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Reading Disabilities

regarding a definition of RD that is widely acceptable (Siegel and Smythe, 2005). Researchers have not been able to agree on defi...

Visual Impairment & Hearing Impairments

through the developmental processes if that loss is acquired at birth or during childhood. Children born deaf have no frame of ref...

Computers in the Classroom

the classroom generally will demonstrate that integration of the net does lead to a rise in access to information (Castellani, 200...

W.E.B. Du Bois/Double Consciousness

of measuring ones soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity" (Du Bois ch. 1, para. 3). In other words,...

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 ...

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 ...

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 "...

Brain Development And Learning A Second Language

helps the brain to develop multiple new pathways that can sort and store more new experiences than a less-developed brain. The mor...

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...

Organisational Culture; A Case Study

and ever changing (Trice and Beyer, 1993). Organisational culture embodies what is and is not accepted within an organisation in t...

The Case of Miss A; Planning with a People Centred Approach

housework and laundry. Miss A is unable to do much housework, does not eat meals with him and goes to bed very late due to eating...

Classroom Strategies for Teaching Children With Dyslexia

inaccurate word identification; spelling may also be affected (Gersons-Wolfensberger & Ruijssenaars, 1997). That is a rather bro...

Fictitious Case Study

and Jack enjoys this as it gives him the chance to watch his favorite TV show, "The Price is Right" (Held, Thoma and Thomas, 2004)...

“What educators need to know about abused children with disabilities”

abused often become abusers themselves. Abuse also lessens the chances a child has in terms of educational attainment. It can re...

U.S. Immigration and Illness

female immigrants with matrons present but in 1914, two women doctors had been hired to conduct exams for female subjects (2000)....

LD Testing

deal to work situations, it also affects special education. What it had done is to change, from a legal perspective, the notion o...

Analyzing the Letting Handicapped Babies Die Article

keep it alive" (Christian Answers to Moral Problems, 2002). Furthermore, in their article entitled "Letting Handicapped ...

Literature Review of the Topic Letter Reversal in Children with Severe Learning Disabilities

the genetic inability to connect phonemes with written symbols. A subspecies of dyslexia however embraces a simpler type of visua...

Defining Characteristics of Learning Disabilities

disabilities and those who need special education or related services (U.S. Department of Education, 1997, p. 1; 2002). The defi...

'Severe and Profound' Disabilities as Featured in 3 Journal Articles

In six pages this report discusses people with severe disabilities within the context of 3 articles. Three sources are cited in t...

Overview of Dyslexia

In six pages an overview of this learning disability is presented in a consideration of its causes, diagnosis, prevalance, treatme...

Massachusetts Educational Law Change Cost Benefit Analysis

In seven pages a cost benefit analysis is applied to a change in Massachusetts' education law that replace 'special needs' with di...

Learning Disabilities and Their Effects

In six pages learning disabilities are examined in terms of various categories along with their effects on the child and family ps...

Educational Mainstream and Disabilities

it has inherent merit in that special education children can benefit by example from their unimpaired classmates. Coupled with th...

Children's Narrative or Storytelling Skills

In five pages this paper examines how children's learning disabilities can be better understood through an exploration of their st...

Inclusion Schools' Administration

In five pages inclusion programs the specifically the roles of administrators are discussed particularly as they relate to definin...

Educational Progression Among First-Grade Students

This paper addresses reading ability among first-grade students as demonstrated by the case of Janice Herron, a first-grade teache...

American Elementary School Special Education Students from Psychological and Legal Perspectives

the same critical exposure as other abled students. This concept certainly sounds as though it has inherent merit in that special...

Enabling the Disabled Through Computer Technology

In twenty pages the argument is presented that computer technology is presenting greater opportunities for people with disabilitie...

American Illiteracy

In five pages the U.S. illiteracy problem is examined in a consideration of causes and such relevant issues as classroom overcrowd...