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Rethinking learning disabilities, understanding children who struggle in school, Deborah P. Waber

eng

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-234) and index

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Rethinking learning disabilities

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Deborah P. Waber

understanding children who struggle in school

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. --from publisher description

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