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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 "...

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 ...

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...

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...

Reading Disabilities and Exceptional Children Interventions

events and the relations of those events. This simultaneously gains insight into the brains representation of language and into t...

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...

Disability Models

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

Learning Disabilities Identification and Ethnic Minorities

In three pages identifying learning disabilities as they pertain to ethnic minorities such as Hispanic students are considered in ...

True Cause of Dyslexia Determination

In twenty pages current research is applied to the topic of dyslexia and its learning disability status with the proposal of a sch...

Letter Reversal, Dyslexia, and Learning Disabilities

determine if the use of upper case letters as a reading and writing support technique can improve reading and writing processes fo...

Nonverbal Communication and Emotion

This paper looks at the relationship between nonverbal communication and human emotions. The author addresses gender issues as we...

Special Education Teaching and the Impact of Technology

In five pages this paper examines teachers of students with learning disabilities in terms of how technology can be of assistance ...

Learning Disability Causes and Etiology

In five pages this paper discusses learning disabilities in an examination of causes and etiology. Ten sources are cited in the b...

LD Students and Language Disorders

In eight pages this literature review discusses the connection between learning disabilities and language disorders. Ten sources ...

Special Needs Students and Classroom Inclusion

In sixteen pages this paper examines students with special needs and classroom inclusion in concept and in practices with research...

Physical Disabilities and Education Equality

In fifteen pages this research paper considers equality in education as it pertains to a child suffering from physical disabilitie...

Learning Disabilities Among Adolescents

This paper consists of an essay containing ten pages that considers the focus of adolescents with learning disabilities from an ed...

Learning Stages of Albert Einstein

In seven pages Albert Einstein's learning development is considered within the context of Piaget's developmental stages theory and...

Severe Disabilities and Education Journal Article Reviewed

In three pages a Journal of Remedial & Special Education article regarding the five step process involved in classroom inclusi...

Family Assessment 2 and Howard P. Parette Jr.'s 'Family-centered assistive technology assessment'

This paper presents an article summary in four pages as it relates to children with disabilities and the involvement of their fami...

Special Education Assessments

collecting information for "the purpose of (a) specifying and verifying problems and (b) making decisions about students" (Salvia ...

LD Definition and Characteristics

In six pages this research paper defines learning disabilities, discusses its characteristics, how it is diagnosed, its incidence,...

Transition Education In a Functional Curriculum

This paper addresses the debate over including a functional curriculum for students with learning disabilities. This four page pa...

Overview of an Empirical Study I

In three pages an empirical study regarding the differences in learning between students with special needs and those who do not h...

Special Education Empirical Study II

In three pages an empirical study is presented in which the differences in learning requirements between students who have special...

Perspectives on Classroom Inclusion and Mainstreaming

In three pages this essay examines what the impacts of classroom inclusion and mainstreaming are on parents, teachers, and the stu...

Analyzing Some Programs of Affirmative Action

In five pages differences and similarities are explored among affirmative action programs dealing with disabilities, race, and sex...