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Objective criteria for classification of postsecondary students as learning disabled: effects on prevalence rates and group characteristics.
Full Abstract
This study examined the consequences of classifying postsecondary students as learning disabled (LD) using five objective sets of criteria: IQ-achievement discrepancies (1.0 to 1.49 SD, 1.5 to 1.99 SD, and >or= 2.0 SD), DSM-IV criteria, and chronic educational impairment beginning in childhood. The participants were 378 postsecondary students from two universities who had been previously classified as LD and were receiving instructional and/or testing accommodations. The agreement between diagnostic models was often low, both in terms of the proportion of students identified as well as which students were identified by the models. The discrepancy models identified the largest proportions of students as LD (10% to 42%), whereas fewer than 10% of participants met either of the other sets of criteria, and 55% of the participants were not classified as LD by any of the models. Implications for further research and practices in postsecondary settings are discussed.
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Author/s: Sparks, Richard L (RL); Lovett, Benjamin J (BJ);
Affiliation: College of Mt St Joseph, Cincinnati, OH 45233, USA. richard_sparks(-atsign-)mail.msj.edu
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article
Journal: Journal of learning disabilities (J Learn Disabil), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: -2009 May-Jun; vol 42 (issue 3) : pp 230-9
Dates: Created 2009/04/24; Completed 2009/06/19;
PMID: 19225069, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 6/19/2009, IMS Date: 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00)
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