Adults with Learning Disabilities: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives - Hardcover

Noel Gregg, Ph.D., is currently Director of The University of Georgia Learning Disabilities Center. She is the author, most recently, of Written Expression Disorders, and coauthor of Assessment: The Special Educator's Role. In addition, she has an extensive publication list of research that focuses on the adolescent and adult population with learning disabilities.

Cheri Hoy, Ph.D., is Professor and Head of the Department of Special Education at The University of Georgia. She is coauthor of Assessment: The Special Educator's Role. Her research and other publications address issues concerning adolescents and adults with learning disabilities.

Alice Gay, M.Ed., is a media director at the Learning Disabilities Research and Training Center housed within The University of Georgia Learning Disabilities Center. She has developed a series of interactive TV and satellite teleconferences focusing on the adolescent and adult population with learning disabilities.

1. Adults with Learning Disabilities: Empowering Networks of Inclusion, Collaboration, and Self-Acceptance, Gregg and Phillips
2. Paradigms: A Need for Radical Reform, Gregg and Ferri
3. Clinical Model versus Discrepancy Model in Determining Eligibility for Learning Disabilities Services at a Rehabilitation Setting, Hoy, Gregg, Wisenbaker, Bonham, King, and Moreland
4. Learning Disabilities Diagnosis in Postsecondary Students: A Comparison of Discrepancy-Based Diagnostic Models, Brackett and McPherson
5. Sociocultural Issues Affecting the Identification and Delivery Service Models for Adults with Learning Disabilities, Ross-Gordon
6. Neurobiological Research Specific to the Adult Population with Learning Disabilities, Riccio and Hynd
7. Assessing Adults with Learning Disabilities, Hawks
8. Psychological Comorbidity in Adults with Learning Disabilities, Hooper and Olley
9. Cognitive Functioning Profiles of the Adult Population with Learning Disabilities, Darden and Morgan
10. Social and Affective Adjustment of Adults with Learning Disabilities: A Life-Span Perspective, Hoy and Manglitz
11. Language and Communication Disorders in Adults with Learning Disabilities, Wiig
12. Literacy Needs for Adults Who Have Learning Disabilities, Sturomski
13. Improving Employment Outcomes for Persons with Learning Disabilities, Minskoff
14. Service Delivery Models Effective with Adults with Learning Disabilities, Gajar and Osgood-Smith
15. Learning Disabilities Policy and Legal Issues: A Consumer and Practitioner User-Friendly Guide, Gregg, Johnson, and McKinley
16. Facilitating Alternative Learning Techniques for Adults with Learning Disabilities through the Use of Technology, Gay