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Lerner, Janet W.

Learning disabilities : theories, diagnosis, and teaching strategies / Janet W. Lerner. - 9th ed. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2003 - xxix, 575, [80] p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

pt. 1. Overview of learning disabilities --
1. Learning disabilities : a field in transition --
2. Historical perspectives and current directions --
pt. 2. The assessment-teaching process --
3. The assessment-teaching process --
4. Clinical teaching --
5. Systems for delivering educational services --
pt. 3. Theoretical perspective and expanding directions --
6. Theories of learning : implications for learning disabilities --
7. Attention deficit disorder --
8. Young children with learning disabilities --
9. Adolescents and adults with learning disabilities --
10. Medical aspects of learning disabilities --
pt. 4. From theories to teaching strategies --
11. Oral language : listening and speaking --
12. Reading --
13. Written language : written expression, spelling, and handwriting --
14. Mathematics --
15. Social and emotional behavior --
Special features --
Case study : the process of referral, assessment, and teaching of Adam Z. --
Phonics quiz and review --
Tests for assessing students with learning disabilities --
Multimedia resources : web sites, video, and print --
Credits --
Glossary --
References --
Name index --
Subject index.

ISBN: 061822405X 9780618224050

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Learning disabilities.
Learning disabled children--Education.

Dewey Class. No.: 371.926 / L6163