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Title:

Learning disabilities, literacy, and adult education / edited by Susan A. Vogel and Stephen Reder.

Publisher:

P.H. Brookes Pub. Co.,

Copyright Date:

c1998

Description:

xvii, 377 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Learning disabled--Education--United States.
Adult education--United States.
Learning disabled--United States--Identification.
Functional literacy--United States.
Personnes en difficulté d'apprentissage--Éducation--États-Unis
Éducation des adultes--États-Unis
Personnes en difficulté d'apprentissage--États-Unis--Identification
Alphabétisation fonctionnelle--États-Unis

Other Authors:

Vogel, Susan Ann.
Reder, Stephen M.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

I. Introduction. Adults with learning disabilities : what learning disabilities specialists, adult literacy educators, and other service providers want and need to know / Susan A. Vogel -- The Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504, and adults with learning disabilities in adult education and transition to employment / Laura F. Rothstein -- Educational attainment of adults with learning disabilities / Susan A. Vogel and Stephen Reder -- Literacy education for adults with learning disabilities : perspectives from the adult education side of the mirror / Jovita M. Ross-Gordon. II. Screening and assessment. The National Adult Literacy and Learning Disabilities Center : standards, criteria, procedures, and strategies for screening and teaching adults with learning disabilities / Neil Sturomski ... [et al.] -- The rationale, components, and usefulness of informal assessment of adults with learning disabilities / Nancie A. Payne -- PowerPath to Adult Basic Learning : a diagnostic screening system for adults who are at high risk for being diagnosed as having learning disabilities / Laura P. Weisel -- Screening and diagnosis of dyslexia in adults in the United Kingdom / Angela J. Fawcett and Roderick I. Nicolson -- Screening and assessment results of the Learning Disabilities Initiative : identification of individuals with learning disabilities in the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills program / Melinda Giovengo, Elizabeth J. Moore, and Glenn Young.
III. Instructional strategies. Professional development in learning disabilities for adult literacy providers / Blanche Podhajski -- Matching student needs to instruction : teaching reading and spelling using the Wilson Reading System / Barbara A. Wilson -- Math literacy : the real-life math demands of adulthood / James R. Patton, Mary E. Cronin, and Diane S. Bassett -- Literacy for adults with learning disabilities through assistive technology / Marshall H. Raskind. IV. Employment issues. Developing abilities-based literacy and employment services for adults with learning disabilities / Rob Crawford -- Learning disability characteristics and job success : a holistic situational assessment model for vocational planning / James R. Koller and Gregory A. Holliday -- Off the beaten path : a model for employment success for adults with learning disabilities / Henry B. Reiff. V. Future directions in learning disabilities, literacy, and adult education. Reflections on theory, practice, and research : what we have learned and what we still need to know / Stephen Reder.

ISBN:

9781557663474
1557663475

LCCN:

98007641

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Des Moines)

IAOX771 -- State Library of Iowa (Des Moines)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

UPAX334 -- Upper Iowa University - Henderson-Wilder Library (Fayette)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)