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Advances in learning disabilities

Current Opinion in Neurology, 1994
This review reports recent findings about diagnostic criteria, epidemiology, genetics, neuropsychological underpinnings, neuroanatomy, etiology, outcome, and treatment for the following: pervasive developmental disorder, the developmental language disorders, dyslexia, and dyscalculia.
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Specific learning disabilities

Bulletin of the Orton Society, 1977
Though specific learning disabilities have probably existed as long as human learning itself, they were "discovered" only at the turn of the 19th century, and have become a pressing social problem in the developed countries only since the 1950s. As the demands on education in the developed countries increase, so does the problem these disabilities ...
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The Otolaryngologist and Learning Disabilities

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 1970
Learning disabilities, or perceptual defects resulting in the inability to perceive or classify various symbols, may involve many systems including the auditory pathways. Perceptually handicapped children are most often characterized by poor attention to auditory stimuli and limited auditory memory.
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Learning Disabilities

Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1988
The heterogeneity of children with learning disorders is discussed. Subtypes of learning disabilities based on neuropsychological, developmental, and behavioral perspectives are reviewed. Each approach is examined in terms of its particular definition and explanation of learning disorders as well as its strengths and weaknesses and implications for ...
J W, Coplin, S B, Morgan
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Learning Disabilities: An Overview

Seminars in Neurology, 1991
Children with learning disabilities form a large pool of patients seen by neurologists for help in understanding the disability and deciding which forms of remediation are appropriate. Learning disabilities may accompany a large variety of other neurologic disabilities, but the usual child with such a problem is in excellent health.
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The Sociopsychometrics of Learning Disabilities

Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1999
The Boston University (BU) case illustrates how the psychometrics of ability differences interact with the concept of learning disability and with the sodopolitics of schooling and society. It also illustrates that learning disabilities advocacy will not be on a sound footing as long as the field refuses to rid itself of its IQ fetishism, refuses to ...
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Learning Disabilities

Pediatric Clinics of North America, 1982
J L, Culbertson, P C, Ferry
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Dyslexia and Learning Disabilities

Pediatric Clinics of North America, 1983
The approach to the child with dyslexia and learning disorders is multidisciplinary. The pediatrician can act as a guide for educators and should recognize the importance of early diagnosis and provide appropriate referral for the child and counselling for the parents.
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Learning Disabilities

Pediatric Clinics of North America, 1973
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Define ‘learning disabilities’

Nursing Standard, 2017
Should consideration be given to what we mean by the term 'learning disabilities', given the difficulty in recruiting nurses to this area (editorial, 19 April)?
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