LD misrepresented again
In a recent installment of “Stephanie’s Heroes,” Stephanie Satchell, a local TV reporter, tells the story of Lauren Baetsen, Emily Nemec, and Amanda Halacy who are undergraduates at the University of...
View ArticleCould digital devices make attention worse?
Ever wondered if using digital devices is harmful to kids? For those who just popped into this century, it is obvious that the education press is ripe with discussion of digital devices in classrooms....
View ArticleWhat supports do parents of students with LD consider important?
Linsey Silverstein, who is a doctoral student at Alliant International University in San Diego (CA, US), is hoping parents of children with learning disabilities can help her to ascertain what type...
View ArticleFunction-based interventions for LD?
Most readers are likely familiar with the idea that one can, by carefully assessing the antecedents and consequences of a problem behavior, essentially determine what is causing that problem behavior...
View ArticleJanet W. Lerner
Janet Weiss Lerner, author of one of the first and most enduring texts about Learning Disabilities, died 25 May 2015. She was 88 years old. She began her career studying under Sam Kirk, Alfred Strauss,...
View ArticleYet another “learning disability” as the generic
In an otherwise very important and impressive story, reporter Perry Stein of the Washington (DC, US) Post mis-uses “learning disability” as a generic term. Ms. Stein’s article is about a judge holding...
View ArticleS. A. Kirk, 1904-1996
Twenty years ago I posted a message to a mailing list named “SpedTalk” that Samuel A. Kirk had died. Along with William Cruickshank (and a few others), Professor Kirk was instrumental in helping a...
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