Guide to Learning Disabilities for Primary Care

by Silver, Larry B., M.D.; Silver, Dana L., M.D.

• ISBN13: 9781581104868
• ISBN10: 1581104863
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-10-15
• Publisher: Amer Academy of Pediatrics
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Summary

All-new clinical resource to help primary caregivers take a lead role in the diagnosis, evaluation, and management of children with learning disabilities. Developed by a leading child and adolescent psychiatrist and a noted pediatrician, this all-new clinical resource is purpose-built to help primary caregivers take a lead role in the diagnosis, evaluation, and management of children with learning disabilities. Turn here for: Clear, concise overviews of the full range of learning disorders, Expert management recommendations and valuable clinical pearls, Clinical interventions and related psychiatric disorders. Contents: Part I: Learning and Related Disorders, Learning Disorders vs. Learning Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Diagnosing Learning Disabilities, Language Disabilities, Motor Disabilities, Confirming a Learning, Language or Motor Disability. Part II: The Related Disorders: The Secondary Emotional, Social, and Family Problems, The Related Neurologically-based Disorders, ragmatic Social Skill Disabilities. Part III: Clinical Interventions: The Public School System, The Public School: Laws and Policies, The Public School: Assessment and Interventions. Part IV: Clinical Interventions: The Related Psychiatric Disorders, Interventions for the Primary, Comorbid Disorders, Intervention for the Secondary Emotional, Social, and Family Problems. Part V: Resources, Organizations and Resources.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. v
Learning and Related Disabilities	p. 1
Learning Disorders Versus Learning Disabilities	p. 3
Learning Disabilities	p. 11
Diagnosing Learning Disabilities	p. 29
The Related Language Disabilities	p. 37
The Related Motor Disabilities	p. 47
Confirming a Learning Disability and the Related Language or Motor Disability	p. 57
Related Disorders	p. 67
The Impact of Learning Beyond the School: Secondary Emotional, Social, and Family Problems	p. 69
Related Neurologically Based Disorders	p. 79
The Related Pragmatic Social Skills Disabilities	p. 91
Clinical Interventions: The Public School System	p. 97
The Public School: Laws and Policies	p. 99
The Public School: Assessment and Intervention	p. 111
Clinical Interventions: The Related Psychiatric Disorders	p. 127
Interventions for Primary Comorbid Disorders	p. 129
Interventions for the Secondary Emotional, Social, and Family Problems	p. 137
Resources	p. 145
Organizations and Other Resources	p. 147
Screening Forms	p. 151
Index	p. 159
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