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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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The Stanford Binet Fourth Edition and Its Use with Individuals with Down Syndrome: Cautions for Clinicians
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Couzens, Donna; Cuskelly, Monica; Jobling, Anne – International Journal of Disability Development and Education, 2004
Stanford Binet: Fourth Edition (SB:IV) assessments have been collected longitudinally for 195 individuals with Down syndrome. This article discusses individual assessments which were selected for their ability to highlight major concerns that practitioners need to consider when interpreting intelligence test scores with this population. In this…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Intelligence, Intelligence Quotient, Intelligence Tests
Literacy Skills of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities in Two Community-Based Day Programs
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Young, Louise; Moni, Karen B.; Jobling, Anne; van Kraayenoord, Christina E. – International Journal of Disability Development and Education, 2004
There is limited information available related to the literacy skills of adults with intellectual disabilities. In this project, information was collected about the contexts, current practices, and clients' abilities in literacy in two community-based disability service programs. Individual assessments were undertaken to collect details of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adults, Literacy, Receptive Language
Reading-Related Literacy Learning of Young Adults with Down Syndrome: Findings from a Three Year Teaching and Research Program.
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Moni, Karen B.; Jobling, Anne – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2001
Following an examination of the ways in which literacy is taught in the Literacy and Technology Hands-On (LATCH-ON) project at the University of Queensland, Australia, this article describes some of the reading-related literacy learning of 17 young adults with Down syndrome who participated in the 2-year course. (Contains references.) (CR)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Downs Syndrome, Educational Technology
Motor Development in School-Aged Children with Down Syndrome: A Longitudinal Perspective.
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Jobling, Anne – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 1998
A study investigated the motor development in 99 Australian children (ages 10-16) with Down syndrome. Results showed that the children's motor proficiency continued to progress into adolescence and that there were a wide range of inter- and intra-individual differences in their skill levels and rates of progress. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Children, Developmental Stages