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Meeting The Needs Of The Marginally Learning Disabled Intermediate Grade Child, Gail Geiger Lobach
Meeting The Needs Of The Marginally Learning Disabled Intermediate Grade Child, Gail Geiger Lobach
UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations
This study focused on the needs of 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students who have I.Q. scores of roughly 75-95. These students often function two or more years below grade level in school and are referred to as Marginally Learning Disabled (MLD), or slow learners. Factors which contribute to the existence of this situation were discussed as were problems of accurate identification. It was found that most school districts do not provide special help for these students. MLD students are usually placed in the regular classroom. A few school districts have experimented with special resource classes or self-contained classes. Parental …