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Specific Learning Disability: A Hidden Disability

2019
The chapter ‘Specific Learning Disability: A Hidden Disability’ purports to educate the reader about one of the high incidence disabilities, i.e. specific learning disability (SLD). In the chapter, attempts are made to bring about understanding of the concept of SLD, its characteristics and types.
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Identifying Specific Learning Disability

Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2005
Responsiveness to intervention (RTI) is being proposed as an alternative model for making decisions about the presence or absence of specific learning disability. I argue that there are many questions about RTI that remain unanswered, and radical changes in proposed regulations are not warranted at this time. Many fundamental issues related to RTI are
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Specific Learning Disabilities

Clinical Pediatrics, 1967
K, Glaser, R L, Clemmens
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Treatment of Specific Learning Disabilities

2014
Abstract Treatment of medical conditions follows, in general, one of a number of patterns. One pattern is prevention—taking measures to prevent the condition from happening. A second pattern is a curative treatment that will eradicate the condition.
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Diagnosing Specific Learning Disabilities

2014
Abstract The purpose of the evaluation is to confirm a possible diagnosis of specific learning disability (SLD), identification of a possible behavioral comorbidity, and finding an etiology for the condition. Comorbidity between SLD and other behavioral disorders, including pervasive developmental disorder and attention deficit ...
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Specific Learning Disabilities Program

Exceptional Children, 1976
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Genetics of Specific Learning Disabilities

2014
Abstract The genetic component in the ability to learn is different for different types of learning. An interesting study examined the genetic factor in absolute pitch (AP), the ability to recognize a pitch without an external reference. The subjects were musicians attending music conservatories, training programs, and orchestras.
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Theories of Specific Learning Disabilities

2014
Abstract The fact that some people have a learning disability has been recognized since the end of the 19th century. It has also been suspected that such disabilities are related, at least partially, to brain dysfunction. The etiology and pathophysiology of these conditions, though, have been constantly debated. A theory for SLD needs to
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SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITIES

The Slow Learning Child, 1971
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Learning Disabilities and Anxiety: A Meta-Analysis

Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2011
Jason M Nelson
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