors of Math Learning Disability
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Mazzocco, Michele M. M.; Thompson, Richard E. – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 2005
The aim of the present study was to address how to effectively predict mathematics learning disability (MLD). Specifically, we addressed whether cognitive data obtained during kindergarten can effectively predict which children will have MLD in third grade, whether an abbreviated test battery could be as effective as a standard psychoeducational…
Descriptors: Psychoeducational Methods, Individual Testing, Grade 2, Grade 3