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Researching Adults with Learning Disabilities From an Adult-Development Perspective

Paul J. Gerber, PhD, is professor of special education at Virginia Commonwealth University. He received his doctorate from the University of Michigan in 1978. His research interests include adults with learning disabilities, employment issues, and socio-adaptive functioning, particularly in adult populations. He is co-editor with Dr. Henry Reiff of Learning Disabilities in Adulthood—Persisting Problems and Evolving Issues, published by Andover Medical Publishers. Address: Paul J. Gerber, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Education, Oliver 4064-B, Richmond, VA 23284-2020.

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.

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