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A Comparison of Parent-Child Perceptions of Student Learning Disablities

James A. McLoughlin is a professor of special education at the University of Louisville and president of the National Council for Learning Disablities.

Frances L. Clark

Frances L.Clark is the director of training at the University of Kansas Learning Disablities Research Institute.

Anne Rita Mauck

Anne Rita Mauck is the executive director of the DePaul School (a special school for children with learning with learning disablities).

Joseph Petrosko

Joseph Petrosko is an associate professor in the Department of Educational Foundations and Research, Univesity of Louisville.

The perceptions of 80 learning disabled(LD) adolescents and their parents were compared in regard to the extent of their learning disablities, current levels of performance in academic and social areas, occupational status, social relationships, and problem academic cognitive, and social aspects of learning disablities persisted into adolescence with parents expressing much more concern about this negative impact. While the LD adolescents saw their skills as generally similar to those of other, parent ratings were significantly. According to the parents, their children were not likely to gradute from lower estimation of their children's social and problem solving skills. Reasons for these difference of opinion are discussed, and implications for improved parent-child communication, parent training, and family counseling are identified.

Journal of Learning Disabilities, Vol. 20, No. 6, 357-360 (1987)
DOI: 10.1177/002221948702000611


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