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- Title
Learning Disabilities in Canada.
- Authors
Calder Stegemann, Kim
- Abstract
The status of learning disabilities within Canadian public schools and the wider population is both optimistic and, at the same time, worthy of great concern. Each individual province and territory in Canada is responsible for its own public education systems, leading to inconsistencies in definition, identification practices, funding for support, and intervention/support services. The changes to the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria have led to even more confusion and concern, particularly among Canadian educational leaders in the field of learning disabilities. The consequences of not addressing learning disabilities can be devastating. Despite these challenges, some innovative practices are being launched in identification (neurobiological) and intervention (universal design for learning and response to intervention frameworks) that hold great promise for children and youth with learning disabilities in Canada.
- Subjects
CANADA; LEARNING disabilities research; EDUCATION; LEARNING; TREATMENT of learning disabilities; EDUCATION of people with learning disabilities
- Publication
Learning Disabilities - A Contemporary Journal, 2016, Vol 14, Issue 1, p53
- ISSN
1937-6928
- Publication type
Article