Essentials of specific learning disability identification

Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to accurately identify specific learning disabilities. Essentials of Specific Learning Disability Identification provides a brief overview examining the definitions and classificationsystems of—and methods for—identification of specific learning disabilities (SLDs). Focusing on descriptive efforts of the manifestations of SLDs in the academically critical areas of reading, writing, math, oral expression, and listening comprehension, this book features contributions by leading experts in the field, including Virginia Berninger, Steven Feifer, Jack Fletcher, Nancy Mather, Jack Naglieri, and more. Like all the volumes in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, each concise chapter features numerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts, bulleted points, and extensive illustrative material, as well as test questions that help you gauge and reinforce your grasp ofthe information covered. With multiple perspectives spanning several different theoretical orientations and offering various approaches to SLD identification that can be put into practice right away—from RTI methods to cognitive strengths and weaknesses approaches—this book offers important content for professionals who work with children and youth at risk for learning disabilities. With a Foreword by Cecil Reynolds, Essentials of Specific Learning Disability Identification presents rich and up-to-date information on models and methods of SLD identification INDICE: Foreword. Series Preface. Acknowledgements. Chapter 1 Overview of Specific Learning Disabilities. Chapter 2 How SLD Manifests in Reading. Chapter 3 How SLD Manifests in Mathematics. Chapter 4 How SLD Manifests in Writing. Chapter 5 How SLD Manifests in Oral Expression and Listening Comprehension. Chapter 6 A Response-to-Intervention (RTI) Approach to SLD Identification. Chapter 7 The Discrepancy-Consistency Approach to SLD Identification Using the PASSTheory. Chapter 8 RTI and Cognitive Hypothesis Testing for Specific Learning Disabilities Identification and Intervention The Best of Both Worlds. Chapter 9 Evidence-Based Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of Reading Disabilities with and without Comorbidities in Oral language, Writing, and Math for Prevention, Problem-Solving Consultation, and Specialized Instruction. Chapter 10 A CHC-based Operational Definition of SLD: Integrating Multiple Data Sources and Multiple Data Gathering Methods. Chapter 11 Difference or Disorder Separating Cultural and Linguistic Differences (CLD) from Specific Learning Disability (SLD) in the Evaluation of Diverse Students. References. Annotated Bibliography.About the Editors. About the Contributors. Index.

• ISBN: 978-0-470-58760-7
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 432
• Fecha Publicación: 08/12/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés