Rethinking Learning Disabilities: Understanding Children Who Struggle in School

Author: Deborah Paula WaberPublisher: The Guilford PressPaperback:ISBN 10: 1462503349ISBN 13: 978-1462503346Hardcover:ISBN 10: 1606235656ISBN 13: 978-1606235652Experts have yet to reach consensus about what a learning disability is, how to determine if a child has one, and what to do about it. Leading researcher and clinician Deborah Waber offers an alternative to the prevailing view of learning disability as a problem contained within the child. Instead, she shows how learning difficulties are best understood as a function of the developmental interaction between the child and the world. Integrating findings from education, developmental psychology, and cognitive neuroscience, she offers a novel approach with direct practical implications. Detailed real-world case studies illustrate how this approach can promote positive outcomes for children who struggle in school. Review "Rethinking Learning Disabilities provided a useful fr