Publisher's Synopsis
This special issue focuses on a topic of great significance to practioners, teacher educators, and researchers in the special education field -- the education of minority or culturally diverse students with learning disabilities (LD). The topic is very timely given that important debates and controversies about research and practice with minority students currently pervade the learning disabilities field. The articles presented here move discussions and analyses about learning disabilities and minority students beyond the advocacy level by focusing on LD research as it relates to cultural diversity. Divided into two sections, this special issue provides a systematic view of both the role that sociocultural variables have played in LD research and how sociocultural perspectives can be incorporated in future research.
