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| | learning disability - definition of learning disability in Encyclopedia |
 | | In broad terms, the phrase learning disability covers any of a range of conditions that affect a person's ability to learn new information. | | | People born with severe learning disability and with an IQ lower than 70 are usually characterised as being mentally retarded or Mentally deficient. | | | While not a true learning disability, it affects the ability to perceive visual information. |
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http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/learning_disability
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| | DfES, Adult Literacy Core Curriculum - Physical disabilities |
| | Learners may have experienced barriers to learning that relate to negative perceptions of disability and low expectations. | | | When using technology with learners with physical disabilities, human support through enablers, technicians, scribes etc (and the management of these) is an essential issue when planning learning programmes. | | | The initial barrier experienced by some people with physical disabilities is getting to the place of learning. |
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http://www.dfes.gov.uk/curriculum_literacy/access/physical
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| | Disabilities: Physical or General |
| | Occupational and physical therapy, school health services, and special transportation assistance are just some examples of related services that can help eligible students with disabilities participate more fully and successfully in the learning process. | | | The list is grouped according the following disabilities: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), blindness, cerebral palsy, deafness, learning disabilities, serious or life-threatening conditions, physical disabilities, and other disabilities. | | | This article focuses on students who are referred to as having "conduct disorders" and "emotional disabilities," "behavioral disorders," and "serious emotional disturbances," because these students demonstrate behavior that is noticeably different and unacceptable from that expected in school or the community. |
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http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/pages/dis.physical.html
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| | Disability Studies at Cal |
| | The course explores definitions of disability and chronic illness and investigates various perspectives on disability (the medical model, the rehabilitation perspective, the civil rights perspective, among others). | | | This seminar provides a friendly environment, cooperative learning, and peer support as students develop awareness of their own learning styles, knowledge of campus resources, and the ability to ask for accommodations and services that will speed them toward their goals. | | | This class introduces disability studies in the context of a variety of issues, including medical and insurance systems, employment, attendant services, genetic screening, gender issues, AIDS and HIV, and civil rights statutes. |
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http://dsptrio.berkeley.edu/DiSC
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| | Clinical Trial: Improving Motor Learning in Stroke Patients |
| | Previous studies in healthy volunteers demonstrated that cortical stimulation in association with training leads to improvements of motor learning and use-dependent plasticity. | | | It is desirable to develop strategies to accelerate motor learning in this patient group. | | | Therefore a further purpose of the study is to apply tDCS to the unaffected hemisphere to test the hypothesis that reduction of the inhibitory influence of the unaffected hemisphere over the affected in association with motor training will improve motor learning. |
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http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00067197
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| | Help with learning - Adult Learning |
| | If you are planning to study at a learning institute, most colleges already make provision for students with disabilities and you will find that many will also offer learning support classes as well as other assistance such as a disability adviser. | | | Whatever your disability there is support available to help you learn: | | | Skill is an organisation that helps students with any kind of disability, and offer free information and advice. |
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http://www.waytolearn.co.uk/content.cfm?menuType=3&topicAreaId=4
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| | BBC - Ouch! Disability Magazine - News, Opinion, Features, Humour |
| | Julia Kite on how learning psychology has helped her understand her OCD, and increased her 'OCD pride'. | | | Ouch's fearsome Disability Bitch unleashes her hell fury on that symbol of female disability in Trafalgar Square, Marc Quinn's sculpture of Alison Lapper Pregnant: "I wobbled all the way into central London to cast my eye over Alison. | | | Channel 4's youth show T4 has the same name as the Nazi disability holocaust. |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/homepage/int/br/soc/disability/t/-/ouch
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| | Job Accommodation Network |
| | To accommodate individuals with learning disabilities and vision impairments when using presentation slides, be sure to explain what is on the slide. | | | When referring to a person with a disability, make reference to the person first, then the disability. | | | When talking to a person with a disability, look at and speak directly to that person, rather than through a companion or attendant. |
