Specific learning disabilities and difficulties in children and adolescents : psychological assessment and evaluation / edited by Alan S. Kaufman and Nadeen L. Kaufman.
Contributor(s): Kaufman, Alan S
| Kaufman, Nadeen L.
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BookSeries: Cambridge child and adolescent psychiatry series: Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001Description: xvi, 467 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0521658403 (pb); 9780521658409.Subject(s): Learning disabilities -- Treatment | Learning disabilities -- Diagnosis | Learning disabled children | Psychological tests for children | Ability -- Testing -- Child | Health and Wellbeing | Learning disabilities -- diagnosis -- Child | Paediatric medicine | Psychiatry | Clinical psychologyDDC classification: 618.9285889 KAU Summary: The assessment of specific learning disabilities and disorders has long been controversial. This is a survey of the available methods, evaluating the clinical applications of these tools and their implications for educational intervention.
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The assessment of specific learning disabilities and disorders (SLD) has long been controversial. Definitions, diagnosis and treatments have been vigorously debated for decades, with the use of IQ tests attracting particular controversy. However, in recent times there have been many other new assessment tools devised for measuring intelligence and neuropsychological functioning, extending well beyond the scope of Wechsler's scales. In this cutting-edge survey, an international team of leaders in the field examines the available methods. Many of the contributors are themselves the developers of the most recent assessment tests. The authors of each chapter evaluate the diversity of clinical applications of these new instruments in SLD, and their important implications for educational intervention. The historical context and the underlying neuropsychological and cognitive theory are also expertly examined. This book will be essential reading for any practitioner or trainee dealing with specific learning issues in young people.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The assessment of specific learning disabilities and disorders has long been controversial. This is a survey of the available methods, evaluating the clinical applications of these tools and their implications for educational intervention.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface
- Part I History and Tradition
- 1 History lessons Margaret
- 2 The Wechsler intelligence scales
- Part II Alternative Cognitive Approaches to Learning Disabilities Assessment and Remediation
- 3 Applications of the Woodcock-Johnson tests of cognitive ability - revised (WJ-R) to the diagnosis of learning disabilities
- 4 The Kaufman tests - K-ABC and KAIT
- 5 Using the cognitive assessment system with learning disabled children
- 6 Application of the British Ability Scales (BAS II) and Differential Ability Scales (DAS) for the assessment of specific learning disabilities
- 7 Is dynamic assessment compatible with the psychometric model?
- 8 Multi-perspective, clinical-educational assessments of language disorders
- Part III Neuropsychological Approaches to Learning Disabilities Assessment and Remediation
- 9 Learning disabilities and their neurological foundations, theories, and subtypes
- 10 The Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Test Battery: research findings and clinical application
- 11 Developmental assessment of neurological function with the aid of the NEPSY Marit Korkman
- 12 Clinical neuropsychological assessment of child and adolescent memory with the WRAML, TOMAL, and CVLT-C
- Part IV Integration and Summation
- 13 Assessment of specific learning disabilities in the new millennium: issues, conflicts, and controversies
- Index