Researching adults with learning disabilities from an adult-development perspective.
As the field of learning disabilities begins to discover the manifold issues of adulthood, there is a need for a framework for studying adults with learning disabilities. Currently, the research on adults focuses primarily on service delivery systems. If a life-span developmental perspective is utilized as a conceptual approach in future research, then the knowledge gained will be more meaningful. Considerations for incorporating such essential concepts as mediating variables, context, and age-span phases into research on adults with learning disabilities are discussed.
Gerber
P J
PJ
Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Education, Richmond 23284-2020.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007859:Learning Disabilities; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012106:Research