- Additional Authors
- Gillard, Arthur
- Series Statement
- Issues that concern you
- Uniform Title
- Issues that concern you.
- Learning disabilities (Online)
- Subject
- Learning disabilities
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- An overview of learning disabilities / Emily Jane Willingham, Paula Anne Ford-Martin, and Rebecca J. Frey -- Learning disabilities are natural brain differences / Jan Farrington -- People with learning disabilities need to be respected and valued / Paul Williams -- Dyslexia is the most common learning disability / International Dyslexia Association -- Dyslexia is a harmful and misleading label / Michael K. Meyerhoff -- Dyssemia is a nonverbal learning disability / Stephen Nowicki and Marshall P. Duke -- Stimulant medication has a role to play in the treatment of ADHD / Allan Schwartz -- Stimulant medication is not an effective treatment for ADHD / Steven Salzberg -- School systems improperly label children with ADHD / Peter Gray -- Environmental toxins are causing an increase in learning disabilities / Donna Nitzberg -- Inadequate nutrition is causing an increase in learning disabilities / Michael Roth and Richard Drucker -- The number of learning disabled children is exaggerated / Marcus A. Winters and Jay P. Greene -- Modern technology is the solution to learning disabilities / David Rose and Ge Vue -- Gifted students with learning disabilities face special challenges / Linda C. Neumann -- Appendix: What you should know about learning disabilities ; What you should do about learning disabilities -- Organizations to contact.
- LCCN
- 2011010270
- OCLC
- ssj0000515120
- Title
Learning disabilities [electronic resource] / Arthur Gillard, book editor.
- Imprint
Detroit, MI : Greenhaven Press, c2011.
- Description
1 online resource (130 p.) : ill. (chiefly col.)
- Series
Issues that concern you
Issues that concern you.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Summary
Explores the issues surrounding learning disabilities. Presents diversity of opinion on the topic, including both conservative and liberal points of view in an even balance.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Gillard, Arthur.