Dissertations / Theses: 'Division for Children with Learning Disabilities'

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Singley, Vickie. "Teaching multiplication and division to learning disabled children." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1985. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/169.

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Brown, Andrea E. "Social competence in peer-accepted children with learning disabilities." Thesis, McGill University, 1999. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=35986.

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Since the time of Bryan's (1974) seminal work on the social status of children with learning disabilities (LD), research has consistently shown that children with LD struggle to earn social acceptance from non-LD peers. Recently, investigators have uncovered within-group variability among children with LD suggesting that some children with LD are well accepted and even popular among non-LD peers. An appeal in the field of learning disabilities has emerged, calling for a shift from deficit-model research focusing on the deficiencies of children with LD, to the investigation of how children with LD obtain positive social outcomes. Accordingly, a study was undertaken addressing this request by examining the characteristics of peer-accepted children with LD from a multi-rater and multi-method perspective. Using the comprehensive model of social competence proposed by Vaughn and Hogan (1990) as the theoretical framework, data were gathered from teachers, peers, and peer-accepted children with and without LD in important areas of social functioning. Participants were grade four and five mainstreamed students meeting the following criteria: (a) having a researcher-identified learning disability in at least one academic area (reading, spelling, or arithmetic) and (b) peer-rated social acceptance as determined via a modified version of the Asher and Dodge (1986) sociometric classification system. Statistical analyses consisted of multivariate and univariate techniques. Findings indicated few significant differences between peer-accepted children with and without LD in specific areas of social competence as rated by peers. Significant interactions, however, between LD status and gender revealing variable profiles of social-behavioural characteristics for boys and girls with and without LD did emerge from the perspective of teachers. Implications for special education referral and placement, inclusive education, and interventions are discussed.

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Brown, Andrea Elizabeth. "Social competence in peer-accepted children with learning disabilities." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape8/PQDD_0017/NQ55306.pdf.

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Stein, Pamela Ann. "Correlates of manifest anxiety in children with learning disabilities." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184788.

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Hypotheses were proposed suggesting that learning disabilities predispose individuals toward anxiety and that special education intervention moderates the manifestation of anxiety. A regression analysis was performed with the outcome variable of Total Anxiety from The Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (RCMAS; Reynolds & Richmond, 1985) with data from 91 elementary students with learning disabilities. Predictor variables included Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R; Wechsler, 1974) Full Scale Intelligence Quotient (IQ), absolute WISC-R Verbal-Performance IQ differences, discrepancies between WISC-R Full Scale IQs and Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery (WJPEB; Woodcock & Johnson, 1977) achievement scores, percentage of special education intervention per day and percentage of special education per student's total school experience. A stepwise regression analysis resulted in Full Scale IQ (R² =.075) and percentage of special education per day (R² change =.050), as the only variables entered and retained in the equation to predict RCMAS Total Anxiety. The relationship between special education per day and Total Anxiety was positive (Pearson r =.27), which was opposite the hypothesized direction. When entered last in the complete prediction model, special education per day had a significant (p < .05) part correlation of.23. Full Scale IQ had a significant Pearson correlation with RCMAS Total Anxiety (r = -.27) but the part correlation (r = -.20) did not retain significance when the effects of the other predictor variables were held constant. The Learning Disabilities (LD) subject group had a mean Total Anxiety score of 50.6 (SD = 11.7), which was not significantly different than the RCMAS normative group. Separate stepwise regression analyses with outcome variables of the RCMAS factor scores identified predictor variables of Full Scale IQ, percentage of special education per day, or both as best predictors. Special education per total school experience had a significant part correlation (r = -.23) with the Physiological Anxiety factor when entered last in the complete prediction model. The need for cross-validation and further study is emphasized. Alternative explanations for the results of the present study are presented.

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Hamway, Rose Marie. "The treatment of depression in children with learning disabilities." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/187150.

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Research indicates that a relationship exists between depression and impaired cognitive functioning. When depression is treated, improvements occur in cognitive functioning, both for children and adults. A great many children with LD evidence coexisting symptoms of depression, yet research is non-existent regarding the treatment of depression in special education populations and possible improvements in academic functioning. This study utilized a multiple-probe design to identify the effects of a cognitive-behavioral intervention on academic variables in four adolescent participants identified as learning disabled and depressed. Homework completion and on-task behaviors were the two dependent measures as well as pre-and post-data on the levels of depressive symptomology and self-concept. The results showed that decreasing the symptoms of depression in the participants resulted in increased homework completion and on-task behaviors in the classroom which were maintained for two weeks post-intervention. Future research is needed to evaluate the long term maintenance and generalizability of the effects of this procedure.

