Learning Disabilities: The Interaction of Learner, Task, and Setting (4th Edition)

Corinne Roth Smith

ISBN 10: 0205272037 / ISBN 13: 9780205272037

Published by Allyn & Bacon, 1997

About this Item

The book is complete and readable, with all pages and cover intact. Dust jacket, shrink wrap, or boxed set case may be missing. Pages may have light notes, highlighting, or minor water exposure, but nothing that affects readability. May be an ex-library copy and could include library markings or stickers.

Seller Inventory # BSM.S8O6

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Learning Disabilities: The Interaction of Learner, Task, and Setting (4th Edition)
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0205272037
• ISBN 13: 9780205272037
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Condition: acceptable

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Synopsis

This fourth edition examines the characteristics of individuals with learning disabilities and how their success is mediated by the demands and attitudes of their families and school environments. The book takes an ecological perspective on learning disabilities. A focus on multicultural diversity issues is included in special sections throughout. It is written in a readable style with many anecdotes and over 45 personal vignettes contributed by individuals with learning disabilities, their parents, teachers, and psychologists. Topics to this new edition include: the concept of learning disabilities; causes of learning disabilities; task and setting contributors; academic development; social-emotional development; assessment; and more. Educators of students with learning disabilities.