edited by Robert J. Sternberg, Louise Spear-Swerling ; with a foreword by Keith E. Stanovich.
Boulder, Colo. :
Westview Press,
1999.
xvi, 296 pages :
illustrations ;
24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / Keith E. Stanovich -- Genes, environment, and reading disabilities / Richard K. Olson -- The biological foundations of developmental dyslexia / Elena L. Grigorenko -- The neuropsychological basis of learning disabilities / George W. Hynd, Amanda B. Clinton, and Jennifer R. Hiemenz -- Learning disabilities in perspective / Richard K. Wagner and Tamara Garon -- Phonologically based reading disabilities: toward a coherent theory of one kind of learning disability / Joseph K. Torgesen -- Reading disabilities and the interventionist / Michael G. Pressley -- Learning disabilities: the roads we have traveled and the path to the future / Linda S. Siegel -- Developing reading fluency in learning-disabled students / S. Jay Samuels -- Learning disabilities as organizational pathologies / Thomas M. Skrtic -- Learning disability: issues of representation, power, and the medicalization of school failure / Carol A. Christensen -- Can we get there from here? Learning, disabilities and future education policy / Louise Spear-Swerling -- Epilogue: Toward an emerging consensus about learning disabilities / Robert J. Sternberg.
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"More children than ever before are being labeled as learning disabled (LD), including some who in the past would have been labeled mentally retarded. But despite the reliance on the term, few agree on its definition or origins." "This edited volume attempts to bridge that knowledge gap by bringing together experts from a variety of perspectives -biological, cognitive, educational, sociological, and interactive - to discuss the nature of LD, its origins, its diagnosis, and effective remediation."--Jacket.