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Learning Disabilities : Journal Article Review

is diagnosed with a learning disability, this group fits into this diagnosis. Defining giftedness is more complex because the cate...

Accommodations for Disability

should be accompanied by a synchronized text transcript (closed captioning) and audio announcements should also have a synchronize...

Disabled Students

prevent those from receiving the special attention they need. Contrary to that opinion is how full inclusion will serve to drasti...

Workforce Transitioning

considerable amount of both federal and state legislation has been passed that addresses the transition process. The Individuals w...

Grades Seven through Twelve and Literacy That is Literature Based

materials are deemed important for student interest as well as student ability. The program includes teacher resources, such as s...

Education's Inclusive Theory and Disabilities

disabled and the non-disabled are to be best served. The educational arena presents a number of challenges in regard to the...

Gibbs' Reflective Model and a Reflective Learning Document

undue fear created but there is also an appreciation of the true nature of the condition and the care the patient needs to take of...

Empirical Literature on Mild Disabilities

pointing out that it is possible that the majority of the students nominated for the rejection category may not have disabilities ...

Assessment of Section 504 Regarding Students with Special Needs

school districts have a legal - if not ethical - obligation to provide scholastic modifications for special needs students so they...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

The Right to Die as a Legal Issue

between the withdrawal of life-saving treatments and doctor-assisted suicide (Feinberg, 1998). In this case, three terminally ill ...

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 "...

American Illiteracy

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

Athletes with Disabilities

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

Win/Win Situation of Special Education

In twenty pages this paper examines the U.S. Individuals with Disabilities and Education Act and Regulation 504 in an argument tha...

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...

Enabling the Disabled Through Computer Technology

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

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...

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...

Handicapped Children and Educational Inclusion

This paper addresses the inclusion of disabled children in schools. The author uses the Handicapped Act of 1975 and the American ...

Developmental Disabilities

In five pages the existence of developmental disabilities in contemporary society is examined with examples of the positive impact...

Minorities and Special Education

In five pages this paper discusses special education in a consideration of problems associated with minorities' treatment with r...

Disabilities and Perceptions About Them Shaped by Literature and Cinema

In eight pages this paper discusses how perceptions and attitudes regarding individuals with disabilities have been influenced by ...

The Conditions of Attention Deficit Disorder

In seven pages this paper discusses the disorder in terms of definition, symptoms, prevalence, diagnostics, treatment, and the pos...

Individuals with Disabilities and Sexual Abuse

In five pages this literature review discusses sexual abuse among people with disabilities in a consideration of disclosure, treat...

Learning Disability and Attention Deficit Disorder

In a paper consisting of six pages the behavioral issues connected with ADD are discussed along with the ways in which learning di...