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Identifying Specific Learning Disabilities

Topics in Language Disorders, 2014
Specific learning disability (SLD) identification and eligibility practices are evolving and sometimes contentious. This article describes the historical context and current status of the SLD definition, legislation, regulation, and case law related to the identification of students eligible for ...
Rebecca O. Zumeta, Perry A. Zirkel, Louis Danielson   +2 more
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Specific Learning Disabilities: A Neuropsychological Perspective

International Journal of Neuroscience, 1997
A dispersion in cognitive abilities is expected in normal populations. Specific learning disabilities would represent an extreme polarity in a continuum of normal cognitive dispersion. Three propositions relative to learning disabilities are advanced in the present paper.
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The Search for Subtypes of Specific Learning Disability

Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1984
This month's Topical Review discusses recent research that has attempted to divide the general population of learning-disabled children into a variety of different subtypes. The research is important because it is the first sustained attempt to deal with one of the most troublesome problems in the field: the heterogeneity of learning-disabled children.
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Detecting specific learning disabilities

2017 International Conference on Networks & Advances in Computational Technologies (NetACT), 2017
A child needs education to mold how it sees and learns the world. We have to cater their needs and help them learn, but 1 in 10 children suffer from a learning disability and 1 in 20 people are affected all over the world. Children suffering from a learning disability might face difficulties with reading, writing or mathematics but they excel in other ...
R Akhil, Athul Soori, Dilip Shankar, M Mrinal Krishnan, B R Poorna   +4 more
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Specific Learning Disabilities

2018
Abstract Specific learning disability is a common neurodevelopmental disorder affecting about 5–8% of the school-aged population. A key concept in specific learning disabilities is unexpected low achievement. An individual whose achievement in reading, math, or writing is both low and less than what would be expected based on ...
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Identifying Specific Learning Disability

Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2005
Responsiveness to intervention (RTI) is being proposed as an alternative model for making decisions about the presence or absence of specific learning disability. I argue that there are many questions about RTI that remain unanswered, and radical changes in proposed regulations are not warranted at this time.
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Specific Learning Disabilities

Clinical Pediatrics, 1967
K, Glaser, R L, Clemmens
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Specific Learning Disability: A Hidden Disability

2019
The chapter ‘Specific Learning Disability: A Hidden Disability’ purports to educate the reader about one of the high incidence disabilities, i.e. specific learning disability (SLD). In the chapter, attempts are made to bring about understanding of the concept of SLD, its characteristics and types.
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Diagnosing Specific Learning Disabilities

2014
Abstract The purpose of the evaluation is to confirm a possible diagnosis of specific learning disability (SLD), identification of a possible behavioral comorbidity, and finding an etiology for the condition. Comorbidity between SLD and other behavioral disorders, including pervasive developmental disorder and attention deficit ...
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Learning Disabilities Elevate Children’s Risk for Behavioral-Emotional Problems: Differences Between LD Types, Genders, and Contexts

Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2022
Anna-Kaija Eloranta, Timo Ahonen, Tuija Aro   +2 more
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