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Ysseldyke, Jim – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2005
The author was asked to address the future of the field of learning disabilities (LD) from the perspective of a director of one of the five Institutes for Research on Learning Disabilities (IRLD) funded by the Office of Special Education Programs more than 25 years ago. The theme of each of the Institutes differed; the Minnesota IRLD focused on…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Decision Making
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Brice, Alejandro; Miller, Kevin; Brice, Roanne G. – Multiple Voices for Ethnically Diverse Exceptional Learners, 2007
As the Hispanic population of the United States continues to increase dramatically, school professionals may misinterpret and may perceive culturally different classroom discourse skills as indicative of language learning disabilities. A possible misunderstanding of pragmatic behaviors of culturally and linguistically diverse Hispanic students may…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, General Education, Learning Disabilities, Language Skills
Whiteford, Emma B. – 1977
Objectives of a pilot workshop for selected home economics teachers working with special needs students who were programmed into regular home economics classes were that each participant should (1) become aware of her personal teaching styles (and alternatives); (2) learn to match teaching styles with student learning styles; (3) become familiar…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Exceptional Persons, Handicapped Students, Home Economics Teachers