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Popowich, Amy J. "Peer relations of children with learning disabilities an ethnographic approach /." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0018/MQ59197.pdf.

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Bergerud, Donna Burgess. "Textbook adaptations for secondary students with learning disabilities /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7793.

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Sielen, Heather L. "Effects of learning and communication disabilities in children with autism." Menomonie, WI : University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2004. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2004/2004sielenh.pdf.

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Krokidis, Nicole. "Mothers in transition : children with learning disabilities transition to adulthood." Thesis, University of East London, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.532952.

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This research project aimed to provide a more elaborate understanding of mothers' views regarding their child with learning disabilities' transition to adulthood. In particular, the researcher focused on how mothers conceptualised "transition", the role that mothers' relationships with services would play, and mothers' experiences of social structures. Individual semistructured interviews were conducted with seven mothers of young people (16-23 years) with learning disabilities; yielding information on their views and experiences of transition. Thematic analysis within a critical realist epistemological framework was utilised as an analytic methodology. Mothers' were found to conceptualise transition as a complex, life long, worrying process informed by previous experiences of transitions. Mothers considered transition to adulthood as marked by a transition to "independence"; however, the meaning of independence varied amongst the sample. Mothers' visions of their children's adult futures included ideas about social relationships, employment and development of sexuality. The transition process was positioned within important peripheral issues including mothers' predominantly negative reports of service provision, with some helpful exceptions and resources available to mothers external to service provision. Mothers' commitment to their children was demonstrated throughout the data, and was often spoken about in terms of "fighting talk" whereby mothers were campaigning for improved service provision. The implications for professionals working with mothers are to improve partnership working with mothers in preparing for transition and improving service provision more generally. A recognition by services of mothers' needs and alternative identities aside from their role as "maternal caregiver" is recommended.

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Poulsen, John Christian S. "Efficacy of drama-based teaching on children with learning disabilities." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ34693.pdf.

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Stanley, Leonard D. "The reading and writing experiences of children with learning disabilities." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/NQ61178.pdf.

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Gregory, Elizabeth. "Stress and coping in siblings of children with learning disabilities." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/1666.

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Past research investigating the siblings of children with learning disabilities has yielded inconsistent findings. Consequently, the assumption guiding present investigators is that while some children appear to be at risk psychologically, others adapt well and even benefit from the experience. This assumption may be interpreted as supporting the literature on stress and coping in children. Within this framework, variability is expected because not only are children faced with different stressors, they have a variety of resources available to protect them. A stress and coping framework was therefore adopted in the present study. It aimed to investigate the differential responses to stress of two groups of children; namely those identified as having a positive relationship and those identified as having a negative relationship with their learning disabled sibling. The study also looked at the association between satisfaction with this relationship and measures of psychological adjustment (i.e. depression and anxiety). In addition, the stability of satisfaction with the sibling relationship; the stability of coping strategies employed in response to stress arising as a result of that relationship; and parental insights into this stress was investigated. The results suggest that the nature of the sibling relationship does have an impact on depression at least. Furthermore, children rated as having a more positive relationship with their sibling were foiund to appraise and respond differently to stress than children who were rated as having a less positive relationship. Satisfaction with the sibling relationship was found to remain relatively stable over time, and the stability of coping was consistent with that expected for a process measure. Although parents were found to be good judges of the nature of the sibling relationship generally, they had little insight into the specific stressors that their children found most difficult to cope with. These findings support the need for sibling intervention programmes. Guidance as to how they might be implemented were offered, and implications for service provision more generally were discussed. Recommendations for future research were made, including an abandonment of the framework of assumed pathology that has dominated the field to date. Indeed, although the findings suggest that some children cope better than others, most seem to manage the stress they face very well, and have a great deal of love and affection for their brother or sister with learning disabilities.

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Beck, Alexandra. "Maternal expressed emotion towards children with and without learning disabilities." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.273879.

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Datta, Soma Mandal. "Spatial Design in Schools: Impacts on Learning Potential of Children with Learning Disabilities." Thesis, Curtin University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/65992.

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This thesis explores the influence of built environments on human behaviour through an inter-disciplinary study across architecture, education and environmental psychology with specific focus on aiding learning for primary school students with learning problems and the relevance of current design approaches to pedagogical inclusion policies. The study is noteworthy since it bridges inter and intra-disciplinary gaps while also demonstrating that inclusive school architecture significantly enhances teaching and learning processes, specifically for children with learning disabilities.

