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The result of an exhaustive analysis and synthesis of published research, Learning Disabilities And Psychosocial Functioning provides a coherent account of what currently is known about the psychosocial functioning of children--and, to some extent, adults--with learning disabilities. The book addresses questions central to the assessment and treatment of children with learning disabilities: Are learning disabled children at greater risk for socioemotional disturbances than are normal learners? Are the learning disabled more prone to externalized psychopathology than are normal learners? Is there a distinct psychosocial profile of disabled learners? <p>The literature review reflects the three major hypotheses regarding the relationship between learning disabilities and psychosocial dysfunction that have alternately prevailed over the past 20 years. These are: socioemotional disturbance causes learning disabilities; learning disabilities cause socioemotional disturbance; specific patterns of central processing defects cause specific subtypes of learning disabilities and specific forms of socioemotional disturbance. Accompanying the data supporting these hypotheses are critical commen

Author

Rourke, Byron P. (Byron Patrick), 1939-; Fuerst, Darren R

Publisher

The Guilford Press

Published

1991

Language

EN

ISBN

9780898627671

Subjects

Medical, Psychology, Medicine