"Identification of Learning Disabilities: Research to Practice" is
the remarkable product of a learning disabilities summit conference
convened by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) in
August 2001 and the activities following that summit. Both the
conference and this book were seen as important preludes to
congressional reauthorization of the historic "Individuals With
Disabilities Education Act" (IDEA) scheduled for 2002 and
subsequent decision making surrounding implementation. The OSEP
conference brought together people with different perspectives on
LD (parents, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers) and
resulted in this book, which examines the research on nine key
issues concerning the identification of children with learning
disabilities. Coverage includes alternative responses to treatment,
classification approaches, processing deficit models, and
approaches to decision making.
Chapter Structure-- Each of the first nine chapters is organized
around a lengthy, issue-oriented paper, which presents the most
current research on that topic. These primary papers are then
followed by four respondent papers that reflect a variety of
viewpoints on the topic.
Summarizing Chapter -- A small group of researchers (listed in the
final chapter) dedicated an enormous amount of time to summarizing
the research and developing key consensus statements regarding the
identification of children with learning disabilities. Their work
is sure to have a tremendous impact on future discussions in this
area.
Expertise-- The following well-known scholars have helped
summarize the vast amount of research presented in this book as
well as the consensus statements derived therefrom: Lynne Cook, Don
Deshler, Doug Fuchs, Jack M. Fletcher, Frank Gresham, Dan Hallahan,
Joseph Jenkins, Kenneth Kavale, Barbara Keogh, Margo Mastopieri,
Cecil Mercer, Dan Reschley, Rune Simeonsson, Joe Torgesen, Sharon
Vaughn, and Barbara Wise.
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