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Download full textTollefson, Julie M.; Mellard, Daryl F.; McKnight, Melinda A. – National Research Center on Learning Disabilities, 2007
The 2004 reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (P.L. 108-446) (IDEA 2004) has brought the issue of specific learning disabilities (SLD) identification procedures and criteria to the forefront. Calls for reform are not new and are based on decades of various policy, implementation, and research agendas. The…
Descriptors: Identification, Learning Disabilities, Early Intervention, Response to Intervention
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Direct linkJohnson, D. Richard; Mellard, Daryl F.; Lancaster, Paula – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2007
This article reviews "Road to Success" as a curricular innovation that addresses needs of adolescents with learning disabilities (LD) as they transition from school to employment or postsecondary educational settings. A variety of curricula exist for aiding the general populace of job seekers in planning and preparing for employment, but…
Descriptors: Job Applicants, Learning Problems, Learning Disabilities, Young Adults
Helping Educators Discuss Responsiveness to Intervention with Parents and Students. Q&A. Winter 2007
Fuchs, Lynn S.; Mellard, Daryl F. – National Research Center on Learning Disabilities, 2007
Responsiveness to intervention (RTI) is proposed as a valuable construct for schools because of its potential utility in providing appropriate learning experiences for all students as well as the early identification of students as being at risk for academic failure. RTI can be conceptualized as providing a framework for systemic reform directed…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Learning Disabilities, At Risk Students, Response to Intervention
Mellard, Daryl F.; Johnson, Evelyn S. – Corwin, 2008
Written by leading special education researchers with the National Research Center on Learning Disabilities and the University of Kansas, this comprehensive yet accessible reference provides administrators with practical guidelines for launching RTI in their schools. Highlighting the powerful role that RTI can play in prevention, early…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Guidelines, Learning Disabilities, Prevention
Mellard, Daryl F.; Byrd, Sara E.; Johnson, Evelyn; Tollefson, Julie M.; Boesche, Liz – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2004
As regulations are rewritten regarding school-based learning disabilities identification practices, the components of those practices are likely to change. For example, cognitive assessment and aptitude-achievement discrepancy might be less important. A student's responsiveness-to-intervention (RTI) is emerging as an important construct for…
Descriptors: Underachievement, Learning Disabilities, Identification, Program Effectiveness
