82. Learning Disabilities OnLine: LD In-Depth: : Preventing Antisocial Behavior In D
Information on learning disabilities, attention deficit disorders, special education, parenting, and teaching.
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Preventing Antisocial Behavior in Disabled and At-Risk Students Appalachia Educational Laboratory
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Section I
Risk and Antisocial Behavior Section II
Prevention and Policy Practice The public expects schools to socialize children as well as to educate them.1 In fact, socialization, rather than academics, is why many parents choose public education over private or home school. However, public criticism of schools' performance in both roles has increased in recent years. The public wants schools to be responsible not only for improving achievement but also for curbing disruptive, violent, and antisocial behavior. As a result, support is growing for "zero tolerance" discipline policies and alternative school placement for disruptive students. Discussions about discipline have especially focused on special education students. Some teachers and parents are against the inclusion of potentially disruptive students in regular education classrooms and schools. They want to change laws and policies that discourage exclusion, suspension, and expulsion of such students. However, for children suffering from disabilities and other risk factors like poverty, crime, and abuse, traditional discipline methods and policies may exacerbate rather than remedy problem behavior.2 Discipline reacts to behavior that has already occurred. Schools may also need to focus their efforts on prevention. David Hawkins, professor of social work and director of a 10-year delinquency prevention study at the University of Washington in Seattle, worked as a probation officer in the 1970s. He says | |
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84. Learning Disabilities OnLine: LD In-Depth: Gifted Students With Learning Disabil
information on learning disabilities, gifted, gifted/ld, learning disorders, attention deficit disorder, ADD, ADHD, dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, dysnomia, speech disorder, reading difficulties, special education, parenting, teaching, psychologists, pediatricians.
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Gifted Children with Learning Disabilities:
A Review of the Issues Linda E. Brody and Carol J. Mills
May/June 1997
Journal of Learning Disabilities
Volume 30, Number 3, pp.282-286
Reprinted by Permission Table of Contents
Abstract
Who Are These Students?
Definitions
Definitions of Learning Disabilities ...
References Abstract Many people have difficulty comprehending that a child can be gifted and also have learning disabilities. As a result, children with special needs that result from both their high abilities and their learning problems are rarely identified and are often poorly served. This article explores the current policies and practices with regard to defining, identifying, and educating this population. Recommendations are included that would help ensure that students who are gifted and have learning disabilities receive the intervention needed to help them achieve their full potential. When educators first began describing children who showed evidence of having a learning disability (LD) yet also appeared to be gifted, many viewed this as contradictory. The stereotype that had prevailed since Terman's (1925) time was that gifted children score uniformly high on intelligence tests and perform well in school. How could a child be considered gifted who has serious enough learning problems to be characterized as having a learning disability? In recent years, the concept of giftedness and learning disabilities occurring concomitantly in the same individual has become commonly accepted. Several books have been written on the subject, numerous articles have appeared in journals, and most educational conferences focusing on either learning disabilities or giftedness include at least one presentation on the dual exceptionality. We appear to have reached an understanding that high ability and learning problems can both be present in the same individual. Nonetheless, empirical research on the characteristics and needs of this population has been limited, and relatively few students with LD who are gifted are identified as such or given special services. In this review, we examine some of the theoretical arguments, regulations, and educational practices that affect students with LD who are gifted. | |
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87. Exceptional Children, HYG-5265-96
Fact sheet from Ohio State University Extension on how to cope in the situation where a child is borm with special problems related to physical disabilities, sensory impairments, emotional disturbances, learning disabilities, and mental retardation.
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Ohio State University Fact Sheet Family and Consumer Sciences 1787 Neil Ave., Columbus, OH 43210 Exceptional Children HYG-5265-96 Pat Shenberger An exceptional child is one that is different in some way from the "normal" or "average" child. The term "exceptional child" includes those with special problems related to physical disabilities, sensory impairments, emotional disturbances, learning disabilities, and mental retardation. Most exceptional children require a lot of understanding and patience as well as special education and related services if they are to reach their full potential of development. It is estimated that one out of every ten children in the United States is an exceptional child, representing a total of nearly eight million children. However, it is difficult to determine the number of exceptional children in a given category for many reasons. The definitions of handicapping conditions are often ambiguous. Diagnosis of a condition may overlap with another condition or the diagnoses may change over time. Many exceptional children remain undetected and often parents resist having their children identified as exceptional because of the stigma attached with labeling. Families with children who have special needs are just like other families in many ways. These "ordinary" families can take many forms: traditional; single-parent; multi-cultural; and blended. They are also of various socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds. | |
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88. INTERNET SPECIAL EDUCATION RESOURCES: Parents Helping Parents
A multifaceted, comprehensive Parent Directed Family Resource Center for children with any kind of special need (mental, physical, emotional, or learning disabilities whether due to birth defects, illness, vehicular, sports, or other accidents, such as near drowning.) (Northern California and USA)
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Parents Helping Parents, Inc. The Family Resource Center 3041 Olcott Street
Santa Clara, CA 95054-3222
Tel: (408) 727-5775
Fax: (408) 727-0182
Web site: www.php.com Meeting children's special needs through parents helping parents. PHP- Parents Helping Parents is a multi-faceted, comprehensive Parent Directed Family Resource Center for children with any kind of special need (mental, physical, emotional, or learning disabilities whether due to birth defects, illness, vehicular, sports, or other accidents, such as near drowning.) PHP was founded in 1976 as a parent support group. Now, parent support is only one of numerous services offered by the public benefit, not-for-profit organization. PHP is: - the family resource center for Early Start Services for Santa Clara County
- the National Center for Parent-Directed Family Resource centers in the US
- a Parent Training and Information Center (PTI) for Northern California
- the leading consultation and assistance agency for other starting or operating a parent-directed family resource center in the world.
Our Mission: Helping children with special needs receive the love | |
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