Noting that many after-school programs are exploring ways to help children develop strong literacy skills, this paper is designed to help program providers think about ways to support literacy development, clarify the types of services various staff are qualified to provide, and offer ideas about strategies to best meet the needs of children and…

Students with learning disabilities (SLD) have been attending college at an ever-increasing rate. Although federal regulations opened higher education to college SLD, enrolled students often found that accommodations represented a small proportion of their service needs. Based upon extensive literature review, investigation of current delivery…

This article sees Reading Recovery as a tool for systemic change that has the potential to reduce the number of children classified with learning disabilities. The article contends that as the United States Congress meets to revisit the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act" (IDEA), it is imperative that they develop an awareness…

This discussion paper examines discourses, studies, and practices associated with designating certain children and youth as "at-risk learners." Focusing primarily on children and youth in Canada, the paper contends that appropriate and effective responses to the problems of at-risk learners require a new approach that includes a better…

This report provides data on programs for adults in public library outlets, based on a survey conducted in Fall 2000 by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), U.S. Department of Education (ED). The results are based on questionnaire data for 954 public library outlets in the United States. Responses were weighted to produce national…

This paper provides a case study of a school-wide action research project to increase student learning in a rural intermediate school. First, it provides background information on the action research model and notes such challenges as the difficulty in providing teachers with a "coaching" style of professional development and the…

This guide examines the effect of learning disorders on the writing process and gives practical advice to writing teachers, lab tutors, tutors in private practice, learning specialists, and other professionals who regularly meet student writers with learning disorders. The guide also suggests ways writers with learning disorders can write more…

This study investigated the effect of extended-time limits in terms of performance levels and score comparability for reading comprehension scores on the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS). The first part of the study compared the average reading comprehension scores on the ITBS of 61 sixth-graders with learning disabilities and 397 non learning…

The most difficult method of consultation to schools in socially and economically disadvantaged neighborhoods is administrative consultation on centered programs and related to community issues. Yet it is an essential approach in dealing with the children's learning disabilities. (Author/ST)

Intellectual functioning, visual perception, and academic achievement were investigated in two samples (25 in each) of children (mean IQ 94.20 and 95.32, and mean age 8.24 years and 8.13 years, respectively) with significant reading disorders. (Author/MC)

The paper presented the case of a 9-year-old boy whose physical appearance and behavior were those of a 6-year-old, and questioned whether he should be diagnosed as immature or defective. (Author/GW)