Handbook of Learning Disabilities
Third Edition
Edited by Cynthia M. Okolo, Nicole Patton Terry, and Laurie E. Cutting
Foreword by Karen R. Harris, H. Lee Swanson, and Steve Graham
1. Classification and Definition of Learning Disabilities: A Hybrid Approach to Identification, Jeremy Miciak & Jack M. Fletcher
2. Representational Quality in Children with Dyslexia: Issues of Precision and Redundancy That Affect Long-Term Word Reading and Decoding Development, Donald L. Compton, Laura M. Steacy, Valeria M. Rigobon, Ashley A. Edwards, Nuria Gutiérrez, Nancy C. Marencin, & Rebecca M. Vasile
3. Mathematics Learning Difficulties, Nancy C. Jordan, Dana Miller-Cotto, & Kelly-Ann Gesuelli
4. Social and Emotional Learning and Learning Disabilities, Laura Larissa Feuerborn, Barbara A. Gueldner, & Ashli D. Tyre
6. Genetics, Learning Abilities, and Disabilities, Stephen A. Petrill & Alexa Levison
7. Executive Functions and Learning Disabilities, Marcia A. Barnes & Peng Peng
8. Memory Difficulties in Children with Specific Learning Disabilities (An Update), H. Lee Swanson & Jennifer E. Kong
9. Language Development, Developmental Language Disorder, and Reading Disabilities, Suzanne M. Adlof & Lesly Wade-Woolley
10. Learning Disabilities and Comorbidity: Prevalence, Etiology, and Implications, Erik G. Willcutt
II. Instructional Interventions
11. Effective Instruction and Intervention for Word-Level Reading for Students with and At Risk for Learning Disabilities, Stephanie Al Otaiba, Dayna Russell-Freudenthal, & Mai W. Zaru
12. Reading Comprehension Instruction and Students with Learning Disabilities in the Twenty-First Century, Jeanne Wanzek, Katherine Sargent, & Sally K. Fluhler
13. Direct and Extended Vocabulary Instruction and Intervention for Students with Learning Disabilities, Michael D. Coyne & Susan M. Loftus-Rattan
14. Intervention to Address the Needs of Students with Mathematics Learning Disabilities, Lynn S. Fuchs, Pamela M. Seethaler, Douglas Fuchs, & Daniel Espinas
15. Writing and Students with Learning Disabilities, Steve Graham & Karen R. Harris
16. Social Studies and History Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities, Susan De La Paz, Daniel R. Wissinger, & Josue Otarola
17. Science Education for Students with Learning Disabilities, Delinda van Garderen, William Romine, Heba Abdelnaby, Cassandra Smith, & Rachel Juergensen
18. Key Practices for Preventing and Ameliorating Reading Disabilities among English Learners, Philip Capin, Tim T. Andress, & Sharon Vaughn
III. Future Directions in Learning Disabilities
19. Recent Trends in Dyslexia Legislation, Timothy N. Odegard, Emily A. Farris, Anna E. Middleton, Sheryl Rimrodt-Frierson, & Julie A. Washington
20. Advances in Assessment to Monitor Progress and Performance, Matthew K. Burns, Monica E. Romero, McKinzie D. Duesenberg-Marshall, Hoi Ting Wan, & Heba Abdelnaby
21. Child X Instruction Interactions: Using Technology to Support Differentiated Instruction, Ashley Adams Sanabria & Sarah Siegal
22. Trends in Research Methods in the Learning Disabilities Field, Bryan G. Cook, Jesse I. Fleming, William J. Therrien, & Vivian C. Wong
23. Beyond Demography: Integrating Mind, Culture, and Equity in LD Research, Amy L. Ferrell & Alfredo J. Artiles
24. Integrated Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (I-MTSS): New Directions for Supporting Students with or At Risk for Learning Disabilities, Allison Gruner Gandhi, Nathan Clemens, Michael Coyne, Steve Goodman, Kathleen Lynne Lane, Erica Lembke, & Brandi Simonsen
25. Understanding and Developing Expert Teachers for Students with Learning Disabilities, Mary T. Brownell, Melinda M. Leko, & Amber E. Benedict











