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Acknowledgement

I would like to sincerely thank my friends, family and colleagues for the endless understanding, guidance and patience, and most importantly, the support and friendship during my studies. The mentorship of these people has been paramount in facilitating me a well-formed experience which has always provided unswerving guide in achieving my goals. They encouraged me to go further with all my projects and helped me groom into an independent thinker and a good student.

It is due to the humble efforts of my leaders and mentors that I have inculcated in me the confidence to develop my own individuality and sufficiency which enables me to perform the tasks with independence. In the course of completing this dissertation, I am also grateful to my co-workers and friends who provided me enough knowledge and entertainment and proved to be helpful in performing the huge research work. Besides this, the consistent guidance and assistance from my colleagues also gave me distinctive opportunities to gain a wider breadth of experience and undertake an extensive research work.

Finally, and most importantly, I extend sincere thanks to my family members, who provided utmost care and all the strength and encouragement. My faith and ambition has become stronger due to the prayers of my family who tolerated my temper and complains with patience. Without this unending support and encouragement, the completion of this enormous research work would not have been possible.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTII

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW1

Young People with Learning Disabilities1

Specific Learning Disability Characteristics4

Coordination of services for young people with learning disability during transition6

Educational Interventions7

Mentoring Program8

College Orientation for young Students with Learning Disabilities9

Increased Parental Support10

Adult Development11

Transition of Disabled Youth into Adulthood14

Student Knowledge of Transition Planning18

REFERENCES22

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW

This chapter discusses the background and fundamentals of the subject in an elaborated manner. It aims to draw upon the explanation regarding Young People with Learning Disabilities. It also discusses various themes and parameters of the subject at hand. The main topic under study includes:

“The achievement of positive transition of young people with learning disability.”

Young People with Learning Disabilities

Throughout its history, the concept of learning disabilities has been elusive. Initially, research conducted from the late 19th century to mid 20th century served as the catalyst for defining the concept of learning disabilities. The researches conducted have worked from the premise of a relationship between brain injury and impairment of mental functioning (Raymond, 2004). Throughout the years, numerous disciplines and professional groups have been involved in reframing the concept. The term learning disability was initially coined in the early 1960s (Hallahan, Kaufman, & Llyod, 1985). In a study conducted by Hammill (1990), it was noted that among various organizations, such as the National Advisory Committee on Handicapped Children (NACHC), the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities (NJCLD), the Learning Disabilities Association (LDA), and the Interagency Committee on Learning Disabilities (ICLD) all proposed their own definitions of learning disabilities. The definitions advocated by these organizations were more similar than different but also reflected the philosophical orientation of the authoring ...