Rethinking Learning Disabilities
Understanding Children Who Struggle in School
Deborah Paula Waber
Paperbacke-bookprint + e-book
Paperback
orderSeptember 6, 2011
ISBN 9781462503346
Price: $37.00241 Pages
Size: 6" x 9"
Copyright Date: 2010
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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 real-world case studies illustrate how this approach can promote positive outcomes for children who struggle in school.