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Learning Disabilities : Journal Article Review

is diagnosed with a learning disability, this group fits into this diagnosis. Defining giftedness is more complex because the cate...

ADA Standards & A Local Restaurant

were secure handrails on each side of this access. The writer noted that the access on the other side of the building went up a st...

Dropout Prevention for Youth with Disabilities

1998). In order to keep young people in school, they have to be engaged in learning and further, see a reason for continuing. The ...

Review of WOMAC Study

a measure of internal consistency. Items in an instrument are considered to have internal consistency, that is, similar constructs...

Article Critique/Suspected LD

the pre-test due to differences in cultural background make significant improvement, but children with "true language impairment" ...

Special Education - Case Study

a diverse classroom as well as students with learning disabilities. Parent involvement was another issue mentioned. 2. Speak wit...

Accommodations for Disability

should be accompanied by a synchronized text transcript (closed captioning) and audio announcements should also have a synchronize...

Disabled Students

prevent those from receiving the special attention they need. Contrary to that opinion is how full inclusion will serve to drasti...

Workforce Transitioning

considerable amount of both federal and state legislation has been passed that addresses the transition process. The Individuals w...

Assessment of Section 504 Regarding Students with Special Needs

school districts have a legal - if not ethical - obligation to provide scholastic modifications for special needs students so they...

Postural Management Awarenss for People with Complex Disabilities Plan

As more and more individuals are now found in the everyday work environment and as more and more individuals are seen and accepted...

Barriers to Communication for Deaf Children

rather than concentrating on the disabled individual as having "deficits" within themselves (the medical model). They look at the ...

UK Qualitative Study Proposal on Understanding the Effects of Sexual Abuse on Adult Learning Disabilities

services in the U.K. In 1997 the Lewisham Social Services described the protection of adults with learning disabilities as "a rela...

Higher Education and People with Physical Disabilities

the situations in the country. Literature Review The first article to be examined is one that discusses wheelchair sports in o...

Special Ed and How It Has Evolved

Elementary and Secondary Schools Act (ESEA)" ("History," 2005). Of course, the term handicapped would eventually be deemed to be n...

The Right to Die as a Legal Issue

between the withdrawal of life-saving treatments and doctor-assisted suicide (Feinberg, 1998). In this case, three terminally ill ...

Policies on Aging and Developmental Disabilities

School, 2004). Ageing is a little more difficult to define -- according to Wordreference.com, ageing is considered to be "...

Disability Models

of measuring this discrepancy are discussed later in this chapter under "Quantifying the Learning Disability" (Author 45). ...

Children with Disabilities and a Health Promotion Program

of developing healthy habits in children with the expectation that these habits will continue throughout life (2003). The high rat...

The Case Study of a Child in Need

in order so that it can be determined if all of the childs educational needs are being met. Aiding disabled children in reaching t...

Equalizing Aspects of Sport

special accommodations. In respect to race, sometimes there is reverse discrimination. Some believe that the black man has a nat...

Overview of Treating Learning Disabilities with Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome

In five pages this research paper examines Dr. Helen Irlen's Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome and how colored lens can assist in the ...

Case of PARC v. Commonweatlh of Pennsylvania

The basic arguments presented suggest that attorneys for the plaintiffs found that the defendants had in fact applied specific sch...

Failing Grades and LD Students

the legal system that the best place for special education students - psychologically and otherwise - is within the mainstream sys...

Failing Grades and Learning Disabilities

category was first formulated in 1977. The phrase, "All student will learn to read by third grade" has become a rallying point in ...

Video Documentary of The Best Boy/The Best Man

capable while living in a group home. In the end, it is the cousin who does convince the rest of the family to allow him to live ...

Understanding ADHD

In the classroom setting, it is evident that many of these characteristics could pose significant educational challenges (Hartman,...

Disability Defined

lack of some ability. If we examine the Merriam-Webster Dictionarys definitions we note the following: "1 a : the condition of b...

Grades Seven through Twelve and Literacy That is Literature Based

materials are deemed important for student interest as well as student ability. The program includes teacher resources, such as s...

Education's Inclusive Theory and Disabilities

disabled and the non-disabled are to be best served. The educational arena presents a number of challenges in regard to the...