Learning Disabilities and Brain Function: A Neuropsychological Approach - Brossura

Gaddes, William H. H.; Edgell, Dorothy

 
9781441928320: Learning Disabilities and Brain Function: A Neuropsychological Approach

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The highly successful third edition of Learning Disabilities and Brain Function remains a classic text for professionals and students in the field. This book combines well-developed theoretical orientation with practical suggestions and pertinent case studies, for a highly integrated multidisciplinary approach to learning disabilities in children and adults. Third edition contains timely new chapter on Attention Deficit Disorder.

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1. Neurology & behavior: background & assessment 2. The nervous system & learning 3. Using neuropsychological knowledge in understanding learning disorders 4. Perceptual disorders 5. Sensory & motor pathways & learning 6.Hemispheric specialization, handedness, and laterality 7. Attention deficit disorder 8. Language development, aphasia, dyslexia 9. Neuropsychological basis of problems in writing 10. Remediation, therapy and learning in the disabled child 11. Postscript // Appendix: Neuropsychological tests

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