Taking on a learning disability : at the crossroads of special education and adolescent literacy learning

• Main Author: McCloskey, Erin (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing Inc., 2012.
• Subjects: Reading disability > United States > Case studies.; Learning disabled children > United States > Case studies.; elektronické knihy; Case studies.; Education > Educational Policy & Reform > General.; Educational strategies and policy.; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806615100
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-61735-788-6
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xv, 160 pages)

In the United States, approximately 2.5 million students are diagnosed as having a learning disability and the majority of those children are placed in special education because of an inability to read as expected. As a result of this diagnosis, these children may be placed in special education clas...