Rethinking the Concept of Learning Disability

• Published in: Canadian psychology = Psychologie canadienne Vol. 59; no. 2; pp. 197 - 202
• Main Author: Penney, Catherine G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ottawa Educational Publishing Foundation 01.05.2018; Canadian Psychological Association
• Subjects: Academic Achievement; Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; Children; Cognition; Curriculum development; Developmental Psychology; Diagnostic Criteria; Disability; Dyslexia; Educational psychology; Human; Learning; Learning Disabilities; Mathematics; Neurological disorders; Neuropsychological Assessment; People with disabilities; Phonology; Psychologists; Reading; Reading acquisition; Teaching; Canada; definition of learning disabilities; critères de diagnostic des difficultés d'apprentissage; évaluation des difficultés d'apprentissage; assessment of learning disabilities; criteria for diagnosing learning disabilities; définition des difficultés d'apprentissage
• ISBN: 9781433891717; 1433891719
• ISSN: 0708-5591; 1878-7304
• DOI: 10.1037/cap0000128

Learning disabilities are assumed to result from a neurological disorder that makes it very difficult for children to perform well in school. The unstated assumption is that there is a discontinuity in the distribution in aptitude for academic studies such that these children can be objectively cate...