Rethinking learning disabilities : understanding children who struggle in school /

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,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Waber, Deborah P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Guilford Press, ©2010.
Temas:
Learning disabled children > Education.
Learning disabilities.
Child development.
Learning Disabilities
Child Development
Enfants en difficulté d'apprentissage > Éducation.
Troubles de l'apprentissage.
Enfants > Développement.
EDUCATION > Special Education > Learning Disabilities.
Child development
Learning disabilities
Learning disabled children > Education
dissertations.
Academic theses
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 241 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-234) and index.
ISBN:9781606235676
1606235672
1282490222
9781282490222

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