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http://www.jan.wvu.edu/media/etipresent.html
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| | Learn more about Education in the online encyclopedia. |
| | Philosophy of education--Teaching method -- Instructional theory-- Learning theory -- Learning disability -- Instructional technology -- Education Psychology -- Behaviorism -- Problem-based learning | | | This is the computer based or networked learning structure, in which people contribute to each others' education. | | | Computing devices can change when and where we learn. |
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http://www.onlineencyclopedia.org/e/ed/education_1.html
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| | spatial relationship learning disabilities |
| | Learning Disability Quarterly ⢠Intervention ⢠LD Forum... | | | The relationship of visuo-spatial skills and verbal ability to learning disabilities in mathematics: Final report, U.S.O.E. grant no. | | | 67 What Does the Literature Say About Nonverbal Learning Disabilities? |
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http://www.504plan.net/browse/spatial-relationship-learning-disabilities.html
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| | The DRM WebWatcher: Disability Studies |
| | The emerging field of disability studies encompasses a broad range of academic, humanitarian and social disciplines. | | | Geared "for students from around the world studying to support and work for individuals with disabilities," this web site is packed with links relating to learning, employment, and disabilities. | | | General web sites for and about the study of disabilities are followed by listings of specific university-based programs. |
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http://www.disabilityresources.org/DIS-STUDIES.html
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| | Implementation of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICIDH-2) |
| | Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant will be able to: 1. | | | The revised system, the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICIDH-2), is expected to be approved by the World Health Organization in May, 2001. | | | In anticipation of the release of ICIDH-2, APA is directing its efforts to activities that will enhance implementation of the system by health professionals and across health systems in the US. |
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http://apha.confex.com/apha/129am/techprogram/paper_23692.htm
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| | Michael Bales |
| | Public health informatics is the systematic application of information and computer science and technology to public health practice, research and learning. | | | Michael Bales is working with an interdisciplinary research team to investigate human and automated coding of functional status information (FSI) using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) framework. | | | Michael’s CDC experience also includes creating an archival database of field investigation reports by officers of the Epidemic Intelligence Service, teaching a class on geographic information systems (GIS) in public health, and participating in the public health response to the anthrax bioterrorism attack in October 2001. |
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http://www.dmi.columbia.edu/~meb7002
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| | Council for Exceptional Children |
| | Mark Kandel, state president of CEC's Division for Learning Disabilities, spoke out about effective inclusion practices in the article, "Inclusion Making a Difference," in a recent edition of the Scranton Times. | | | The Council is pleased that many of its recommendations, which will lead to improved academic progress of students with disabilities and better special education teaching conditions, are included in the bill. | | | Support the National Institute for Urban School Improvement's National Inclusive Schools Week, which fosters the development of schools and communities that welcome all students, including those with disabilities. |
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http://www.cec.sped.org/
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| | Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 |
| | Access to written information can be difficult for people who have cognitive or learning disabilities. | | | In the context of this document, the equivalent must fulfill essentially the same function for the person with a disability (at least insofar as is feasible, given the nature of the disability and the state of technology), as the primary content does for the person without any disability. | | | Thus, if the text conveys the same function or purpose for the user with a disability as the image does for other users, then it can be considered a text equivalent. |
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http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/wai-pageauth.html
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| | Ask Mencap - Learning disability |
| | Learning disability used to be known as ’mental handicap’ but this term is not used anymore because some people with a learning disability find it offensive. | | | Learning disability - a learning disability is a lifelong disability that affects a person's ability to learn. | | | It is important to understand that people with a learning disability are individuals with their own personalities, likes and dislikes, goals and ambitions. |
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http://www.askmencap.info/IFM/GenInfo.nsf/GenInfo/DBBF32FE55FA560880256E92004A4E6C?OpenDocument
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| | Mencap press release - Christopher Eccleston lands new role as charity ambassador |
