Understanding Of Learning Disabilities Research Articles

Rehabilitation and Learning, Disabilities: A New Challenge for Counselors

The involvement of rehabilitation with people with specific learning disabilities is overviewed. Definitions of learning disabilities and a framework for understanding learning disabilities are presented. Manifestations of specific learning disabilities are described, with implications and potential remediation strategies for jobs and daily living activities. Impact of learning disabilities on psychological and social development are discussed. Specific counseling strategies and resources for counselors are presented.

The Case Study Approach to Understanding Learning Disabilities

A case study can help to clarify for the student the puzzling contradictions and the range of irregularities that characterize the learning disabled child. This approach can be illustrated through analysis of the case of Jeffry, a third grader who was highly verbal, while at the same time demonstrating immaturities and/or deficits in other areas of functioning. Evaluation indicated four vulnerable areas, which were later handled during the course of remediation. Different frameworks for analyses can be generated from the case study. It offers an opportunity to use inductive reasoning in uniting theory and practice.

Working Together

Acquiring new knowledge has historically been one of man's continued interests. The cost and difficulties encountered are enormous, especially when studying low incidence phenomena. Understanding learning disabilities has been especially difficult because we lack established procedures for studying educational and psychological deviance. In this guest editorial, Dr. Keogh addresses one of the most critical methodological problems in learning disability research: the absence of a cooperative relationship between the researcher in the laboratory and the practitioner in the field. —G.M.S.