Learning Disability Quarterly, Vol. 43, No. 2 (MAY 2020), pp. 63-74 (12 pages) Specific learning disabilities (SLD) identification has consistently been shown to be problematic; however, research has ...

The Learning Disability Quarterly publishes high-quality research and scholarship concerning children, youth, and adults with learning disabilities. Consistent with that purpose, we seek to publish ...

Whether disparities in disability identification in U.S. elementary schools are currently occurring is an important question to answer. Most of the available work has been unable to compare students ...

One in five children have learning and attention issues, or brain-based challenges in reading, writing, math, organization, focus, listening comprehension, social skills, motor skills or a combination ...

A new report by the National Center for Learning Disabilities says the national dropout rate for students with learning disabilities is over 18 percent. File photo AP Roughly 15 percent of Kansas and ...

Teachers are often among the first to recognize that a student’s classroom struggles hint at an underlying disability. But racial and cultural differences may also lead teachers to interpret the same ...

Laura Lemle watched how some teachers didn’t always understand how to teach her daughter, who has nonverbal learning disability. Some were incredibly empathetic, others were not. Special education ...

Public K-12 schools in the United States educate about 7.3 million students with disabilities – a number that has grown over the last few decades. Disabled students ages 3 to 21 are served under the ...

I have expertise in identifying Learning Disabilities, ADHD, Autism, Anxiety, Depression and other social-emotional or developmental differences. As a licensed psychologist and former school ...