| | As an ambassador Eccleston hopes to help Mencap increase public understanding of what learning disability is, challenge discriminatory attitudes, and champion the rights of people with a learning disability, their families and carers. | | | Eccleston explains: Learning disability used to be known as mental handicap, but times change and people with a learning disability now find the old term offensive. | | | Eccleston played Derek Bentley a teenager with a learning disability who was hanged for a murder he didnt commit. |
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http://www.mencap.org.uk/html/press_office/press_release.asp?ID=1978
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| | 504 Plan - Learning Disabilities Information |
| | 504 Plan - Learning Disability Information: - research papers on Special Education | | | 504 Plan - Learning Disability Information: - form for special education referral | | | 504 Plan - Learning Disability Information: - americans with disabilities act moffic-silver |
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http://www.504plan.net
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| | News |
| | The Rix Centre for Innovation and Learning Disability, a new initiative that harnesses the power of multimedia and the internet to benefit people with learning disabilities, their families and carers around the world, was launched this week at UEL. | | | The Rix Centre will enable people with learning disabilities worldwide to share their experience and expertise online, facilitate research and dissemination of knowledge and accessible learning tools, and raise awareness of learning disability issues among policy makers and the media. | | | The Rix Centre will build upon the success of the Big Tree Multimedia Learning Disability research project at UEL's School of Cultural and Innovation Studies, which over the past three years has worked in collaboration with private, public and voluntary sector agencies to pioneer multimedia profiling, e-learning, inclusive production and internet accessibility research. |
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http://www.uel.ac.uk/news/latest_news/stories/rix.htm
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| | Learning Disabilities OnLine: LD In-Depth: Gifted Students with Learning Disabilities |
| | Gifted students with learning disabilities need (a) highlevel or "gifted" programming in their areas of strength, (b) developmental instruction in subjects of average growth, (c) remedial teaching in areas of disability, and (d) adaptive instruction in areas of disability (Fox, Brody, and Tobin,1983; Virginia Department of Education, 1990). | | | Gifted students with learning disabilities may also experience conflict between their desire for independence and the feelings of dependence that result from the learning disability, as well as between their high aspirations and the low expectations others may have for them (Whitmore and Maker, 1985). | | | Whatever options are utilized, students with LD who are gifted deserve to have every opportunity to develop their talents and achieve their full potential, and society will benefit from the talents that too often remain unrecognized and undeveloped in gifted children who have learning disabilities. |
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http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/gt_ld/jld_gtld.html
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| | School Case Summary #1 |
| | The client is a 10 year, 4 month old female, referred for a re-evaluation by her mother and teacher to determine if she had a learning disability and if emotional factors were affecting her attention and behavior at school. | | | The client is a 7-year, 5-month old female, referred for an evaluation by her mother and teacher to determine if she had a learning disability and whether inattention was a factor in her learning. | | | The client was an 11-year, 0-month old female, referred for a re-evaluation by her mother to determine if she has a learning disability and if emotional factors were affecting her attention and behavior at home and school. |
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http://www.bsu.edu/web/laschneider/scsall.htm
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| | Petition of Moore Center Services, Inc. (Area Agency VII) (NH DHHS Administrative Appeals Unit) |
| | The plain language of RSA 171-A:2, V requires that the specific learning disability have some connection with or relation to the disability, and that the disability in some way causes the individual’s inability to function normally in society. | | | The department found that William’s specific learning disability and his other problems all contributed to his disability and his inability to function normally in society. | | | On appeal before the department, MCS bore the burden to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that William’s disability is not attributable to his specific learning disability and that it is not the cause of William’s inability to function normally in society. |
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http://www.courts.state.nh.us/supreme/opinions/2003/moore142.htm
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| | Learning Disability |
| | Learning disability is commonly due to a developmental condition, but may be due to an acquired condition when a specific injury occurs in one or another brain area that impedes normal learning. | | | Learning disability refers to a broad range of brain-related abnormalities that persistently interfere with an individual's ability to learn and use new information, usually despite normal intellectual ability. | | | Neuropsychological causes of learning disability must be differentiated from emotional, environmental, attitudinal, or other causes and from normal individual differences in learning potential. |
