Learning About Learning Disabilities - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0127625305 ISBN 13: 9780127625300

Publisher: Academic Press, 1991

Synopsis

This is the first textbook to give equal attention to the intellectual, conceptual, and practical aspects of learning disabilities. Topical coverage is both comprehensive and thorough, and the information presented is up-to-date.

Provides a balanced focus on both the conceptual and practical aspects of learning disabilities (LD)**The research covered is far more comprehensive and of greater depth than any other LD textbook**The work is distinctive in its treatment of such important areas as consultation skills and service delivery

About this title

About the Author

Bernice Wong is Professor Emeritus at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia. Prior to retirement, her passion had been writing intervention research with students with and without learning disabilities. In retirement, her love for writing has transformed from academic writing to short stories about interesting events in her life.

From the Back Cover

In 1991, Academic Press published Bernice Wong's Learning about Learning Disabilities to great success. This was the first text to give equal attention to the intellectual, conceptual, and practical aspects of learning disabilities. The Second Edition keeps up the momentum of this popular title and brings the chapters up to date in this fast-moving field. Topical coveage is both comprehensive and thorough, encompassing all aspects of learning disabilities, including assessment, attention disorders, memory, language, vision, socialization, reading, writing, and mathematics. The book also offers chapters on learning disabilities in adolescents and adults.

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0127625305
• ISBN 13: 9780127625300
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 540
• Editor: Bernice Y. L. Wong