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Understanding Learning Disabilities

International and Multidisciplinary Views

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  • © 1985

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Editors:
  1. Drake D. Duane

    1. Mayo Clinic and Mayo Medical School, Rochester, USA

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  2. Che Kan Leong

    1. University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction to Part I: Medical Aspects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2
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    2. Medical Trends and Issues in Learning Disabilities

      • Drake D. Duane
      Pages 3-12

    3. A Cohort Study of Special Educational Needs in Ten-Year-Olds in the United Kingdom

      • Mary N. Haslum, Anthony C. Morris, Neville R. Butler
      Pages 13-26

    4. How Impaired are Children who Experience Persistent Bilateral Otitis Media with Effusion?

      • Phil A. Silva, Ian Stewart, Coralie Kirkland, Anne Simpson
      Pages 27-37

    5. A Review of Current and Future Directions in Biomedical Research in Learning Disabilities

      • Larry B. Silver
      Pages 39-46

  3. Introduction to Part II: Some Psychological Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 47-48
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    2. Diagnosis for Learning in Children with Special Needs

      • Che Kan Leong
      Pages 49-63

    3. Dissociation of Reading and Spelling Behavior

      • Lynette Bradley
      Pages 65-85

    4. Visual Factors in Dyslexia: An Unresolved Issue

      • Arthur Benton
      Pages 87-96

    5. Some Clinical Aspects of the Dyslexia Phenomenon

      • Margaret Newton
      Pages 97-107

  4. Introduction to Part III: Helping Learning Disabled School Children

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-110
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    2. Issues in the Educational Programming for Learning Disabled Children

      • Doris J. Johnson
      Pages 111-126

    3. Behavioral Aspects of Educational Difficulties

      • Maurice Chazan
      Pages 127-137

    4. Meeting Diverse Needs in the Classroom: The Barking Reading Project

      • Lisa Crispin
      Pages 139-144

    5. Some Aspects of Classroom Behavior and Interactions of Slow Learning Pupils in the Junior School

      • Paul Croll, Diana Moses
      Pages 145-150

    6. Action Research for Dyslexic Pupils: Parents as Full Partners

      • Colin Tyre, Peter Young
      Pages 151-158

    7. The Writing to Read System and Reading Difficulties: Some Preliminary Observations

      • John Henry Martin
      Pages 159-163

  5. Introduction to Part IV: Helping College Students and Adults

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165
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    2. Vocational Rehabilitation and Learning Disabilities: The Camel’s Nose is Getting under the Edge of the Tent

      • Edwin W. Martin, Michele A. Smith, Rayna A. Zwerlein
      Pages 167-178
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About this book

The authors of the papers presented in this volume are either members of the International Study Group on Special Educational Needs or their representatives. This is a small seminar, convened by invitation, involving participants from the United Kingdom, North America, Europe and New Zealand. The membership is multi-discip­ linary and all the participants have a professional interest in some 'aspect of special educational needs. Several historical patterns played a part in the development of the seminar, one being the evolution in England and Wales of special education legislation growing out of the Warnock Committee Report. This legislation, in turn, has been influenced by the special education developments in the United States which led to the passage of "The Education of All Handicapped Children Act," Public Law 94-142, in 1975. A second theme, leading to the development of the seminar, was the growing interest internation­ ally in learning disabilities and the establishment at the University of Southampton in England of the Learning Disabilities Unit headed by Colin Stevenson. Discussions in 1979 and 1980 held at conferences of the Association for Citizens with Learning Disabilities, the Orton Dyslexia Society meetings and elsewhere led to the proposal for a small international seminar, meeting annually, which would be concerned with research and education in the area of special educational needs. The Lord Renwick, then Chairman of the British Dyslexia Associ­ ation, and Colin Stevenson took the initiative in proposing that an International Conference be held at the University of Southampton.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Mayo Clinic and Mayo Medical School, Rochester, USA

    Drake D. Duane

  • University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

    Che Kan Leong

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Understanding Learning Disabilities

  • Book Subtitle: International and Multidisciplinary Views

  • Editors: Drake D. Duane, Che Kan Leong

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4910-5

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-4912-9Published: 26 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-4910-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 272

  • Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Psychology, general

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