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Center for Research on Learning: Recent submissions
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Behavioral Assessment of Occupational Skills of Learning Disabled Adolescents
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1980-01-01)This study, using direct observation and measurement techniques, analyzed the differences in occupational skills among learning disabled youths and their non-learning disabled peers . The results showed low levels of ... -
Development and Validation of an Occupational Skills Assessment Instrument
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1980-01-01)The development and validation of an occupational skills assessment instrument is described. The instrument was designed to describe accurately a participant's actual level of occupational skills in a variety of job-related ... -
Identification Decisions: Who is the Most Consistent?
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1980-01-01)This study was designed to: (a) examine the type of judgments on LD characteristics rendered by multidisciplinary team members and (b) explore which of the groups typically represented on a staffing team was most homogeneous ... -
Identification of Learning Disabled Adolescents: A Bayesian Approach
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1980-01-01)The identification of learning disabled adolescents for program placement is a major concern of school personnel. The identification model discussed in this article addresses an array of problems associated with identification ... -
An Investigation of the Demands on Oral Language Skills of Learning Disabled Students in Secondary Classrooms
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1980-01-01)The demands placed upon students in mainstream secondary classrooms by the oral language behaviors of teachers were investigated by applying 12 categories of utterance types to audiotape-recorded class sessions. Data were ... -
Toward the Development of an Intervention Model for Learning Disabled Adolescents
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Learning Disabilities in Adolescents and Young Adult Populations: Research Implications Part 2
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Learning Disabilities in Adolescents and Young Adult Populations: Research Implications Part 1
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An Approach to Learning Strategy Training for Groups of Secondary Students
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1982-09-01)The purpose of this article is to outline specific instructional procedures that can be used effectively to teach LD adolescents in small-group settings. Specifically, the article covers the following: a brief review of ... -
Bayesian Screening Procedure for Identification of Learning Disabled Adolescents: Administration, Scoring, and Interpretation
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1980-01-01)The Secondary Learning Disabilities Form of the Screening Procedure is described, and procedures for administration and scoring are detailed. In addition, interpretation guidelines are presented. Both the Revised Checklist ... -
Research Approaches to Studying the Link Between Learning Disabilities and Juvenile Delinquency
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1980-01-01)A relationship between learning disabilities and juvenile delinquency has been hypothesized for a period of time. Research on this relationship has been clouded with methodological difficulties. These problems include the ... -
A Response to Evolving Practice in Assessment and Intervention for Mildly Handicapped Adolescents
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1980-01-01)This paper examines the developmental history of programs for mildly mentally retarded and learning disabled adolescents. Curriculum/instructional alternatives are discussed and a rationale presented for consideration of ... -
Career Preparation for Handicapped Adolescents: A Matter of Appropriate Education
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1980-01-01)A complete individualization concept is presented as the avenue to achieve "appropriate education" for handicapped adolescents. Exemplified within the context of the educational goal of career preparation, this concept ... -
A Research Strategy for Studying Learning Disabled Adolescents and Young Adults
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1980-01-01)Unique problems related to adolescents and young adults which researchers must consider in designing interventions are discussed. These unique factors associate with the condition of learning disabilities in adolescents ... -
Assumptions and Strategies for Conducting Research with Learning Disabled Adolescents and Young Adults
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1980-01-01)This paper details the assumptions about learning disabled adolescents and young adults as well as assumptions about conducting research with this population held by researchers at the Kansas Institute. Strategies developed ... -
Instructional Practices that Promote Acquisition and Generalization of Skills by Learning Disabled Adolescents
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1980-01-01)While most efforts in programming for learning disabled adolescents have been directed to the content of instructional offering, the authors identify procedures to promote acquisition and generalization of skills . Exemplified ... -
A Model for Conducting Research with Learning Disabled Adolescents and Young Adults
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1980-01-01)Issues from the field of learning disabilities and the field of education in general which impact the learning disabled individual are discussed as they relate to research with learning disabled adolescents and young adults ... -
An Approach for the Design and Implementation of Nonacademic Interventions with LD Adolescents
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1980-01-01)This paper presents an alternative approach to research in learning disabilities among adolescents and young adults. The author proposes that low achieving adolescents labeled "learning disabled" should play a role in ... -
Studying the Learning Disabled Adolescent Through Epidemiological and Intervention Research Tactics
(Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities, 1980-01-01)This paper examines the relationship between epidemiological and intervention research with learning disabled adolescents. Several historical trends and contemporary issues (e.g., the importance of prevention as opposed ... -
Asset building: One way the ACA may improve health and employment outcomes for people with disabilities
(Sage and Hammill Institute on Disabilities, 2014-08)Working-age individuals with disabilities are often forced to live in poverty to maintain Medicaid coverage. This study explored the relationship between having assets in excess of usual Medicaid limits and health and ...