LDA has issued formal positions on the following topics:
Response to Intervention (RTI)
Response to Intervention (RTI) has far reaching implications for
children with SLD and it is imperative that LDA responds to this
initiative, supporting those components of RTI which can benefit
individuals with Specific Learning Disabilities and identifying
other components that are not in their best interest.
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Reading and Learning Disabilities
LDA is concerned about the numbers of individuals with learning
disabilities who have not learned to read and are currently not
learning to read in school. According to the U.S. Department of
Education, 1 in 5 American adults is functionally illiterate. Three-fourths
of the unemployed lack sufficient skills to function successfully
in the nation's work force. There are many reasons for illiteracy
- one cause is neurologically-based learning disabilities which
have not been recognized and/or dealt with appropriately.
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State-Wide Testing and Learning Disabilities
LDA recognizes the important role that state-wide assessment of
learning outcomes have in raising academic standards for students
and documenting educational accountability for the public. For
students with learning disabilities, however, such assessments
present both needed opportunities and new barriers. It is imperative,
therefore, that the needs and rights of students with learning
disabilities are protected whenever state-wide assessments are
implemented.
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3 pages, 160 KB (requires Acrobat
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Violence in Schools
LDA strongly supports efforts to eliminate violence in American
schools. LDA agrees that students, including students with learning
disabilities, whose violent behavior is a danger to themselves
or others must be immediately removed from the current school setting.
LDA also supports current law which ensures that students with
learning disabilities so removed remain entitled to a free appropriate
public education, as provided through the Individualized Education
Program process.
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