Learning Disabilities in Older Adolescents and Adults

Clinical Utility of the Neuropsychological Perspective
1. Auflage. Softcover version of original hardcover Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-1-4419-3367-6
Verlag: Springer US

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 394 g

Reihe: Critical Issues in Neuropsychology

Learning disabilities is a subject that is usually associated with school-aged children where the research and intervention strategies are well known. Much less research has been done for assessing and diagnosing older adolescents and adults in this area. This work is an effort to provide a comprehensive review of what we know about certain of these disorders, specifically:

• language-based learning disorders;
• nonverbal learning disorders;
• high-functioning autism;
• attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder; and
• mathematics disorders

and how they manifest themselves in the later years of development and maturity. A chapter addresses each one of these disorders of learning. Included in each chapter is a discussion of historical perspectives, definitions and diagnostic criteria, incidence and prevalence data, comorbidity studies, pertinent research from all relevant fields of study, reasonable accommodations in academia as well as the workplace, and outcome data. This much-needed review will be of interest to clinicians in neuropsychology, educational psychology, and psychopharmacology.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Katz, Lynda J.

Beers, Sue R.

Goldstein, Gerald

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Neuropharmakologie, Psychopharmakologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Neurologie, Klinische Neurowissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Biologische Psychologie, Neuropsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Reading and Writing Disorders.- Mathematics Disorder.- Nonverbal Learning Disability.- ADHD.- High Functioning Autism.- Concluding Thoughts.