Author ORCID Identifier

Poch - https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1316-0228

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-13-2017

Publication Title

Intervention in School and Clinic

Volume

53

Issue

4

First Page

224

Last Page

228

Abstract

Anniversaries offer a time for reflection, celebration, validation, and sometimes, simply a candid conversation on the current state of a field. In the field of learning disabilities, anniversaries offer a time to consider how far the field has come and just how far is left to go to understand what a learning disability is. Definitional understanding is foundational for moving forward. This column presents findings from a series of short conversations with past presidents of the Council for Learning Disabilities, individuals who are also leading experts in the field of learning disabilities. Results suggest four different thoughts about the definition of learning disabilities, two main themes regarding areas in which the field needs to focus, and two themes specific to where the field may be headed in the next 20 to 25 years. The column concludes with a discussion of implications for the future.

Comments

This article resulted from a series of short interviews I held with former presidents of the CLD (Poch, A.L.).

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Sage in Intervention in School and Clinic on [August 16, 2017], available online: https://doi.org/10.1177/1053451217712955

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