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http://www.brainsource.com/learndis.htm
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| | Learning Disability |
| | Learning Disability Devon - A new website specifically tailored for people with learning disabilities in Devon is one of the first in the country. | | | The partnership aims to provide people with a learning disability and their carers with a "joined up" service and a single point of access. | | | Health and Social Care for people in Devon with a learning disability is now the responsibility of the Learning Disability Health and Social Care Partnership |
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http://www.devon.gov.uk/contrast/index/socialcare/learning-disability.htm
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| | LEARNING DISABILITY : Contact a Family - for families with disabled children: information on rare syndromes and disorders |
| | Mild learning disability (roughly equivalent to an IQ of fifty to seventy) is analogous to the educational term 'moderate learning difficulties'. | | | Learning disability (formerly known as mental handicap) and referred to increasingly as intellectual disability covers a wide range of intellectual impairments. | | | Learning disability may occur in isolation, in association with other sensory or physical handicaps, or as part of a recognisable genetic syndrome. |
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http://www.cafamily.org.uk/Direct/l21.html
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| | Learning Disabilities OnLine: LD In-Depth: LD Definitions |
| | Given that this umbrella term must cover so much, it seems appropriate to use the term "learning disability" in order to suggest that for many individuals there remains some degree of deficit in the area affected. | | | (A) IN GENERAL- The term "specific learning disability" means a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or using language, spoken or written, which disorder may manifest itself in imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or do mathematical calculations. | | | On the other hand, a person with mathematics disorder who has not been able to master mathematics beyond the fifth grade level, despite numerous educational interventions, might be better described as having a learning disorder or a learning disability. |
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http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/general_info/ld_definitions.html
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| | ADL Quarterly: Disability Awareness - Fall 2005 |
| | The fourth lesson introduces middle school students to the science behind learning disabilities, and seeks to remove the stigma around this invisible disability by engaging students in an exploration of multiple intelligence and the broad range of human learning styles. | | | The disability rights movement of the 1960s marked a critical turning point with the rise of a grassroots effort that eventually led to the legislative victories of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act in 1975 (renamed IDEA in 1990) and the ADA in 1990. | | | By raising awareness about different types of disability and the struggle for equal treatment and equal access, these educational activities challenge the “idealized notion of ‘normality’ against which disabled people are constantly compared”, and force a re-evaluation of ableist beliefs and policy. |
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http://www.adl.org/education/curriculum_connections/fall_2005
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| | article356.htm?PHPSESSID=885768ee6255014f8dae7c4d6ad95f8d |
| | Mencap campaigns for equal rights and greater opportunities for people with a learning disability and provides advice and support to meet the needs of people with a learning disability, their families and carers throughout their lives. | | | Mencap is the UK's leading learning disability charity working with people with a learning disability, their families and carers. | | | Mencap offers a wide range of exciting challenge events including international bike rides and treks to destinations as far afield as Vietnam, Brazil and China. |
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http://www.homestagers.co.uk/articles/article356.htm?PHPSESSID=885768ee6255014f8dae7c4d6ad95f8d
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| | Students Self Concept |
| | For scholastic self concept, females with a learning disability were in the lower group of mean scores, along with low achievers. | | | It was found that male students with a learning disability tend to have better self concepts than females with a learning disability, and in fact rated themselves as highly as normal and high achieving regular class students. | | | The differences 'm self concept for males and females with a learning disability also needs to be more fully investigated. |
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http://www.exceptionalkids.com.au/education/self_concept.htm
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| | Learning Disabilities Support and Information |
| | Definition: A "learning disability" is a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding and using language spoken or written which may manifest itself in an imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, spell, or do mathematical calculations. | | | Second, having a learning disability causes a "discrepancy" between your ability and your achievement. | | | Learning disabled students struggle with certain kinds of learning because their brains have difficulty "processing" certain kinds of information. |
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http://www.ldinfo.com
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