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Exclusively written for teenagers and young adults dealing with a wide variety of learning disabilities_including Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), dyscalculia, and dyslexia_this accessible resource offers the tools for taking a proactive role in identifying, understanding and overcoming the obstacles facing teens with learning disabilities. Learning Disabilities provides a clear and informative overview of the most common disabilities....
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From the bestselling author of the Bone Collector novels, soon to be an NBC series
Bill Corde looks down at the face of the murdered girl and sees the horror of sudden death. He cannot know, as he stands there at the trampled, muddy scene beside the college girl’s corpse, that his own life is about to slip into terror. He cannot know that everything he holds precious is about to shatter before his eyes. He cannot know that his career—and...
Bill Corde looks down at the face of the murdered girl and sees the horror of sudden death. He cannot know, as he stands there at the trampled, muddy scene beside the college girl’s corpse, that his own life is about to slip into terror. He cannot know that everything he holds precious is about to shatter before his eyes. He cannot know that his career—and...
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U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, Educational Resources Information Center
Pub. Date
[1987]
Language
English
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The project described in this report sought to develop a program whereby adolescents with learning disabilities could increase their skills to successfully cope with the transitions inherent in moving to adulthood. The program, termed the "Life-planning Program," consists of a series of activities designed to: (1) orient the student toward setting goals and planning for the future; (2) show the student how to utilize a problem-solving process; (3)...
4) Guiding teens with learning disabilities: navigating the transition from high school to adulthood
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Random House
Pub. Date
©2007
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English
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A helpful reference for families with learning disabled teenagers helps parents guide their children in the transition from teenage life to adulthood, with sections on such topics as how to plan for a transition, post-secondary education, vocational training, career preparation, mental health issues, and educational benefits.
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U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, Educational Resources Information Center
Pub. Date
[1991]
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English
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This final report details the results of a federally funded project designed to investigate reading comprehension in students with learning disabilities and their ability to identify themes. The first part of the report discusses reading instruction and students with learning disabilities, and provides an overview of the research. The second section consists of a report on 2 studies that compared identification of theme in narrative by 10 adolescents...
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U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, Educational Resources Information Center
Pub. Date
[1990]
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English
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This paper uses an individual case study approach to describe effects of the Learning Disabilities Transition Project, a 3-year federally funded research demonstration project which facilitated the transition of students with learning disabilities from high school to postsecondary institutions or to employment opportunities. Project goals included first, helping students (n=55) develop an understanding of what transition is through their research...
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U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, Educational Resources Information Center
Pub. Date
1986
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English
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The study examined the use of expository text structure as a reading and writing strategy with 15 learning-disabled adolescents, 15 normally achieving adolescents, and 15 normally achieving fourth graders. Two reading tasks required students to recognize sequence or comparison-contrast text structure. The third task required students to write endings to partially written paragraphs representing sequence or comparison-contrast text structure. It was...
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SRI International
Pub. Date
[1990]
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English
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As part of the National Longitudinal Transition Study of Special Education Students (nlts), this study examined characteristics of and educational programs and services provided to secondary students (n=589) classified as learning disabled (ld) in the 1985-86 school year. Difficulties in performing basic functional skills were identified in about half of the students. Average student iq was 87. ld students were more likely than others to come from...