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How can the desires of
people with learning disabilities best be supported and what can be learned
by examining how countries around the world respond to those hopes and
dreams: This book seeks to answer those questions. Written by prominent
researchers, it builds upon an examination of the legal rights of people with
learning disabilities in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and
Israel, then moves on to discuss assessment and diagnosis, programs, and
support services, the social-emotional impact of learning disabilities, and
how adults with learning disabilities fared after college. This text belongs
on the shelves of everyone interested in advancing educational and employment
opportunities for those with learning disabilities who have completed high
school.
Susan A. Vogel, Ph.D. is the Presidential
Research Professor in the Literacy Education Department at Northern Illinois University, De Kalb, Illinois. Dr. Vogel has worked
in the area of learning disabilities for more than 35 years with a focus in
the last 25 of those years on college-able adults with learning disabilities,
college support services, and adult outcomes from an International
perspective. She has published widely, and served or presently serves as
journal editor and a member of many editorial and advisory board on national
organizations. Her current research includes a three-year project to enhance
success of college students with disabilities and a 20-year follow-up study
of former college students with LD and their non-disabled peers.
Gila Vogel, Ph.D. is a Lecturer in the
Special Education Department at Beit Berl College, Hod
HaSharon, Israel. Dr. Gila Vogel has
been involved in LD teacher preparation and is the Chair, Special Education
Department at Beit Berl College. Her current research
interests focus on college students who are tutoring other college students
with learning disabilities and educational experiences of students with LD
who took college entrance examination with accommodations.
Varda Sharoni,
Ph.D.
is Head of the Assessment Center at Beit Berl College, Hod
HaSharon, Israel. Dr. Sharoni served as Dean of the School of Education at Beit Berl College from 1991-2000. Her
research interests include students with LD, teachers with LD, virtual
tutoring, and friendship patterns between adolescents with and without
special needs.
Orit Dahan,
M.A.
is a Lecturer in the Hebrew Language Department at the Literacy Institute,
and Special Education Department and Administrator of the Support Center for students with
Learning Deficiencies, Beit Berl College, Hod
HaSharon, Israel. Ms. Dahan's teaching and research interests include Hebrew
written expressive language, the writing process, and computer technology and
the writing process.
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