Rethinking learning disabilities : understanding children who struggle in school / Deborah P. Waber
Imprint
New York : Guilford Press, c2010
Descript
xiv, 241 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
CONTENT
The dilemma: what is a learning disability? -- Learning disability is a developmental problem -- Developmental science perspective on learning disabilities -- Lifespan perspective on learning disabilities -- Identifying learning disabilities: a developmental approach -- Insights from cognitive neuroscience: automatic and effortful processing -- Identical twins -- Adequate achiever with learning problems -- Beyond a "reading problem" -- Learning-disabled children grown up -- Developmental strategy for resolving the dilemma