| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 241 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
The dilemma : what is a learning disability? -- A learning disability is a developmental problem -- A developmental science perspective on learning disabilities -- A lifespan perspective on learning disabilities -- Identifying learning disabilities : a developmental approach -- Insights from cognitive neuroscience : automatic and effortful processing -- Identical twins -- An adequate achiever with learning problems -- Beyond a "reading problem" -- Learning-disabled children grown up -- A developmental strategy for resolving the dilemma -- Appendix: Publications of the Children's Hospital Boston Learning Disabilities Research Center |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-234) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Learning disabled children -- Education
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Learning disabilities.
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Child development.
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Learning Disabilities
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Child Development
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EDUCATION -- Special Education -- Learning Disabilities.
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Child development
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Learning disabilities
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Learning disabled children -- Education
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| Genre/Form |
dissertations.
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Academic theses
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Academic theses.
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Thèses et écrits académiques.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2009032138 |
| ISBN |
9781606235676 |
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1606235672 |
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1282490222 |
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9781282490222 |
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