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Sclufer, Anne. "Social-emotional disturbance in children with learning problems and a 15-point Wechsler performance IQ deficit." Click here for text online. The Institute of Clinical Social Work Dissertations website, 1996. http://www.icsw.edu/_dissertations/sclufer_1996.pdf.

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Dissertation (Ph.D.) -- The Institute for Clinical Social Work, 1996.
A dissertation submitted to the faculty of the Institute of Clinical Social Work in partial fulfillment for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

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Tso, Shu-fai. "The effectiveness of computer-assisted learning in stimulating vocabulary learning of children with mild mental handicap." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1998. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B20135981.

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Hiller, Todd R. "Validation of neuropsychological subtypes of learning disabilities." Muncie, Ind. : Ball State University, 2009. http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/775.

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Wong, Tang-tat Rodney. "Computer assisted learning : an examination of practices in schools for children with learning difficulties /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1994. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B14014646.

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Cummins, Tamara L. "Stability of Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-III Scores in children with learning disabilities." Virtual Press, 2001. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1203647.

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the stability of Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-III (WISC-III) test scores in children with Learning Disabilities. Previous research has suggested that some children with Learning Disabilities do not demonstrate the same stability of performance, over time, on the Wechsler as many children in the general population.The sample utilized in this study consisted of 214 children who had been identified as having Learning Disabilities. WISC-III data was collected through archival review of education files.Test-retest stability for the WISC-III over a period of approximately three years was assessed using correlational and t-test data. For the total sample, three year test-retest correlations for the Verbal IQ, Performance IQ, and Full Scale IQ were .67, .73, and .74, respectively. However, Verbal IQ, Full Scale IQ, and Verbal Index scores were observed to drop significantly between testings. Mean score differences for the Verbal IQ and Verbal Comprehension scales were slightly over three points. The mean difference for the Full Scale IQ was slightly less than two points.Analysis of individual scores indicated considerable variability, with some students decreasing as much as 30 or increasing as much as 37 IQ points at the time of retesting. Analysis of distribution of score differences suggested that the children with Learning Disabilities in this sample demonstrated more variability in performance, overall, than might be anticipated in the general population.
Department of Educational Psychology

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Weintraub, Gerald A. "Perception of control and coping mechanisms of children with learning disabilities." Thesis, McGill University, 1997. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=35648.

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Coping behaviour, perceived control, and the self concept of elementary school children with learning disabilities educated in regular and special education classrooms was examined using a comparative design. In addition, the influence of teachers' classroom management orientation on children's self-perceptions and coping behaviour was investigated. Children attending a special school for students with learning disabilities were found to be more adaptive copers than children in special education classes in regular schools, children receiving resource room assistance, and children mainstreamed in regular classes. Children with learning disabilities were found to have positive perceptions of their global self-worth regardless of the type of class they were in, although they indicated less confidence in their academic abilities compared to their self-perceptions of physical appearance and athletic competence. In general, most children believed that they were responsible for their academic successes and at the same time perceived academic failure as unavoidable. The students who coped most effectively demonstrated the most realistic appraisals of their academic situation. They recognized that they could not control academic failure, however, they believed that the best way to succeed in school was by continuing to exert effort. Additionally, successful copers held high expectations for future academic success and believed that they possessed the capacities needed to achieve this success. Children who coped most effectively strongly endorsed beliefs in their capacity to have a positive relationship with their teachers. Children who were rated as effective copers had teachers whose instructional orientation promoted autonomous functioning in their students.

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Bergant, Lydia Bernadette. "Relationships between teacher ratings and the Gordon diagnostic system in the early identification of academically at-risk kindergarten children." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/30370.

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This exploratory study investigated the similarities and differences between two assessment measures — the Kindergarten School Learning Profile teacher ratings and the Gordon Diagnostic System — in identifying children who would likely be at-risk for experiencing school failure as a result of attentional/impulse control deficits displayed in kindergarten. As attentional skills are believed to influence memory, visual memory was also investigated in relation to attention and impulse control. Twenty-eight teacher-nominated "high risk" kindergarten students were identified as functioning within the lowest 10% for overall school readiness. Computerized systematic random selection procedures were used to identify 30 control students. Teacher ratings of attentional and impulse control abilities manifested both within and outside of the classroom were obtained for all children and compared to their vigilant and impulse control performances on the Gordon Diagnostic System (GDS). Visual memory abilities were examined through use of the Bead Memory subtest of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale: Fourth Edition. The results obtained reveal that normally achieving students were assigned higher qualitative ratings of attention and impulse control by their teachers than were the "high risk" students. Significant relationships between impulsivity (as measured by the GDS) and teacher ratings were unsubstantiated by the data obtained. Only the "high risk" group displayed few significant correlations between teachers' ratings of attentional skills and students' vigilant performances on the GDS. Normally achieving students were found to display significantly better vigilant and impulse control skills on the GDS compared to the poorly achieving "high risk" group. Significant performance deterioration over time was evident on the Vigilance Task but not on the Delay Task of the GDS. Few significant differences between boys and girls in both impulse control and sustained attentional skills were displayed.
Education, Faculty of
Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of
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Weintraub, Gerald A. "Perception of control and coping mechanisms of children with learning disabilities." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape11/PQDD_0018/NQ44625.pdf.

