While claims of the importance of attribution theory and teachers' expectations of students for student performance are repeatedly made, there is little comprehensive research identifying the perceptions preservice teachers have of students with learning disabilities (LD). Accordingly, 444 Australian preservice primary school teachers were surveyed using vignettes and Likert-scale questions, to...

BACKGROUND To what extent do genetic and environmental influences on reading disability overlap with those on mathematics disability? Multivariate genetic research on the normal range of variation in unselected samples has led to a Generalist Genes Hypothesis which posits that the same genes largely affect individual differences in these abilities in the normal range. However, little is known a...

Students with disabilities comprise a protected population for which particular educational and instructional interventions are expected to be provided. Ideally, remedial interventions should be individualized to each student's need. This is the goal of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1990 (IDEA) and embodied in the Individualized Education Program (IEP) process, but complete...

Many students with learning disabilities (SLD) participate in standardized assessments using test accommodations such as extended time, having the test items read aloud, or taking the test in a separate setting. Yet there are also aspects of the test items themselves, particularly the language demand, which may contribute to the effects of test accommodations. This study entailed an analysis of...

Although the federal government’s involvement in learning disabilities through task forces, legislation, and funding has only been evident since the 1960s and 1970s, we can trace learning disabilities’ roots back to at least the early 1800s. Thus, learning disabilities may be one of the newest categories officially recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, but the origins of its conceptua...

This article appraises the report Strengthening the Commitment, which is a UK-wide review of learning disabilities nursing by the UK's four chief nursing officers. Strengthening the Commitment has strategic importance in reviewing progress in the care of people with learning disabilities in the UK. It also has a role in helping to guide future strategies and initiatives addressing the continuin...

This paper provides an overview of the results of research related to anxiety disorders within the context of learning disabilities. About 8% of the student population in Iran suffers from learning disabilities (LD). Most of the criteria for anxiety disorders in ICD–10 or DSM–IV–TR can be applied reliably and validly in individuals with mild-to-moderate learning disabilities. Besides the clinic...

10:40 10:50 Discussion All PART B 13:00 13:15 Disabilities affecting Continence and Bowel Function Mario Patricolo 13:15 13:30 Addressing Continence in Children With Learning Disabilities Mario Patricolo 13:30 13:50 Neuropathic Bladder and Bowel in Young Adults With Learning Disabilities Giovanni Mosiello Jian Guao Wen 13:50 14:10 Learning Disabilities and Incontinence: The Power of the Mind Je...