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Garcia, Shernaz B.; Tyler, Brenda-Jean – Theory Into Practice, 2010
To be academically successful in general education classrooms, English language learners (ELLs) with learning disabilities (LD) need instruction that is simultaneously responsive to their disability, English language status, and culture. Because the majority of students with LD have reading disabilities, ESL and classroom teachers must be familiar…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Instructional Development, Reading Difficulties, General Education
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Duszynski, Ramzia; Jonak, Jolanta; Garjaka, Karla; Jankowska, Anna M. – School Psychology Forum, 2015
Children adopted from foreign countries, especially those who were in an orphanage, may experience greater difficulties than culturally or linguistically diverse children who do not come from such a background. Delays in learning language and, consequently, slower cognitive and social development, can undermine the academic success of these…
Descriptors: Adoption, Child Development, Achievement Gap, At Risk Students