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Gerstein, Stephanie Hannah. "Benefits and influences of parent involvement for children with learning disabilities." Thesis, McGill University, 2004. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=84996.

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The benefits and influences of parent involvement were examined among a group of children with learning disabilities (LD). One aim of this study was to determine whether different types of parent involvement are associated with educational benefits in special education. A second aim was to apply an existing model of parent involvement to assess its influences in this population. One hundred and twenty-three children with and without LD from grades 1 to 8 and their parents participated in the study. Children's grades and their attitudes to school were used as educational outcomes to evaluate the impact of their parents' involvement. Mothers and fathers completed questionnaires regarding their school, cognitive-intellectual and personal involvement, as well as measures of stress, social support, and perception of their child's academic ability. Mothers were consistently more involved than fathers in all types of activities. Higher grades were significantly correlated with mothers' involvement in school-related activities and fathers' involvement in personal activities. Fathers who felt they received a greater amount of social support tended to be more involved in their children's cognitive and personal activities. Mothers who perceived a greater amount of social support were more personally involved with their children, and mothers who perceived their children as having more severe LDs were less personally involved. Overall results extend the literature on the benefits and the factors associated with parent involvement for children with LD and highlight the need for parents, educators and school psychologists to combine resources in order to increase awareness and levels of parent involvement.

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Wiggs, Luci. "Sleep problems and daytime behaviour in children with severe learning disabilities." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.320113.

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Tjus, Tomas. "Language and literacy acquisition in children with developmental and learning disabilities." [Göteborg], Sweden : Dept. of Psychology, Göteborg University, 1998. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/42722084.html.

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Johnson, Christine. "Analyzing Spelling Errors by Linguistic Features among Children with Learning Disabilities." Scholar Commons, 2016. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/6269.

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In order to spell fluently and accurately, phonology, orthography, and morphology must be integrated and stored into long term memory (Berninger & Richards, in press; Berninger, Nagy, Tanimoto, Thompson, Abbott, 2015). Children with dysgraphia, dyslexia, and OWL-LD have specific deficits in linguistic processing that impede the cross-mapping of these linguistic elements. This study analyzes the frequency and nature of spelling errors produced by children with dysgraphia, dyslexia, and OWL-LD during an academic writing task in order to determine if known deficits in linguistic processing affect the type and severity of spelling errors made by these children. The present study analyzed error severity and frequency of spelling errors produced by children with dysgraphia (n=13), dyslexia (n=17), or OWL-LD (n=5) during the academic writing tasks obtained in the Berninger et al. (2015) study. In the previous study, students read or listened to computerized lessons about basic mathematical concepts and then typed summaries of what they learned. For the current study, all spelling errors made during the typed summary writing tasks were extracted and analyzed using the Phonological, Orthographic, Morphological Assessment of Spelling (POMAS) and then recoded with POMplexity (a measure of error severity) to determine the severity and frequency of spelling errors made in the linguistic categories of phonology, orthography, and morphology. Results indicated that the students did not differ in error severity by diagnostic category. However, a qualitative analysis using the POMAS revealed that children from different diagnostic categories produced different types of errors. With respect to error frequency, only students with dysgraphia made significantly fewer errors than students with OWL-LD, and all participants, regardless of diagnostic category produced more errors in typed summaries following the reading condition. These results are consistent with previous research indicating that children with learning disabilities do not produce deviant spelling errors when compared to typically-developing, age-matched peers or typically-developing, spelling-matched peers (Silliman, Bahr, and Peters, 2006, among others). The current results demonstrate that the spelling errors of children with learning disabilities reflect the expected linguistic breakdowns in cross-code mapping, and that children with learning disabilities may display these spelling deficits beyond an appropriate age.

