In education, Response to Intervention is an approach to academic intervention used to provide early, systematic, and appropriately intensive assistance to children who are at risk for or already underperforming as compared to appropriate grade- or age-level standards. RTI seeks to promote academic success through universal screening, early intervention, frequent progress monitoring, and increasingly intensive research-based instruction or interventions for children who continue to have difficulty. RTI is a multileveled approach for aiding students that is adjusted and modified as needed if they are failing.
The psychosocial approach looks at individuals in the context of the combined influence that psychological factors and the surrounding social environment have on their physical and mental wellness and their ability to function. This approach is used in a broad range of helping professions in health and social care settings as well as by medical and social science researchers.
Learning disability, learning disorder, or learning difficulty is a condition in the brain that causes difficulties comprehending or processing information and can be caused by several different factors. Given the "difficulty learning in a typical manner", this does not exclude the ability to learn in a different manner. Therefore, some people can be more accurately described as having a "learning difference", thus avoiding any misconception of being disabled with a possible lack of an ability to learn and possible negative stereotyping. In the United Kingdom, the term "learning disability" generally refers to an intellectual disability, while conditions such as dyslexia and dyspraxia are usually referred to as "learning difficulties".
Functional analysis in behavioral psychology is the application of the laws of operant and respondent conditioning to establish the relationships between stimuli and responses. To establish the function of operant behavior, one typically examines the "four-term contingency": first by identifying the motivating operations, then identifying the antecedent or trigger of the behavior, identifying the behavior itself as it has been operationalized, and identifying the consequence of the behavior which continues to maintain it.
Journal of Learning Disabilities is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of special education. The editor-in-chief is Stephanie Al Otaiba. It was established in 1968 and is currently published by SAGE Publications in association with the Hammill Institute on Disabilities.
Intervention in School and Clinic is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of education. The journal's editors are Randall Boone and Kyle Higgins. It has been in publication since 1965 and is currently published by SAGE Publications in association with the Hammill Institute on Disabilities.
Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of Education. The journal's editors are Elizabeth M. Farmer and Thomas W. Farmer. It has been in publication since 1993 and is currently published by SAGE Publications in association with Hammill Institute on Disabilities.
Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of Education. The journal's editors are Lee Kern and Kathleen Lane. It has been in publication since 1999 and is currently published by SAGE Publications in association with The Hammill Institute on Disabilities.
Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the field of special education and learning disabilities. The editors-in-chief are Alisa K. Lowrey and Kevin M. Ayres. It was established in 1986 and is published by SAGE Publications in association with the Hammill Institute on Disabilities.
Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers research in the field of rehabilitation counseling. The journal's editors are Fong Chan (University of Wisconsin, Madison) and Timothy Tansey. It was established in 1999 and is currently published by SAGE Publications in association with the Hammill Institute on Disabilities.
Remedial and Special Education is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers research in the field of special education. The editors-in-chief are Kathleen Lane and Karrie Shogren. It was established in 1984 and is currently published by SAGE Publications in association with the Hammill Institute on Disabilities.
Topics in Early Childhood Special Education is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of Education. The journal's editor is Erin E. Barton. It has been in publication since 1981 and is currently published by SAGE Publications in association with Hammill Institute on Disabilities.
Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals is a triannual peer-reviewed academic journal that covers research in the fields of secondary education, transition, and career development of people with disabilities. The editors-in-chief are Erik W. Carter and Valerie L. Mazzotti. It was established in 1978 and is currently published by SAGE Publications in association with the Hammill Institute on Disabilities and Division on Career Development and Transition of The Council for Exceptional Children.
Communication Disorders Quarterly is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers research on typical and atypical communication, from oral language development to literacy in clinical and educational settings. The editor-in-chief is Judy Montgomery. It was established in 1976 and is currently published by SAGE Publications in association with the Hammill Institute on Disabilities.
The Journal of Disability Policy Studies is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of disability studies, including issues in ethics, public policy, and the law related to individuals with disabilities. The editors-in-chief are Mitchell Yell and James G. Shriner. It was established in 1990 and is currently published by SAGE Publications in association with the Hammill Institute on Disabilities.
Word of Mouth is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers five times a year in the field of education. The editor-in-chief is Carol Westby. The journal was established in 1989 and is currently published by SAGE Publications in association with The Hammill Institute on Disabilities.
The National Institute of Speech and Hearing (NISH) is an institute devoted to the education and rehabilitation of individuals with speech-language and hearing impairments located in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city in the Indian state of Kerala. It was established in 1997 on the initiative of the state of Kerala and is a self-financing affiliate college of the University of Kerala. Academics at NISH is unique in the sense that NISH has an integrated campus where students with hearing impairment and students with normal hearing share the same campus. Bachelor's level courses exclusively for students with hearing impairment include Degree courses in Fine Arts, Computer Science and Commerce affiliated to University of Kerala. On the other hand, NISH also provides RCI approved professional courses at undergraduate level and graduate level in Audiology and Speech Language Pathology as well as diploma courses affiliated to Kerala Health University (KUHS)
Research in Developmental Disabilities is a bimonthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering developmental disabilities. It was formed in 1987 by the merger of Analysis and Intervention in Developmental Disabilities and Applied Research in Mental Retardation, which were established in 1981 and 1980, respectively. It is published by Elsevier and the editor-in-chief is Dagmara Dimitriou.
Learning Disability Quarterly is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of special education. The editors-in-chief are Diane P. Bryant and Brian Bryant. The journal was established in 1978 and is published by SAGE Publications on behalf of the Hammill Institute on Disabilities.
Lynn Fuchs is an educational psychologist known for research on instructional practice and assessment, reading disabilities, and mathematics disabilities. She is the Dunn Family Chair in Psychoeducational Assessment in the Department of Special Education at Vanderbilt University.
