Learning Disabilities In The Juvenile Justice System: An Analysis

He argues that we had labeled children by creating terms that would define their learning behaviors in education. Breggin provides a quote by Diane McGuinness in the book, Guinesses mentions that "two decades of research have not provided any support for the Validaty of ADD or hyperactivity. Neither clinical studies nor psychological testing has been able to identify such a group" (Breggin 1991). This is saying that young individuals are diagnose with these disorders but not a single study was able to detect most of these disorders. What does this mean? This means that society labeled these specific groups of young individuals based on their learning or physical behavior in education. Not only that, it shows a negative view of how the child …show more content…
A problem that is overlooked in society to where the need to help these youth is neglected. If youth with disabilities were help more, than this particular group would not have a huge increase in correction facilities. In Kvarfordt, Purcell, and Shannon's article of "Youth with Learning Disabilities in the Juvenile Justice System: A Training Needs Assessment of Detention and Court Services Personnel" (2005), talks about the roles of corrections personnel in their pursuit to helping youth with learning disabilities in youth detention. There was a point made where youth are rolled into school soon after spending three days or more in a detention facility (Kvarfordt, Purcell, and Shannon, 2005). While spending time in the corrections schooling system, they determine if the individual has a learning disability or not. With this, they could determine if in their regular schools, if an individual were enrolled in a special education program or needed one. In a correction institution, it's important to have programs to where youth could still be able to learn. Especially for youth with learning disabilities who has trouble being able …show more content…
This percentage was only the second largest behind Emotional disturbance disability which is 53%. In some cases, some youth might appear to have both emotional disturbance and learning disability. However, this article digs deeper than the risk of youth learning disabilities, the professionals in these corrections institutions feel as if these kids cannot be helped. The professionals that work with these kids and monitored them come to realize that these kids are incapable of learning. This shows a negative impact of the youth with or without disabilities. If the people who is in charge of running the corrections or youth detentions can't help the individuals who are in these institutions. Not only will this shows a negative impact on the individuals, but this would increase recidivism and these individuals will lack the skills to read, write and