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Direct linkZirkel, Perry A. – Communique, 2021
After dropping steadily from 2000-2001 to 2013-2014, the percentage of students identified under the IDEA classification of specific learning disabilities (SLD) levelled off and increased slightly until the latest data available (2017-2018; NCES, 2019). Despite the recognition in the IDEA amendments of 2004 of response to intervention (RTI) as…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Students with Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Eligibility
Zirkel, Perry A. – Communique, 2019
Suicide rates among teenagers have increased significantly in recent years. The professional literature for public school personnel has been increasingly extensive. Yet, the corresponding coverage of liability case law regarding student suicide has been far from systematic and objective. An article in a legal periodical, written by Zirkel and…
Descriptors: Suicide, Adolescents, Legal Responsibility, Court Litigation
Zirkel, Perry A. – Communique, 2018
Specific learning disability (SLD), although moderately declining in recent years, continues to account for the highest enrollment among the eligibility classifications under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA; Zirkel, 2013b). The recognition of response to intervention (RTI) in the 2004 amendments of the IDEA as an approach for…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Response to Intervention, Special Education, Eligibility
Lichtenstein, Robert – Communique, 2018
Dyslexia has been the recent focus of a groundswell of interest, advocacy, and legislative activity. Struck by this salient movement and its implications regarding practice, the author set out to investigate the dyslexia advocacy movement. While mandates and initiatives vary greatly from state to state, the motivation behind the advocacy efforts…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Parent Attitudes, Dyslexia, Reading Difficulties
Burns, Katelin; Harris, Abigail – Communique, 2014
With the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA), focus has shifted as more states have begun to use a process of identifying learning disabilities based on a child's response to scientific, research-based interventions (i.e., RTI). The decision-making process has been converted into a series of…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Response to Intervention, Disability Identification, Learning Disabilities
Castillo, Jose M.; Curtis, Michael J.; Gelley, Cheryl – Communique, 2012
Every 5 years, the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) conducts a national study of the field. Surveys are sent to randomly selected regular members of NASP to gather information on school psychologists' demographic characteristics, context for professional practices, and professional practices. The latest iteration of the national…
Descriptors: School Psychology, School Psychologists, Surveys, Eligibility
