Effects of Enrichment on Gifted/Learning-Disabled Students

1995 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 385-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Richard Olenchak
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
Learning Disabled ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Attitudes Toward School ◽  
Disabled Students ◽  
Personal Strengths ◽  
Creative Productivity ◽  
Enrichment Program ◽  
Gifted And Learning Disabled ◽  
Creative Production

Students who are concomitantly gifted and learning disabled continue to present educators with a significant quandary regarding programming. While previous studies have concentrated on the disabilities of students, this analysis focuses on their personal strengths. The present study was undertaken to determine the effects of a highly structured, personally tailored enrichment program on the attitudes, self-concepts, and creative productivity of 108 gifted/LD youngsters enrolled in the fourth through sixth grades. Results indicate that year-long participation in such a program had significant positive impact on attitudes toward school, self-concept, and creative production.

Effects of Talents Unlimited Counseling on Gifted/Learning Disabled Students

2009 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 144-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Richard Olenchak
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Learning Disabled ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Attitudes Toward School ◽  
Personal Strengths ◽  
Creative Productivity ◽  
Instructional Environments ◽  
Counseling Interventions ◽  
Quantitative Results

Students who have learning disabilities concurrently with giftedness continue to trouble educators regarding the nature of programming best suited to their needs. While numerous extant studies have concentrated on the disabilities of such students, this analysis, patterned after a similar study (Olenchak, 1995), has focused on their personal strengths. This inquiry was structured to ascertain the effects of counseling aimed at enhancing their success in instructional environments. The counseling interventions were based predominately on Talents Unlimited (Schlichter & Palmer, 1993) and the study probed their effects on the attitudes, self-concepts, and creative productivity of gifted/LD youngsters enrolled in the sixth through eighth grades. Quantitative results indicated that year-long participation in such counseling had significant positive impact on attitudes toward school and self-concept. Furthermore, qualitative data consisting of interviews, journal analyses, and classroom observations reinforced the quantitative findings.

Learning Disabled Students in Physical Education

1985 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 283-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudine Sherrill ◽  
Jean L. Pyfer
Keyword(s):  
Motor Control ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Motor Coordination ◽  
Social Play ◽  
Learning Disabled ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Fine Motor ◽  
Disabled Students ◽  
Fine Motor Coordination ◽  
Visual Motor

Many learning disabled students demonstrate psychological/behavioral and perceptual motor characteristics that affect physical education placement and programming. Among the characteristics exhibited by these students are hyperactivity, disorders of attention, impulsivity, poor self-concept, social imperception, delay in social play development, and deficiencies in body equilibrium, visual motor control, bilateral coordination, repetitive finger movements, and fine motor coordination. Activities found to benefit learning disabled students are jogging, relaxation, highly structured teacher-directed routines, and noncompetitive games, all of which must be carefully sequenced. Testing must be done to determine the type and extent of the learning disabled students’ problems, and activities must be selected on the basis of the results of such tests.

Relationships among Self-Concept and School Achievement, Maternal Self-Esteem and Sensory Integration Abilities for Learning Disabled Children, Ages 7 to 12 Years

1984 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 177-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beverly A. Doyle ◽  
David C. Higginson
Keyword(s):  
Sensory Integration ◽  
Southern California ◽  
School Achievement ◽  
Learning Disabled ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Disabled Children ◽  
Disabled Students ◽  
Motor Abilities

52 learning disabled students were assessed to evaluate the relationships among self-concept and (a) school achievement, (b) maternal self-esteem, and (c) sensory integration abilities. Of these variables, perceptual motor abilities as measured by the Southern California Sensory Integration Tests contributed to reported self-concept of learning disabled students.

Gifted and Learning Disabled Students

1989 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 533-544 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy J. Landrum
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabled ◽  
Disabled Students ◽  
Gifted And Learning Disabled

Teachers must remain open to the possibility that gifted and learning disabled students—regardless of identification—may be served in a variety of settings.

Relationship between Self-Concept and Classroom Behavior among Learning and Nonlearning Disabled Students in Regular Classes

1996 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 1043-1050 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alain Cadieux
Keyword(s):  
Classroom Behavior ◽  
Social Acceptance ◽  
Learning Disabled ◽  
The Self ◽  
High Achievers ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Classroom Behaviors ◽  
Disabled Students ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Regular Classes

To investigate the relationships of the self-concept with classroom behaviors, the Pictorial Scale of Perceived Competence and Social Acceptance for Young Children and the Self-perception Profile for Learning Disabled Students were administered to 140 learning disabled and 246 nonlearning disabled pupils while teachers completed the Questionnaire on Approach/Avoidance Classroom Behavior toward schoolwork. Correlations showed a meaningful association between scores on the self-concept Behavioral Conduct subscale and rated classroom behavior for subjects of Grades 1 to 4. Also, while the relationship was meaningful for the high achievers, analysis showed few significant relationships for learning-disabled pupils.

Self-concept, attribution, and persistence in learning-disabled students

1990 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Ayres ◽  
Eric Cooley ◽  
Cory Dunn
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabled ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Disabled Students

Computerized Cognitive Training with Learning Disabled Students: A Pilot Study

1992 ◽  
Vol 71 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1347-1356 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Talbot ◽  
M. Pépin ◽  
M. Loranger
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Cognitive Training ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Mental Arithmetic ◽  
Learning Disabled ◽  
Skills Development ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Disabled Students ◽  
Computerized Cognitive Training

The effects of practicing computerized exercises in class by 59 learning disabled students who received an 8-hr. training program, 30 min. per week, were evaluated. Six exercises designed to facilitate basic cognitive skills development were used. Twelve subjects were assigned to a control group without any form of intervention. Covariance analysis (pretest scores used as covariates) showed a significant effect of training on mental arithmetic. These results suggest that practicing a computerized exercise of mental arithmetic can facilitate the automatization of basic arithmetic skills (addition, subtraction, and multiplication). The nature, progress, and evaluation of such types of intervention are discussed.

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