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Classroom Strategies for Teaching Children With Dyslexia

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

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...

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...

Learning Disabilities in Young Children

disability is limited proficiency in English, or "lack of instruction in reading or math" (Guidelines, 1999). The guidelines also ...

The Causes of Learning Disabilities

settings, to demonstrate that educatorse and parentse are "on the same team" and that it is likely that they both want the same th...

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...

Article Review on Occupational Therapy

comes from significant literature that has found: mothers of children with disabilities spend so much time in child care, they are...

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 ...

Cognitive Processes and Reading Disabilities

phonological skills would be stronger predictors than exception words (Griffiths and Snowling, 2003). They also hypothesized that ...

Elementary Education and Difficulties in Writing and Reading

education, sometimes leaving little room for choice. This is true as teachers wrestle with their own autonomy and the school board...

Native Americans

For example, strong hostility existed between Native Americans and the Spanish because the Spanish prohibited the Indians from pra...

Article Critique/Suspected LD

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

Review of WOMAC Study

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Inclusion Schools' Administration

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

Connection Between Reading Problems and Language

In sixteen pages this paper considers the connection between language and reading disabilities. Fifteen sources are cited in the ...

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...

Enabling the Disabled Through Computer Technology

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

Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences Theory and Teaching LD Students

education classroom or in any dealings with disabled students. As with any other students, the level of the individuals ability a...

Athletes with Disabilities

In three pages 3 journal articles are considered as they discuss athletes with disabilities. Three sources are cited in the bibli...

American Illiteracy

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

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 ...

LD Definition and Characteristics

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

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 ...