(a) Name the difficulties that overall findings of studies have shown adults with learning disabilities to have. (b) A 20-year longitudinal study has identified six attributes that are predictors of success in individuals with learning disabilities. Name these predictors, and explain how a teacher could affect whether an individual with a learning disability becomes a successful
What will be an ideal response?
(a) Adults with learning disabilities
Difficulties:
- underemployment
- job dissatisfaction
- dependent living arrangement
- social skills problems
- poor work habits
- job selection
(b) Predictors for success:
- self-awareness
- proactivity
- perseverance
- emotional stability
- goal setting
- use of effective support systems
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[Students' responses will vary depending on which factors they select from the lists in Table 14.1 of the course textbook.]
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