Diagnostic Assessment of Learning Disabilities in Childhood Bridging the Gap Between Research and Practice /

• Main Author: Taylor, Amber E. Brueggemann (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Contemporary Issues in Psychological Assessment
• Subjects: Psychology.; Education.; Social work.; Psychotherapy.; Counseling.; Child psychology.; School psychology.; Child and School Psychology.; Education, general.; Social Work.; Psychotherapy and Counseling.

Diagnosing learning disabilities (LD) in children has never been an easy task. The multiple approaches in use complicate the assessment process, raising the risk of young students getting the wrong services, or none at all. It is clear that more accurate diagnosis and classification methods are need...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction/History of Learning Disability Assessment
• 2. Aptitude-Achievement Discrepancy
• 3. Cognitive Processing
• 4. Response to Intervention
• 5. Low Achievement
• 6. Promising Practices
• 7. Comorbidity and Differential Diagnosis
• Appendix A. States’ Previous Discrepancy Models and Current Identification Models
• Appendix B. States' Response to Intervention Models
• Appendix C. Links to Useful Websites.