Providing Appropriate Education for Students With Learning Disabilities in Regular Education Classrooms

Abstract

This statement was developed by the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities (NJCLD). Representatives of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) were Rhonda S. Work, Chair; Mabel L. Rice; Stan Dublinske, ex officio. Ann L. Carey, vice president for professional and governmental affairs, was the monitoring vice president. Other member organizations of the NJCLD include the Association on Handicapped Student Services Programs in Postsecondary Education; Council for Learning Disabilities; Division for Children with Communication Disorders; Division for Learning Disabilities; International Reading Association; Learning Disabilities Association of America; National Association of School Psychologists; Orton Dyslexia Society. This statement was approved by the ASHA Legislative Council in November 1990 (LC 26-90) [see Note 1].

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References

1. Reference this material as follows: National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities. (1991). Providing appropriate education for students with learning disabilities in regular education classrooms. ASHA, 33 (Suppl. 5), 15–17.

2. The 12th Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of the Education of the Handicapped Act.

3. Issues in the Delivery of Educational Services to Individuals with Learning Disabilities, National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities (NJCLD, 1982).