we are taking a growing interests in special education and vocational rehabilitation for learning disabled students, but our approaches to them are not enough to meet their specific needs.
In this paper, the special education and vocational rehabilitation for learning disabled students are reviewed, which implies the followings;
First, the special education and vocational rehabilitation for LD students should be established legally and systematically.
Second, our classifications for the handicapped should be improved to include all the handicapped, because present classification systems are much more simplfied than those of WHO´s.
Third, learning disabilities are lifelong probelms of individuals, therefore LD definition should be reconsidered in terms of special education and vocational rehabilitation, and educational approachs to them should be consider with their vocational rehabilitation.
Fourth, being implemented through educational-industrial cooperation, special and vocational rehabilitation for LD will surmount the limitations in school environments and be able to expect more efficient results. In addition, more concrete subtypes of LD and appropriate programs for them should be studied and developed respectively. Educational systems for special teachers and rehabilitation specialists in this field should be prepared in college level.
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