Diagnosing Learning Disorders, Second Edition: A Neuropsychological Framework
Diagnosing Learning Disorders, Second Edition: A Neuropsychological Framework Books
- ISBN13: 9781593857141
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From a trusted expert in the field, this authoritative work provides an accessible overview of what learning disorders are, how they develop, and how to diagnose and handle them effectively. The author presents the most current neuroscientific knowledge on a range of conditions, including dyslexia, autism spectrum disorders, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and others. Practitioners gain vital insights and tools for making sense of children’s impairments and strengths, collecting and interpreting diagnostic data from a variety of sources, and linking diagnosis to evidence-based interventions. The second edition has been substantially revised and expanded to reflect significant clinical and research advances.
New to This Edition
*Covers additional disorders: intellectual disability, mathematics disorder, and developmental coordination disorder, plus a chapter on less well-validated disorders.
*New case illustrations and a focus on empirically based do.
*Now grounded in a multiple cognitive-deficit develop of learning disorders, replacing the prior edition’s modular, single-deficit develop.
*An illuminating chapter on controversial therapies separates myths from facts.
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Pennington’s first edition on diagnosing learning disorders was showing its age, yet still the best one-volume summary on the neuropsychological underpinnings of learning disorders. This is a thorough revision and update of that earlier work. My office has owned it for about a week and I am not yet finished, but can already see that it is a major update, equivalent to writing an entirely new book.
Like the first edition, this volume starts by offering a general neuropsychological breakdown of learning disorders and questions about subtype analysis. Where the first edition then described research evidence for five types of learning disorder, this edition covers eight. Each includes summaries of relevant and recent research substantiating the cognitive problems that undergird each of the types of learning disorder. Pennington describes his own program of research a excellent deal, which is natural, but also includes references to competing hypotheses, such as the generalized cerebellar skill-deficit hypothesis of the syndrome commonly known as dyslexia.
A fantastic summary for neuropsychologists who work with children.
Rating: 5 / 5