Center Addresses Issues Related to Students with Disabilities in Online Learning
As Principal Investigators of the Center on Online Learning and Students with Disabilities, we are writing this letter to express some concerns about the present participation of students with...
View ArticleQ & A for Common Learning Disabilities Affecting College Students
by Gretchen Phillips Students who get distracted in college and struggle to organize thoughts or finish tests in a timely manner are not alone, according to Dr. Rob Mapou, a guest speaker at the...
View ArticleStrategies for Effective Special Education Instruction
by John Carr and Sharen Bertrando - At the core of our guidebook are a set of effective strategies that teachers can use regularly in classrooms that include students with learning difficulties. These...
View ArticleGeneral Anesthesia for Surgery Linked to Learning Disabilities Risk
by Sue McGreevey- Several studies have found evidence that children who undergo repeated surgical operations with general anesthesia before the age of 4 may be at an increased risk for learning...
View ArticleCanadian Study Finds Learning Disabled are Opera Wizzes
Researchers have launched a study to explore why learning-disabled students shine in the University’s demanding opera program. The study, called “Libretti of Learning,” will be presented at Congress, a...
View ArticleBetter Outcomes for Research that Involves People with Learning Disabilities...
This article is from Great Britain, a nation with a National Health Service (NHS) that cares for people with learning disabilities. by Professor Ruth Northway - Many things have changed in the way we...
View ArticleResearchers Hope to Untangle Mysteries Surrounding Reading Disabilities
by Rachel Coker - Neuroscientist Sarah Laszlo wants to understand what’s going on in children’s brains when they’re reading. Her research may untangle some of the mysteries surrounding dyslexia and...
View ArticleThere is no Left-Brain & Right-Brain Thinking
If you believe in learning styles, personalities, and so forth, skip this entry. It just reports that another of those balloons has been popped. However, it you’re into understanding the fascinating...
View ArticleDifferences in brains of children with nonverbal learning disability
A Michigan State University researcher has discovered the first anatomical evidence that the brains of children with a nonverbal learning disability — long considered a “pseudo” diagnosis — may...
View ArticleResearchers use brain imaging to develop instructional strategies for kids...
by John Higgins - On a recent afternoon, a 10-year-old girl with long, blond, curly hair, gave University of Washington researchers a peek inside her brain. Lying flat on her back inside a machine that...
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