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Shalim Ali; Peter Allum; Santino Vassell; Tony Levitan – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
Background: The emphasis of mental health services has changed to become more recovery focussed and is increasingly looking towards new roles such as peer support as a part of service provision (NHSE, 2019). However, services for people with learning disabilities and mental health difficulties have lagged behind with people with lived experience…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Peer Relationship, Social Support Groups, Mental Health
Majeed-Ariss, Rabiya; Mattison, Michelle; Rodriguez, Pablo M.; White, Catherine – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
Background: People with learning disabilities are over-represented amongst Sexual Assault Referral Centre service users. This work aims to explore the similarities and differences between service users with and without learning disabilities. Method: Medical notes of 52 service users likely to have a learning disability were compared with 52…
Descriptors: Rape, Referral, Medical Evaluation, Patients
Gray, Ben; Kerridge, Tom – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2023
Background: People with learning disabilities are often left behind and ostracised in life, education, employment and in research. This article describes the importance and value that people with learning disabilities can bring when participating in co-production and lived experience research. The article reports on the inequalities and barriers…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Experience, Access to Health Care, Barriers
Torsha Childs – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study addressed the relationship between learning disabilities and juvenile delinquency from parents' perspectives. This qualitative study was guided by Agnew's general strain theory (GST), which explored the force that stressors have on individuals, such as the impact learning disabilities have on juveniles. The qualitative research approach…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Delinquency, Stress Variables, Correlation
Saied Bishara – Educational Research and Reviews, 2023
This study examined how metacognitive knowledge and locus of control are associated with understanding mathematical jokes in students with and without learning disabilities. This study looked at a sample of 60 ninth-grade students of which 30 had a learning disability diagnosis and 30 had no learning disabilities. Students were tested using three…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Locus of Control, Humor, Mathematics Instruction
Synne Nese Skarsaune – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
Background: Persons with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) risk exclusion, both in research and as members of society. Because of their embodied communication, they face the challenges in being understood. Oftentimes, others speak on their behalf making inferences on what their perspective might be. Methods: Empathy is suggested…
Descriptors: Severe Disabilities, Multiple Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Adults
McKenzie, Karen; Wigham, Sarah; Bourne, Jane; Rowlands, Gill; Hackett, Simon – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2023
Background: People with learning disabilities are at increased risk of physical health conditions and mortality compared to the general population. Initiatives to address these health inequalities include the introduction of learning disability registers, through which people with learning disabilities can be identified and offered annual health…
Descriptors: Primary Health Care, Physical Health, Learning Disabilities, Social Differences
Alsarawi, Aeshah – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2023
Saudi Arabia has officially recognized learning disabilities as a new category of disability since 1996. The Saudi government has since developed policies to meet the needs of students with learning disabilities in the least restrictive environments. With the growing population of these students in Saudi schools, this search is thus focused on…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Learning Disabilities, Student Needs
Shin, Mikyung; Choi, Nari – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2022
Over the past decade, there has been a rapidly declining trend in the prevalence of students with learning disabilities in South Korea. In 2019, only 1.5% of students receiving special education support were identified as having learning disabilities. This column reports on three current issues related to learning disabilities to provide a greater…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Dyslexia, At Risk Students
Sarah Wigham; Eleanor Melvin; Joe Lester; Jane Bourne; Melissa Harris; Iain McKinnon; Simon Hackett – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
Background: Rates of mental health conditions are high among adults with learning disabilities relative to the general population, however research suggests mental health conditions may be missed or under-identified in this population group. This review considers factors associated with the identification of mental health conditions among adults…
Descriptors: Adults, Learning Disabilities, Mental Health, Mental Disorders
Robinson, Jimada Dominique – ProQuest LLC, 2023
As more students with learning disabilities pursue higher education, college and university faculty are faced with facilitating courses that must meet the needs of diverse learners. In contrast to the teaching criteria for K-12 teachers, postsecondary education professors are hired for their subject matter expertise without any teaching licensure…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities
Wu, Ting-Fang; Chen, Cheng-Ming – Journal of Special Education Technology, 2023
The purpose of the current study was to develop an appropriate model to represent the relationships among all the significant factors about information and communication technology use for university students, both with and without learning disabilities. This study was conducted in Taiwan with a sample consisting of an international array of…
Descriptors: College Students, Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Models
Seale, Jane – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2023
Background: The aim of this study was to examine whether and how people with learning disabilities were being supported to use technologies to keep connected and stay well during the pandemic. Methods: Thirty-eight people in a range of support roles were interviewed about their experiences of trying to support people with learning disabilities to…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Inclusion, Accessibility (for Disabled)
Konuk Er, Rukiye; Arslantas, Süleyman; Kurnaz, Ahmet – International Journal of Educational Methodology, 2023
Considering the fact that learning difficulties are mostly related to academic learning, and students first encounter tasks related with academic learning during the pre-school, it is critical for early intervention that the first symptoms of students with potential learning disability are detected by the pre-school teachers. The aim of this…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Knowledge Level, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Learning Disabilities
Weber, Ditte Lystbaek; Brereton, Margot; Kanstrup, Anne Marie – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2023
Background: Young people with learning disabilities use many digital technologies to undertake meaningful and social activities in their everyday lives. Understanding these digital activities is essential for supporting their digital participation. Including them in exploring their digital activities can be challenging with conventional…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Adolescents, Young Adults, Information Technology