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Websites

Learning Disabilities Research and Practice
http://teachingld.org/pages/ldrp

• LDOnline
http://www.ldonline.org
• Learning Disabilities Association of America
http://www.ldanatl.org
• Council for Learning Disabilities
http://www.cldinternational.org

5- LEARNING DISABILITIES

• Why has the concept of learning disabilities proven so difficult to define?

• What characteristic encompasses all students with learning disabilities?
• What factors might account for the huge increase in the prevalence of students identified with learning disabilities since the category was officially recognized in the mid-1970s?
• Are the achievement deficits of most students diagnosed with learning disabilities the result of neurological impairment or poor instruction?
• What can a student’s responsiveness to evidence-based instruction reveal about the need and focus of special education?
• How can academic tool skills and learning strategies relate to each other?
• What skills are most important to the success of an elementary-age student with learning disabilities in the general education classroom? for a secondary student?