Foundations and Current Perspectives -- Causes and Behavioral Manifestations -- Domain-Specific Instruction/Intervention Research -- General Instructional Models -- Measurement and Methodology. Overview of Foundations, Causes, Instruction, and Methodology in the Field of Learning Disabilities / H. Lee Swanson, Karen R. Harris, and Steve Graham -- A Brief History of the Field of Learning Disabilities / Daniel P. Hallahan, Paige C. Pullen, and Devery Ward -- Classification and Definition of Learning Disabilities: A Hybrid Model / Jack M. Fletcher, Karla K. Stuebing, Robin D. Morris, and G. Reid Lyon -- Learning Disabilities and the Law / Cynthia M. Herr and Barbara D. Bateman -- Linguistically Diverse Students' Reading Difficulties: Implications for Models of Learning Disabilities Identification and Effective Instruction / Nonie K. Lesaux and Julie Russ Harris -- Adults with Learning Disabilities: Factors Contributing to Persistence / Noel Gregg -- From FAPE to FEPE: Toward an Excellent Public Education for Children and Youth with Learning Disabilities / Deborah L. Speece, Kimberly Palombo, and Jamey Burho -- The State of the Science in Learning Disabilities: Research Impact on the Field from 2001 to 2011 / G. Reid Lyon and Beverly Weiser -- Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Executive Function, and Reading Comprehension: Different but Related / Martha B. Denckla, Laura A. Barquero, Esther R. LindstroĢm, Sabrina L. Benedict, Lindsay M. Wilson, and Laurie E. Cutting -- Rapid Automatized Naming and Reading: A Review / George K. Georgiou and Rauno Parrila -- Basic Cognitive Processes and Reading Disabilities / Linda S. Siegel and Silvia Mazabel -- Memory Difficulties in Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities / H. Lee Swanson and Xinhua Zheng -- Learning Disabilities in Mathematics: Recent Advances / David C. Geary -- Language Processes: Characterization and Prevention of Language-Learning Disabilities / Mary Beth Schmitt, Laura M. Justice, and Jill M. Pentimonti -- Social Cognition of Children and Adolescents with Learning Disabilities: Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Perspectives / Michal Al-Yagon and Malka Margalit -- Behavioral Genetics, Learning Abilities, and Disabilities / Stephen A. Petrill -- Diagnosing and Treating Specific Learning Disabilities in Reference to the Brain's Working Memory System / Virginia W. Berninger and H. Lee Swanson -- Word Identification Difficulties in Children and Adolescents with Reading Disabilities: Intervention Research Findings / Maureen W. Lovett, Roderick W. Barron, and Jan C. Frijters -- Developing a New Intervention to Teach Text Structure at the Elementary Level / Joanna P. Williams and Lisa S. Pao -- Reading Comprehension for Adolescents with Significant Reading Problems / Sharon Vaughn, Elizabeth Swanson, and Michael Solis -- Instructional Intervention for Students with Mathematics Learning Disabilities / Lynn S. Fuchs, Douglas Fuchs, Robin F. Schumacher, and Pamela M. Seethaler -- The Writing of Students with Learning Disabilities, Meta-Analysis of SRSD Writing Intervention Studies, and Future Directions: Redux / Steve Graham, Karen R. Harris, and Debra McKeown -- Classroom Spelling Interventions for Students with Learning Disabilities / T.F. McLaughlin, Kimberly P. Weber, and K. Mark Derby -- Science and Social Studies / Thomas E. Scruggs and Margo A. Mastropieri -- History Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities / Cynthia M. Okolo and Ralph P. Ferretti -- Direct Instruction as Eo nomine and Contronym: Why the Right Words and the Details Matter / Edward J. Kame'enui, Hank Fien, and Jaan Korgesaar -- Cooperative Learning for Students with Learning Disabilities: Advice and Caution Derived from the Evidence / Rollanda E. O'Connor and Joseph R. Jenkins -- Data-Based Individualization as a Means of Providing Intensive Instruction to Students with Serious Learning Disorders / Douglas Fuchs, Kristen L. McMaster, Lynn S. Fuchs, and Stephanie Al Otaiba -- The Sociocultural Model as a Framework in Instructional Intervention Research / Carol Sue Englert and Troy Mariage -- Technology Applications for Improving Literacy: A Review of Research / Charles A. MacArthur -- Design for Learning Disabilities Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Research / Victor L. Willson and William H. Rupley -- Single-Case Design Intervention Research: Applications in the Learning Disabilities Field / Thomas R. Kratochwill, Margaret R. Altschaefl, Brittany J. Bice, and Jacqueline M. Kawa -- Meta-Analysis of Research on Children with Learning Disabilities / H. Lee Swanson -- Making a Hidden Disability Visible: What Has Been Learned from Neurobiological Studies of Dyslexia / Sally E. Shaywitz and Bennett A. Shaywitz -- "Taking a Handful of World": Qualitative Research in Learning Disabilities / Brooke Moore, Janette Klingner, and Beth Harry.
Summary:
"This comprehensive handbook reviews the major theoretical, methodological, and instructional advances that have occurred in the field of learning disabilities. With contributions from leading researchers, the volume synthesizes a vast body of knowledge on the nature of learning disabilities, their relationship to basic psychological and brain processes, and how students with these difficulties can best be identified and treated. Findings are reviewed on ways to support student performance in specific skill areas/m-/including language arts, math, science, and social studies/m-/as well as general principles of effective instruction that cut across academic domains. Authoritative and up to date, the book also examines the concepts and methods that guide learning disability research and identifies promising directions for future investigation"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.