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In 1967, the National Advisory Committee on Handicapped Children (NACHC) developed a def-inition of learning disabilities that is quoted widely and is included in PL 94-142. The following statement of the NJCLD addresses problems resulting from the Federal definition of learning disabilities. While the law and regulations have specified the areas of deficits that constitute learning disabilities, there remain widespread problems with the definition, methods for identifying the individuals to be served, and problems in delineating the assessment team's membership and responsibilities. Of specific interest to the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities (NJCLD) are those individuals identified categorically within the Law as having learning disabilities.įederal regulations state that an individual may have a learning disability when a severe discrepancy exists between achievement and intellectual ability in one or more of the following areas: oral expression, listening comprehension, written expression, basic reading skills, reading comprehension, mathematical calculation, and mathematical reasoning. The Act provides the basis for securing a systematic methodology for the identification, assessment, and education of children and youth with disabilities. NOTE: This statement could not be published until other members of the NJCLD had approved the document.Įnactment of the Education For All Handicapped Children Act (PL 94-142) mandated changes in the assessment and education of individuals with varying disabilities. This statement was approved by the ASHA Legislative Council in November 1989 (LC 2-89). 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 and Orton Dyslexia Society.

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Carey, 1988–1990 vice president for professional and governmental affairs was the monitoring vice president. Representatives of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) were Rhonda S. This statement was developed by the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities (NJCLD).

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