Learning Disabilities Programs at Community Colleges and Four-Year Colleges and Universities

Finn, Laurie Lawler

doi:10.1080/106689299264503

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“…Little is known from the perspective of college students labeled with LD as to the effectiveness and appropriateness of prescribed accommodations or what might work better. Studies by Finn (1998Finn ( , 1999 indicate problems with accommodations such as recorded texts being inaudible or arriving too late-even long after the course concluded. While accommodations such as audio texts on tape will lighten the workload it cannot fully reduce it to the level of students with average reading skills.…”

Section: Research On Students Labeled With Ld In Higher Educationmentioning

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Deconstructing Barriers

Denhart

2008

J Learn Disabil

179

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This phenomenological study investigated barriers to higher education faced by 11 college students labeled with learning disabilities (LD) using their voice as the primary data. Data were analyzed and interpreted through a disability theory perspective revealing barriers stemmed largely from external social causes rather than individual pathology. Barriers included being misunderstood by faculty, being reluctant to request accommodations for fear of invoking stigma, and having to work considerably longer hours than nonlabeled peers. Findings indicated barriers could be overcome through raising faculty awareness about LD issues, engaging the assistance of the college LD specialist, and participation in a LD democratic empowerment community on campus.

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Section: Research On Students Labeled With Ld In Higher Educationmentioning

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Deconstructing Barriers

Denhart

2008

J Learn Disabil

179

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“…On the other hand, they must work with instructors and professors of many different classes for a variety of individuals, a number of different disabilities, and find themselves mediating between two competing expectations (Finn, 1999). There are problems dealing with students with learning disabilities who first identify themselves when they ask for accommodation.…”

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Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling

2011

Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology

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“…In a study of midwestern colleges and universities, Finn (1999) found a similarity in the types of services offered to postsecondary students with learning disabilities. In fact, Finn noted few differences between community college and university programming.…”

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Confirming the Need for Individual Accommodations for Students with Learning Disabilities

Lock¹,

Layton²

2001

NACADA Journal

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College and university officials are seeking efficient methods for determining and documenting the accommodation needs of students with disabilities. Unfortunately, without information about the student's underlying intrinsic processing deficits, many educators are providing ineffective accommodation plans. Using the Learning Disabilities Diagnostic Inventory, we examined the accommodation needs of students with learning disabilities being served in a fee-for-service learning disabilities program. We found that postsecondary students with learning disabilities have a variety of intrinsic processing deficits. We document the necessity for student-specific accommodations based on processing deficits, promote student self-advocacy, and discuss the role of advisors in assisting students.

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Learning Disabilities Programs at Community Colleges and Four-Year Colleges and Universities

Cited by 8 publications

References 6 publications

Deconstructing Barriers

Deconstructing Barriers

Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling

Confirming the Need for Individual Accommodations for Students with Learning Disabilities

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