| Description |
xvii, 544 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Dyslexia- genetic aspects / Freya W. Owen -- Review of "Dyslexia- genetic aspects: / G.E. McClearn -- A medical genetics approach to the study of reading disability / Barton Childs, Joan M. Finucci, & Malcolm S. Preston -- Some developmental and predictive precursors of reading disabilities: a six year follow-up / Paul Satz, H. Gerry Taylor, Janette Friel, & Jack Fletcher -- Prevention / Archie A. Silver -- A critical review of "Some developmental and predictive precursors of reading disabilities" / Jeanette Jefferson Jansky -- Remedial approaches to dyslexia / Doris J. Johnson -- Principles of instruction: a critique of Johnson's "Remedial approaches to dyslexia" / John T. Guthrie -- Remediation of dyslexia: a discussion / Naomi Zigmond -- Some conclusions about dyslexia / Arthur Benton |
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Prevalence and types of dyslexia / Michael Rutter -- Definitions of dyslexia: their consequences for research and policy / Leon Eisenberg -- Dyslexia syndromes: a working hypothesis that works / Steven Mattis -- Toward an understanding of dyslexia: psychological factors in specific reading disability / Frank R. Vellutino -- Review of "toward an understanding of dyslexia: psychological factors in specific reading disability" / Marion Blank -- The tangled web of behavioral research on developmental dyslexia / Donald G. Doehring -- Neuropsychological research in reading retardation: a review / Byron P. Rourke -- The dyslexias: a discussion of neurobehavioral research / Otfried Spreen -- Directions of neurobehavioral research / Robert M. Knights -- Electroencephalographic and neurophysiological studies in dyslexia / John R. Hughes -- Critical review of "Electroencephalographic and neurophysiological studies in dyslexia" / Martha Bridge Denckla -- Critical review of "Electroencephalographic and neurophysiological studies in dyslexia" / C. Keith Conners -- |
| Summary |
Volume results from a National Institute of Mental Health conference on dyslexia, March 7 and 8, 1977 |
| Notes |
"Papers from National Institute of Mental Health Conference on Dyslexia, March 7 and 8, 1977." |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 477-525 |
| Issuing Body |
"Papers from National Institute of Mental Health Conference on Dyslexia, March 7 and 8, 1977" |
| Subject |
Dyslexia -- Congresses.
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Dyslexia.
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Dyslexia.
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| Genre/Form |
Congress.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Benton, Arthur Lester, 1909-2006.
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Pearl, David, 1921-
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National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.)
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National Institute of Mental Health Conference on Dyslexia (Rockville, Md.) (1977)
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| LC no. |
78003483 |
| ISBN |
0195023846 |
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0195027108 (paperback) |
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