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Peer reviewedWells, M. Gawain; Peterson, George V. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1978
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Diagnostic Tests, Early Childhood Education, Learning Disabilities
Peer reviewedMaag, 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
Peer reviewedLeonard, 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
Download full textFowler, Joyce; Patton, James E.; Yarbrough, Donald B. – 1998
This paper discusses the outcomes of a survey of 39 special education practitioners (including 24 school psychologists) and 280 elementary classroom teachers on the identification of students with reading disabilities. Practitioners were asked to rate five empirically valid and five clinical-traditional non-valid student traits for their…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Disability Identification, Dyslexia, Elementary Education
