Vocational Rehabilitation Outcomes of Adults with Co-Morbid Borderline IQ and Specific Learning Disabilities - Statistical Data Included

Journal of Rehabilitation, Oct-Dec, 2000 by Mardis D. Dunham, Michael P. Schrader, Karen S. Dunham

It can be argued that borderline IQ/SLD is nothing more than an arbitrary description of a set of test scores -- that "borderline" does not represent a functional limitation beyond what is expected given the SLD. Indeed, this study failed to support the contention that B/SLD is distinct from SLD in placement success. However, like any study, not all potential outcome variables were examined. Additional investigation of outcome variables could help determine if persons diagnosed with both borderline IQ and SLD represent a distinct, more impaired population of DVR consumers. Specifically, future research should be conducted to determine if persons with both conditions were more likely than those with SLD only to drop out of DVR services, be fired from a job, earn lower wages, or to have a co-morbid psychiatric condition.

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