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Nicholson, Maureen Elizabeth. "Inferential comprehension by language-learning disabled children." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/30170.

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This study evaluated the comprehension of inference statements by language-learning disabled (LLD) children and children with normal language development (NL) under two conditions: uncontextualized and contextualized. The contextualized condition was designed to encourage retrieval of information from the subject's general knowledge — a procedure proposed to encourage elaborative inference-making. Two text passages were analyzed according to a model developed by Trabasso and presented by Trabasso, van den Broek & Suh (1989), which yielded a set of bridging causal connections across clause units. Sets of three true and three false causal inference statements were developed to represent bridging inferences for each story. In addition, three true and three premise statements were obtained directly from each story, yielding a total of twelve statements for each text. Subjects were ten language-learning disabled students (7 boys, 3 girls) and ten children with normal language development (5 boys, 5 girls) aged 9 to 11 years old. Mean age for children in both groups was 10 years, 4 months. Children were selected for the LLD group on the basis of the following criteria: (1) enrollment in a learning assistance or learning resource program for learning-disabled students, preferably for remediation of Language Arts; (2) history of speech-language intervention in preschool or early primary grades; (3) normal nonverbal cognitive skills; (4) lexical and syntactic comprehension within normal abilities (as determined by standardized language tests for the LLD group); (5) native English speaker and (6) normal hearing ability. Every subject received both stories and conditions. Story presentation and condition were counterbalanced across 8 of the 10 subjects in each group; condition only was counterbalanced across the remaining two subjects in each group. Inference and premise statements were randomized; each random set was randomly presented to each subject. Items were scored correct or incorrect. Subjects were also asked to answer open-ended wh-questions. Responses were compared and analyzed using a nonparametric statistical method appropriate for small sample sizes. Results indicated significant differences between the LLD and the NL groups on the number of correct responses to inference and premise items. Both groups scored significantly worse on inference than premise items. Analysis did not indicate that the LLD group scored significantly worse on inference items than the NL group did. Results also suggested that a contextualization effect operated for both groups, which affected the retention of premise items but acted to improve scores on inference items. This effect was seen most notably for the LLD group.
Medicine, Faculty of
Audiology and Speech Sciences, School of
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Himrod, Lola K. "Protective vigilance the experience of parenting an adolescent who has learning disabilities /." Click here for text online. The Institute of Clinical Social Work Dissertations website, 1995. http://www.icsw.edu/_dissertations/himrod_1995.pdf.

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Dissertation (Ph.D.) -- The Institute for Clinical Social Work, 1995.
A dissertation submitted to the faculty of the Institute of Clinical Social Work in partial fulfillment for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

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Haines, Shelby Brooke. "Effect of a modified LINCS learning strategy on the achievement of 4th grade students with learning disabilities." Huntington, WV : [Marshall University Libraries], 2003. http://www.marshall.edu/etd/descript.asp?ref=434.

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DeCesare, Betsy Harrison. "A college handbook for learning disabled adolescents, adults and their parents, educators and special education professionals /." Access Digital Full Text version, 1991. http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/bybib/10296372.

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Thesis (Ed.D.) -- Teachers College, Columbia University, 1991.
Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: Ellen Condliffe-Lagemann. Dissertation Committee: Gary Natriello. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 172-185).

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Thomas, Charles Nolan. "The relationships between cognitive deficits and spiritual development." Lynchburg, Va. : Liberty University, 2008. http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu.

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Al-Hilawani, Yasser A. "Levels of processing in mild disabilities." Virtual Press, 1994. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/917826.

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This study examined the effects of the second level (intermediate acoustical processing of rhyming words) and the third level (deep-semantic processing of words in sentences) of "levels of processing" framework on memory performance of four types of students (52 "normal" students, 50 students with learning disabilities, 25 students with mild mental handicap, and 25 students with emotional handicap). Statistical analysis revealed that "normal" students and students with emotional handicap performed significantly higher than students with mild mental handicap. However, the analysis did not reveal significant differences among "normal" students, students with learning disabilities, and students with emotional handicap. Nor were there significant differences between students with learning disabilities and those with mild mental handicap. Further, the statistical analysis revealed that the interaction among the four groups of students, encoding levels of processing, and types of retrieval cues was not significant. However, a significant interaction was found between types of retrieval cues and encoding levels of processing. The data on the memory test showed that the mean number correct for all students was the highest when stimulus words were presented and encoded semantically and retrieved using a congruent semantic cue. A mismatch between encoding processing conditions and retrieval cues produced poor memory performance regardless of levels of processing. The findings indicate that appropriate use of levels of processing, congruity, and encoding specificity for retrieval cues enhances recall of information. Recommendations for classroom instructions and future research are discussed.
Department of Special Education

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Bergstedt, Jo-Ann. "Learning facilitators’ perspectives of supporting learners with disabilities in mainstream classrooms." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/96807.

