Learning disabilities and educational needs of juvenile offenders
| Autor: | Louise Talbot, Leo Kroll, Sue Bailey, Prathiba Chitsabesan, Richard Williams, Cassandra Kenning |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Health (social science)
Sociology and Political Science Intelligence quotient media_common.quotation_subject Education Developmental psychology Reading comprehension Reading (process) Cohort Learning disability Developmental and Educational Psychology Juvenile delinquency medicine medicine.symptom Association (psychology) Psychology Law Neurocognitive media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Children's Services. 2:4-17 |
| ISSN: | 1746-6660 |
| DOI: | 10.1108/17466660200700032 |
| Popis: | This article is based on a study that was commissioned by the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales. We report on the learning profiles and education needs of a cohort of young offenders who were recruited for the study. The research was a national cross‐sectional survey of 301 young offenders who were resident in custodial settings or attending youth offending teams in the community. The young people were assessed using the WASI and the WORD measures to obtain psychometric information (IQ scores and reading/reading comprehension ages). One in five (20%) young people met the ICD‐10 criteria for mental retardation (IQ |
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