Essentials of Specific Learning Disability Identification / Edition 1

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Overview

  • Complete coverage on how SLD manifests in academic performance
  • Expert advice on theory- and research-based approaches to SLD identification
  • Conveniently formatted for rapid reference

Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to accurately identify specific learning disabilities

Essentials of Specific Learning Disability Identification provides a brief overview examining the definitions and classification systems of—and methods for—identification of specific learning disabilities (SLDs). Focusing on descriptive efforts of the manifestations of SLDs in the academically critical areas of reading, writing, math, oral expression, and listening comprehension, this book features contributions by leading experts in the field, including Virginia Berninger, Steven Feifer, Jack Fletcher, Nancy Mather, Jack Naglieri, and more.

Like all the volumes in the Essentials of Psychological Assessment series, each concise chapter features numerous callout boxes highlighting key concepts, bulleted points, and extensive illustrative material, as well as test questions that help you gauge and reinforce your grasp of the information covered.

With multiple perspectives spanning several different theoretical orientations and offering various approaches to SLD identification that can be put into practice right away—from RTI methods to cognitive strengths and weaknesses approaches—this book offers important content for professionals who work with children and youth at risk for learning disabilities. With a Foreword by Cecil Reynolds, Essentials of Specific Learning Disability Identification presents rich and up-to-date information on models and methods of SLD identification.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780470587607
  • Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 11/30/2010
  • Series: Essentials of Psychological Assessment Series , #82
  • Edition description: New Edition
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 432
  • Sales rank: 82464
  • Product dimensions: 5.40 (w) x 8.40 (h) x 1.30 (d)

Meet the Author

DAWN P. FLANAGAN, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Director of the School Psychology Training Programs at St. John's University in Jamaica, New York, and Clinical Assistant Professor at the Yale Child Study Center, School of Medicine. She is the coauthor of several popular books in the Essentials series, including Essentials of WISC-IV Assessment, Second Edition, published by Wiley.

VINCENT C. ALFONSO, PhD, is Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the Graduate School of Education at Fordham University, New York, New York. He is coauthor with Dawn Flanagan of Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment and The Achievement Test Desk Reference: A Guide to Learning Disability Identification, now both in their second editions and published by Wiley.

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Table of Contents

Foreword xiii

Series Preface xvii

Acknowledgments xix

1 Overview of Specific Learning Disabilities Marlene Sotelo-Dynega Dawn P. Flanagan Vincent C. Alfonso 1

2 How SLD Manifests in Reading Steven Feifer 21

3 How SLD Manifests in Mathematics David C. Geary Mary K. Hoard Drew H. Bailey 43

4 How SLD Manifests in Writing Nancy Mather Barbara J. Wendling 65

5 How SLD Manifests in Oral Expression and Listening Comprehension Elisabeth H. Wiig 89

6 A Response to Intervention (RTI) Approach to SLD Identification Jack M. Fletcher Amy E. Barth Karla K. Stuebing 115

7 The Discrepancy/Consistency Approach to SLD Identification Using the PASS Theory Jack A. Naglieri 145

8 RTI and Cognitive Hypothesis Testing for Identification and Intervention of Specific Learning Disabilities: The Best of Both Worlds James B. Hale Kirby L. Wycoff Catherine A. Fiorello 173

9 Evidence-Based Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of Reading Disabilities With and Without Comorbidities in Oral Language, Writing, and Math: Prevention, Problem-Solving Consultation, and Specialized Instruction Virginia W. Berninger 203

10 A CHC-based Operational Definition of SLD: Integrating Multiple Data Sources and Multiple Data-Gathering Methods Dawn P. Flanagan Vincent C. Alfonso Jennifer T. Mascolo 233

11 Separating Cultural and Linguistic Differences (CLD) From Specific Learning Disability (SLD) in the Evaluation of Diverse Students: Difference or Disorder? Samuel O. Ortiz 299

References 327

Annotated Bibliography 371

About the Editors 375

About the Contributors 377

Author Index 379

Subject Index 397

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