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Thesis (MEd)--Stellenbosch University, 2015.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Learning facilitation is a growing phenomenon in mainstream schools in South Africa, as learning facilitators are increasingly being employed by parents as a conduit in providing individual support for learners with disabilities. An in-depth examination of available knowledge and theory about the phenomenon of learning facilitation revealed that associated research is lacking in the South African education context. Consequently, learning facilitators’ roles lack definition, status and regulation in both policy documents and the practical setting of mainstream education. This study aimed to gain insight from the perspectives of learning facilitators to form a clearer description of what learning facilitation entails. As support structures are still evolving in inclusive education contexts, it is considered important to acknowledge, explore and identify the role learning facilitators play in the implementation of integrated education for learners with disabilities. In order to optimally support the effective development of the learner, consideration must be shown to the individual needs of the learner and the processes within the environment that foster or hinder learning potential. Bronfenbrenner's bioecological theory of human development linked this understanding of the influences on learning and development. The learning support provided by a learning facilitator in the mainstream classroom is prefaced as an aspect of the learner’s environment that ‘fosters’ in contrast with those that ‘interfere’ with the development of proximal processes. This study adopts a basic interpretive design. Qualitative data collection and data analysis research strategies were employed to derive in-depth insights. Verbal accounts and descriptions from learning facilitators were gleaned, both through individual semi-structured interviews and a focus group interview. Research into the daily experiences of learning facilitators revealed that they fulfil important and varied support roles. These roles incorporate academic needs as well as providing care and support for the learner with disabilities. Findings showed that the relational aspect of the learning facilitator’s role is crucial in the collaborative effort of various role players (professionals, therapists, teachers, parents, etc.) to help learners with disabilities achieve engagement and integration into mainstream education as far as possible. It relieves the negative focus on the learner being perceived as “different” and eases the pressure on them to overcome challenges on their own. Thus, recognition and definition of their role – what they are and what they are not, their interaction with teachers and other role players, their responsibilities, training and required skills - in regulations and policy statements will add much significance and clarity to a fairly new resource (in the South African context) of supporting learners with disabilities along with their parents and teachers and the learning facilitators themselves.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Leerderfasilitering is ŉ groeiende verskynsel in hoofstroomskole in Suid-Afrika, aangesien al hoe meer leerderfasiliteerders deur ouers aangestel word om ekstra individuele ondersteuning aan veral leerders met gestremdhede te bied. ŉ In-diepte studie van beskikbare kennis en teorie oor die verskynsel van leerderfasilitering het ŉ tekort aan relevante navorsing in die Suid-Afrikaanse konteks aangedui. Duidelike omskrywings van die leerderfasiliteerders se rol en status ontbreek in beleidsdokumente en hul werksomgewings. Die doel van hierdie studie was om insig te verkry uit die perspektiewe van leerderfasiliteerders om sodoende ŉ duideliker beskrywing te vorm van wat leerderfasilitering behels. Aangesien ondersteunende strukture nog in die ontwikkelingsfase is in inklusiewe onderwyskontekste, word die erkenning, verkenning en identifisering van die rol wat leerderfasiliteers in die insluiting en ondersteuning van leerders met gestremdhede kan speel, as belangrik geag. Die individuele behoeftes van leerders en die prosesse in hul omgewing wat leerpotensiaal bevorder of verhinder moet in ag geneem word om die effektiewe ontwikkeling van die leerder so ver as moontlik te kan ondersteun. Bronfenbrenner se bio-ekologiese teorie van menslike ontwikkeling het hierdie begrip van die verbande tussen leer en ontwikkeling getrek. Die ondersteuning wat ŉ leerderfasiliteerder bied in die hoofstroomklaskamer word voorgestel as ŉ beskermende faktor in teenstelling met hindernisse wat “inmeng” met die ontwikkeling van proksimale prosesse. Hierdie interpretatiewe studie het kwalitatiewe datagenerering en -verwerkingstrategieë gebruik om betekenisvolle insigte te verkry. Verbale data en beskrywings van leerderfasiliteerders is gegeneer deur individuele, semi-gestruktureerde onderhoude asook ŉ fokusgroeponderhoud. Navorsing oor die daaglikse ervarings van leerderfasiliteerders het onthul dat hul belangrike, maar ŉ verskeidenheid ondersteuningsrolle vervul. Hierdie rolle spreek die akademiese behoeftes sowel as die voorsiening van sorg en ondersteuning vir leerders met gestremdhede aan Bevindinge het getoon dat die leerfasiliteerder se verhoudinge met verskeie rolspelers (medici, terapeute, onderwysers, ouers, ens.) deurslaggewend is in die gesamentlike poging om leerders met gestremdhede se insluiting en betrokkenheid in hoofstroomskole sover as moontlik te verwerklik. Dit kan die persepsie dat die leerder moet verander om aan te pas by die sisteem ondervang en ook ondersteuningsgeleenthede skep om uitdagings te oorkom. Erkenning en definiëring van leerderfasiliteerders se rol, hul interaksie met onderwysers en ander rolspelers, hul verantwoordelikhede, opleidingsvereistes en vaardighede in regulasies en beleidsdokumente sal meer betekenis en duidelikheid verleen aan ŉ taamlik nuwe werkswyse (in die Suid-Afrikaanse konteks) om leerders met gestremdhede, in samewerking met hul ouers en onderwysers, te ondersteun.

