Specific Learning Disabilities in a Self-Contained Classroom. A Reading Remediation Program

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Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2015 in the subject Education - Reading Instruction, language: English, abstract: Learning Disability (LD) has been defined by the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities (NJCLD) as a heterogeneous group of disorders of presumed neurological origin manifested differently and to varying degrees during the life span of an individual. Various manifestations of LD may be seen at different ages and as a result of varying learning demands (NJCLD, 1985/2001a, 1990/2001c). Gingoog City Comprehensive National High School in the Division of Gingoog City is the only secondary school accepting Special Education (SPED) students. The increasing number of enrollees at risk with LD each year among other exceptionalities is so alarming that a Self- Contained classrooms for students at-risk with Learning Disabilities are opened to address these students needs (GCCNHS Principals Report 2011) This action research was conducted to find out if there would be improvement in reading abilities of learners at risks with learning disabilitiy to help their reading capacity.

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