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LD and Delinquency: Rethinking the "Link".(learning disabilities)
May 1, 1999... Abstract
Longitudinal data from a 7-year prospective study was examined to investigate whether the presence of learning disabilities (LD) increases a youth's risk of becoming a juvenile delinquent. The sample included 515 students enrolled...
Social Persistence Following Failure in Boys and Girls with LD.(learning disabilities)
May 1, 1999... Abstract
The response of boys and girls with or without learning disabilities to social failure was examined. Children participated in two dyadic interactions with experimental confederates: an unfriendly interaction and a friendly one....
Verbal Retelling Abilities in Adolescents With and Without Language-Learning Disabilities for Social Studies Lectures.
May 1, 1999... Abstract
Verbal retelling abilities for social studies lectures were examined and compared in 20 adolescent boys, ages 12-5 to 14-7, with language-learning disabilities (LLD) and 29 with normal language abilities (NL). Participants viewed...
Phonological and Morphological Processing in Adult Students with Learning/Reading Disabilities.
May 1, 1999... Abstract
A target group of college students with learning/reading disabilities was compared with reading-level (RA) and chronological-age (CA) contrast groups on several phonological and morphological computerized information-processing...
Arithmetic Disabilities and ADD Subtypes: Implications for DSM-IV.(attention-deficit disorder, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
May 1, 1999... Abstract
This study investigated whether specific academic deficits were associated with attention-deficit disorder (ADD) subtypes. Twenty students (ages 8-12) with attention-deficit disorder with hyperactivity (ADD/H) were compared to 20...
LD, Interpersonal Understanding, and Social Behavior in the Classroom.
May 1, 1999... Abstract
This study used Baron and Kenny's (1986) criteria for mediation to investigate the extent to which interpersonal understanding mediates the relation between learning disabilities (LD) and social adaptation in the classroom....
Visual and Auditory Temporal Processing, Cross-Modal Transfer, and Reading.
May 1, 1999... Abstract
The present study reexamined the relevance of auditory and visual cross-modal matching to reading ability, an issue first addressed in a seminal study by Birch and Belmont (1964). By presenting all patterns to be matched as...
A Spanish Perspective on LD.(learning disabilities)
May 1, 1999... Abstract
This article offers an overview of special education in Spain, specifically in the area of learning disabilities (LD). The term LD in Spain implies a different conception of the definition that enjoys considerable international...