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Power, Susannah. "Psychological adjustment of children with learning disabilities, do friends make the difference?" Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0003/NQ41278.pdf.

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Kuhne, Michael. "Friendship patterns of children and adolescents with learning disabilities and attention problems." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape7/PQDD_0020/NQ41199.pdf.

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Ma, Xue Jie. "Perinatal complications as predictors of neuropsychological outcome in children with learning disabilities." Virtual Press, 1996. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1036813.

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A prospective study was conducted on a group of 160 students from 9 to 14 years of age with learning disabilities to predict neuropsychological outcome using perinatal information as predictors. Perinatal information was obtained from the Maternal Perinatal Scale (MPS) (Dean & Gray, 1985). Subjects' neuropsychological functioning was assessed by the Short Neuropsychological Screening Device (SNSD) (Reitan & Herring, 1985). Information concerning subjects' intelligence was obtained from the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-III (WISC-III) administered within the past two years. Hollingshead's Four Factor Index of Social Status was employed to determine subjects' socioeconomic status. A stepwise multiple regression analysis yielded a regression model that contained a subset of 7 perinatal risk factors, involving: (1) Obstetric History; (2) Gestational Age; (3) Psychosocial Events; (4) Delivery; (5) Intrauterine Stress; (6) Teratogenic Stress; and (7) Fetal Oxygenation. A hierarchical regression analysis was further performed to examine if adding socioeconomic and intellectual information to the regression model could increase the prediction of neuropsychological outcome. Results showed that up to 82% of the variability in the neuropsychological outcome was explained by the linear composite of the 7 risk factors. When socioeconomic and intellectual information were added to the regression model, the prediction of neuropsychological outcome was significantly improved. About 201 of the students with learning disabilities in the present study were found to display symptoms similar to minimal brain damage (MBD) relating to poor visual-motor integration, underdeveloped language skills, and aphasic conditions. The results support the theory of a "continuum of reproductive casualty" proposed by Pasamanick et al. (1956). The importance of detecting early indicators of neuropsychological deficits in at risk children was further suggested by the present study.
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Pontual, da Rocha Falcão Taciana. "Discovery learning with tangible technologies : the case of children with intellectual disabilities." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2014. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10021669/.

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Intellectual disabilities cause significant sub--‐average achievement in learning, with difficulties in perception, attention, communication of ideas, language acquisition, abstraction and generalisation. From a socio--‐constructionist perspective, digital technologies can provide resources to help addressing these difficulties. Tangible technologies are considered particularly promising tools for children with intellectual disabilities, by enabling interaction through physical action and manipulation and facilitating representational concrete--‐ abstract links by integrating physical and digital worlds. However, hands--‐on learning activities remain a recommended but problematic approach for intellectually disabled students. This thesis investigates how and which characteristics of tangible interaction may support children with intellectual disabilities to productively engage in discovery learning. Empirical studies were performed where children with intellectual disabilities used four tangible systems with distinct design characteristics. Four broad themes emerged from qualitative analysis which are central for identifying how to best support exploratory interaction: types of digital representations; physical affordances; representational mappings; and conceptual metaphors. Guidelines for the development of tangible artefacts and facilitation of discovery learning activities with tangibles were derived from these themes. A complementary quantitative analysis investigated the effects of external guidance in promoting episodes of discovery in tangible interaction. This thesis argues that providing tangible interaction alone is not sufficient to bring significant benefits to the experience of intellectually disabled students in discovery learning. Visual digital representations, meaningful spatial configurations of physical representations, temporal and spatial contiguity between action and representations, simple causality and familiar conceptual metaphors are critical in providing informational intrinsic feedback to exploratory actions, which allied with external guidance that creates a minimal underlying structure for interaction, should establish an ideal environment for discovery.

