Rethinking learning disabilities : understanding children who struggle in school /
Deborah Waber.
- New York : Guilford Press, 2010.
- xiv, 241 p.: ill. 24 cm.
Includes bibliographic references and index
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.
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