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Cimera, Robert Evert – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2007
"Specific Learning Disability" is by far the largest category of conditions served in special education. Unfortunately, few parents (and educators) really understand what learning disabilities are. Many erroneously believe it is a "politically correct" term for "mildly mentally retarded" or "dull normal." Further, while most laypeople have heard…
Descriptors: Parent Role, Special Education, Receptive Language, Parent Rights
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Whitehead, Brenda H.; Barefoot, Sidney M. – Volta Review, 1992
This paper deals with the specific problems of the adolescent and adult hearing-impaired individual who wishes to improve and develop his or her expressive speech ability. Considered are issues critical to the learning process, intervention strategies for improving speech production, and speech production as one part of communication competency.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Communication Skills, Expressive Language