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Boss, Marion Sutherland. "The Prevalence of Specific Learning Disabilities in School-Aged Hearing Impaired Children." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1985. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc332116/.

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The purpose of this investigation was to determine the prevalence of specific learning disabilities in school-aged hearing impaired children based on the proposed theoretical definition of the National Joint Committee for Learning Disabilities (1981) and the theoretical definition constructed by the Canadian Association for Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities (1981). The operationalization of these theoretical definitions, coupled with the current operational definition issued by the Texas Education Agency (1983), formulated the investigative framework.

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Raser, Kelly A. "A Review of computer-based/ assisted instruction in reading among school-age children with mild learing (sic) disabilities and/or reading disabilities, 1994-present." Instructions for remote access. Click here to access this electronic resource. Access available to Kutztown University faculty, staff, and students only, 2004. http://www.kutztown.edu/library/services/remote_access.asp.

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Thesis (M. Ed. )--Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, 2004.
Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, page: 2810. Typescript. Abstract precedes thesis as 1 preliminary leaf ( iii ). Includes bibliographical references (leaves 35-37 ).

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Woodie, Karen. "The importance of social skills training as it relates to students with learning disabilities." Online version, 2008. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2008/2008woodiek.pdf.

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Porras, Jesse. "Sociometric status and self-perceptions of male students with learning disabilities in inclusive schooling /." Digital version accessible at:, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.

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Davis, Thomas Brandon. "Subtyping of children's learning disabilities : neuropsychological groups within IQ levels." Virtual Press, 1989. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/720160.

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The present study was an attempt to look at the empirical classification of children's learning disabilities based on neuropsychological variables at differing IQ levels. Subjects were divided into four groups based upon Full Scale IQ (i.e., 70-79, 8089, 90-99, 100-110). Subsequent clustering of the test data within each group suggested that while the students in the 70-79 IQ range were represented by a single impaired cluster, each of the other IQ groups had both a moderately impaired cluster and a non-impaired cluster. The study attempted to respond to criticisms of previous research by using a large sample of subjects (N = 928), utilizing a broad range of subjects with a representative sample of abilities, and applying an interpretable structure to the cluster analysis (i.e., neuropsychological variables within IQ levels). The present research further offered a perspective on programming by way of neuropsychological functioning. As such, the results argued for placement procedures for learning disabled children that are apart from those formulas relative to achievement and intelligence.
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Holmes, Kimberly A. "Nonverbal learning disability in elementary school aged children toward a program for social and relationship skills development /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2003. http://www.tren.com.

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Giordanella, Kathleen B. "Self-concept in individuals with learning disabilities : influence of educational placement /." Access Digital Full Text version, 1996. http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/bybib/11974783.

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Thesis (Ed.D.)--Teachers College, Columbia University, 1996.
Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: Linda Hickson. Dissertation Committee: Dennis Mithaug. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 100-107).

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Williams, Dennis James. "A process-specific training program in the treatment of attention deficits in children /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7776.

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Moyer, Melynda Karol. "Criteria and Assessment Measures for Diagnosing Learning Disabled Children." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1986. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500975/.

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A total of 60 school psychologists and educational diagnosticians across Texas completed a survey to identify the instruments used to screen and diagnose learning disabled (LD) students, and to identify the criteria on which the final diagnosis and placement of LD or non-LD is made. The results of this survey indicate that consistent methods and criteria are not being used for identifying children as LD within the state. Many of the instruments currently used may not be technically adequate for use with a LD population. Implications of the use of inconsistent criteria, inadequate screening and assessment measures are discussed.

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Childs, Sally A. "A comparison of indoor versus outdoor teaching interventions upon the academic skill acquisition and interaction behaviors of selected students with learning disabilities /." The Ohio State University, 1986. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487266691096168.

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Passier, Alyda M. "Social adjustment and language : a study of their relationship in learning disabled children." Thesis, McGill University, 1986. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=65533.

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Unger, Mary Ann. "Traversing the tracks : students with learning disabilities speak up /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7788.

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Herbranson, Marcheta. "Activities to increase the social awareness of learning handicapped children in kindergarten." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1985. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/158.

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