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Identifying Specific Reading Disability Subtypes for Effective Educational Remediation
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Feifer, Steven G.; Nader, Rebecca Gerhardstein; Flanagan, Dawn P.; Fitzer, Kim R.; Hicks, Kelly – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2014
The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the various neurocognitive processes concomitant to reading by attempting to identify various subtypes of reading disorders in a referred sample. Participants were 216 elementary school students in grades two through five who were given select subtests of the Woodcock Johnson-III Tests of…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Neurology, Cognitive Processes, Reading Processes
Learning Disabilities: A Neurobiological Perspective in Humans.
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Bonnet, Kenneth A. – Remedial and Special Education (RASE), 1989
The mechanisms of both language-based and non-language-based learning disabilities are presented within the framework of central nervous system development and the compromises to that development that arise from genetic, hormonal, antibody, medication, and postnatal compromises. Also reviewed is the need for a taxonomy of learning disabilities.…
Descriptors: Biology, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Child Development, Classification
Neurology of Learning Disabilities: What Will the Future Bring? The Answer Comes from the Successes of the Recent Past
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Galaburda, Albert M. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2005
Dyslexia may represent the first example of a LD whereby a possible pathway may link the observed behavior to an underlying neurological substrate that has a neurodevelopmental history beginning with an abnormal gene. Similar efforts are being made to link other cognitive disorders of development to a molecular pathway involved in brain…
Descriptors: Genetics, Neurology, Learning Disabilities, Brain
Research Needs in Learning Disabilities: A Neurologist's Point of View
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Denckla, Martha Bridge – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1973
Descriptors: Classification, Exceptional Child Education, Hyperactivity, Language Handicaps
Medical Considerations in Learning Disorders--A Review.
Shea, D., Robert – The Mental Retardation Learning Disability Bulletin, 1987
The review provides a classification of learning disorders; current views on possible physical and chemical factors contributing to such disorders; neurodevelopmental requirements for learning to read, write, and spell; and a method for assessing neurodevelopment. Also noted are indications for the use of medication. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Classification, Drug Therapy, Elementary Secondary Education
Self-Organization and Learning Disabilities: A Theoretical Perspective for the Interpretation and Understanding of Dysfunction.
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Zera, David Aloyzy; Lucian, David G. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 2001
This article uses a self-organizing systems (SOS) framework to explain the complexity of learning disabilities (LD) and suggest that traditional classification schema may be inadequate. It explains principles of self-organizing systems and reviews research concerning reading and math disabilities and the roles of language, attention, working…
Descriptors: Attention, Classification, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities
Systemic Analysis of Brain Mechanisms Underlying Learning Disabilities: An Introduction to the Brain Behavior Relationship.
Scaramella-Nowinski, Valerie L. – 1991
The paper presents a discussion of human mental processes as they relate to learning disabilities. Pathognomonic symptoms associated with disturbances to brain areas or functional systems are discussed, as well as treatment procedures. This brain behavior relationship is offered as a basis for a classification system that is seen to more clearly…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attention, Check Lists, Classification