Essentials of Specific Learning Disability Identification, 2nd Edition [Rental Edition]

by Alfonso, Vincent C.; Flanagan, Dawn P.

• ISBN13: 9781119623151
• ISBN10: 1119623154
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781119313861
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2019-08-06
• Publisher: Wiley Rental
• More Book Details
• Purchase Benefits

Table of Contents

Foreword ix

Series Preface xiii

Acknowledgments xv

Part One Definitions and Manifestations of Specific Learning Disabilities 1

One: Overview of Specific Learning Disabilities 3
Marlene Sotelo-Dynega, Dawn P. Flanagan, and Vincent C. Alfonso

Two: The Neuropsychology of Reading Disorders: How SLD Manifests in Reading 29
Steven G. Feifer

Three: How SLD Manifests in Mathematics 59
Michèle M. M. Mazzocco and Rose Vukovic

Four: How SLD Manifests in Writing 103
Nancy Mather and Barbara J. Wendling

Five: How SLD Manifests in Oral Expression and Listening Comprehension 145
Nickola Wolf Nelson and Elisabeth H. Wiig

Six: Nonverbal Learning Disabilities 195
Margaret Semrud-Clikeman

Part Two Methods and Models of Specific Learning Disability Identification 219

Seven: A Response to Intervention (RTI) Approach to SLD Identification 221
Jack M. Fletcher and Jeremy Miciak

Eight: Using Student Response to Intervention to Identify SLD: Requirements, Recommendations, and Future Research 257
Matthew K. Burns, Kathrin E. Maki, Kristy Warmbold-Brann, and June L. Preast

Nine: Cognitive Neuroscientific Contributions to Theoretical Understanding of SLD 285
Scott L. Decker, Rachel M. Bridges, and Tayllor Vetter

Ten: Integrating Instructionally Relevant SLD Diagnoses, Patterns of Strengths and Weaknesses, and Positive Home-School Partnerships: Free and Appropriate Public Education for All 307
Nicole Lynn Alston-Abel and Virginia Berninger

Eleven: Dual Discrepancy/Consistency Operational Definition of SLD: Integrating Multiple Data Sources and Multiple Data-Gathering Methods 329
Dawn P. Flanagan, Vincent C. Alfonso, Megan C. Sy, Jennifer T. Mascolo, Erin M. McDonough, and Samuel O. Ortiz

Twelve: Pattern of Strengths and Weaknesses Made Easy: The Discrepancy/Consistency Method 431
Jack A. Naglieri and Steven G. Feifer

Thirteen: Core Selective Evaluation Process (C-SEP) and Dual Discrepancy/Consistency (DD/C) Models for SLD Identification: A Case Study Approach 475
Gail M. Cheramie, G. Thomas Schanding Jr., and Kristin Streich

Part Three Special Considerations in Specific Learning Disability Identification 503

Fourteen: Difference or Disorder: Assessment of SLD with an English Learner 505
Samuel O. Ortiz, Kristan E. Melo, and Meghan A. Terzulli

Fifteen: Differential Diagnosis of SLD Versus Other Difficulties 549
Benjamin J. Lovett and David A. Kilpatrick

About the Editors 573

About the Contributors 575

Author Index 577

Subject Index 597