Compensation Strategies Used by High-Ability Students with Learning Disabilities

Abstract

Recent research has provided fascinating examples of the problems faced by high-ability students with learning disabilities (LD), as well as the compensation strategies they used to address and overcome the challenges associated with specific learning disabilities (Reis, McGuire, & Neu, 2000; Ruban, McCoach, McGuire, & Reis, in press) . For example, Reis et al. (2000) found that these students often received content remediation that they did not need, rather than instruction in compensatory strategies, in their elementary and secondary school learning disabilities programs. Many academically talented young people with learning disabilities never qualify for programs for gifted and talented learners and fail to succeed in school, but those who do often learn strategies that help them to succeed, despite their learning problems.