IRA and `learning disabilities': An update.

Discusses the International Reading Association Board of Director' decision to vote against endorsing a paper developed by the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities (NJCLD). Objection to NJCLD definition suggesting that the cause of a child's reading problem should be presumed to be a n...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Reading Today Vol. 14; no. 3; p. 34
Main Author: Pikulski, John J.
Format: Article
Published: International Literacy Association Dec96/Jan97
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
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Summary:Discusses the International Reading Association Board of Director' decision to vote against endorsing a paper developed by the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities (NJCLD). Objection to NJCLD definition suggesting that the cause of a child's reading problem should be presumed to be a neurological problem and that cultural differences cause reading problems.