Learning disabilities are a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by failure to acquire, retrieve, and use information competently. These disorders have a multifactorial aetiology and are most common and severe in children, especially when comorbid with other chronic health conditions. This book provides current and comprehensive information about learning disorders, including information on neurobiology, assessment, clinical features, and treatment. Chapters cover such topics as historical research and hypotheses of learning disorders, neuropsychological assessment and counselling, characteristics of specific disorders such as autism and ADHD, evidence-based treatment strategies and assistive technologies, and much more.
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Learning Disabilities
"This text provides a balanced focus on both the conceptual and practical aspects of learning disabilities.
Figure 7.1 depicts the version of the DIME model tested in Cromley, Snyder-Hogan, & Luciw-Dubas (2010). Historically, the component skills framework comes from the SVR. Some researchers have further articulated this framework by adding ...
New York: Grune & Stratton. Ashtari, M., Kumra, S., Bhaskar, S., Clarke, T., Thaden, E., Cervellione, K., Rhinewine, J., Kane, J., Adesman, A., & Milanaik, R. (2005). Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A preliminary diffusion ...
Discusses the symptoms and treatment of learning disabilities while offering strategies for helping children succeed
This book includes chapters: Inclusion and Students with Learning Disabilities; Reading Instruction and Students with Learning Disabilities; Written Instruction and Students with Learning Disabilities; and Mathematics Instruction and ...
Moreover, it presents a host of strategies and resources that can show parents and teachers how to help children succeed."--BOOK JACKET.
This is the first textbook to give equal attention to the intellectual, conceptual, and practical aspects of learning disabilities. Topical coverage is both comprehensive and thorough, and the information presented is up-to-date.
Many parents of children with NLD have felt that something was amiss early in their child's development, but were unable to put their ... academic or politician than 88 HELPING CHILDREN WITH NONVERBAL LEARNING DISABILITIES TO FLOURISH.