Donald D. Deshler

A majority of federal funding for intervention programs is allocated to elementary schools, but happens when students still struggle in middle and high school?

With so much required of high schools today, there is little time or money to spend on the students who lack basic skills.

Since 1978, several research studies have been conducted at the University of Kansas Institute for Research in Learning Disabilities (KU-IRLD) on the social competence of children and youth with learning disabilities.