Rethinking Learning Disabilities ：Understanding Children Who Struggle in School

Publication subTitle ：Understanding Children Who Struggle in School

Author： Waber> Deborah Paula  

Publisher： Guilford Publications Inc‎

Publication year： 2010

E-ISBN: 9781606235676

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781606235652

Subject： G764 education for disabled

Keyword： 生理心理学,心理学,发展心理学（人类心理学）,小儿其他疾病,神经病学与精神病学,语言学,印欧语系,特殊教育,文化、科学、教育、体育

Language： ENG

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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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Cover

Contents

Part I. The Developmental Approachto Learning Disabilities

1. The Dilemma: What Is a Learning Disability?

2. A Learning Disability Is a Developmental Problem

3. A Developmental Science Perspective on Learning Disabilities

4. A Lifespan Perspective on Learning Disabilities

5. Identifying Learning Disabilities

6. Insights from Cognitive Neuroscience

Part II. Diagnosing the Child–World Interaction

7. Identical Twins

8. An Adequate Achiever with Learning Problems

9. Beyond a “Reading Problem”

10. Learning-Disabled Children Grown Up

11. A Developmental Strategy for Resolving the Dilemma

Appendix Publications of the Children’s Hospital Boston Learning Disabilities Research Center

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