Rethinking Learning Disabilities: Understanding Children Who Struggle in School

Rethinking Learning Disabilities: Understanding Children Who Struggle in School
ISBN-10
1606235664
ISBN-13
9781606235669
Category
Psychology
Pages
241
Language
English
Published
2010-02-03
Publisher
Guilford Press
Author
Deborah Paula Waber

Description

Experts have yet to reach consensus about what a learning disability is, how to determine if a child has one, and what to do about it. Leading researcher and clinician Deborah Waber offers an alternative to the prevailing view of learning disability as a problem contained within the child. Instead, she shows how learning difficulties are best understood as a function of the developmental interaction between the child and the world. Integrating findings from education, developmental psychology, and cognitive neuroscience, she offers a novel approach with direct practical implications. Detailed real-world case studies illustrate how this approach can promote positive outcomes for children who struggle in school.

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