Research Catalog

Title

Research and global perspectives in learning disabilities : essays in honor of William M. Cruickshank / edited by Daniel P. Hallahan, Barbara K. Keogh.

Publication

Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2001.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Hallahan, Daniel P., 1944-
• Keogh, Barbara K.
• Cruickshank, William M.

Description

vi, 362 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Series Statement

The LEA series on special education and disability

Uniform Title

LEA series on special education and disability

Subject

• Learning disabilities > Cross-cultural studies
• Learning disabled children > Education > Cross-cultural studies
• Learning disabilities
• Cross-cultural studies
• Special education
• Learning Disabilities
• Cross-Cultural Comparison
• Education, Special
• special education
• Special education
• Cross-cultural studies
• Learning disabilities
• Learning disabled children > Education
• Leermoeilijkheden
• Vergelijkend onderzoek

Genre/Form

• Festschrift
• Festschriften
• Cross-cultural studies
• Festschriften.

Note

• The executive committee of the International Academy for Research in Learning Disabilities planned this volume on the occasion of its 25th anniversary to honor the founder of the Academy, William M. Cruickshank.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

The lives and careers of Bill and Dorothy Cruickshank / Doris Johnson, Barbara Keogh -- Neurobiological basis of learning disabilities / Michelle Y. Kibby, George W. Hynd -- Comorbid ADHD and learning disabilities : diagnosis, special education, and intervention / Ronald A. Kotkin, Steven R. Forness, Kenneth A. Kavale -- Social functioning of students with learning disabilities / Dheepa Sridhar, Sharon Vaughn -- Using assessment to account for and promote strong outcomes for students with learning disabilities / Lynn S. Fuchs and Douglas Fuchs -- Strategic learning in students with learning disabilities : what have we learned? / Lynn Meltzer, Marjorie Montague -- Structure and effective teaching / Margaret P. Weiss, John Wills Lloyd -- The concept of the least restrictive environment and learning disabilities : least restrictive of what? : reflections on Cruickshank's 1977 guest editorial for the Journal of Learning Disabilities / Jean B. Crockett, James M. Kauffman -- Learning disabilities : a life span approach / Paul J. Gerber -- Learning disabilities in Australia / John Elkins -- Learning disabilities in Canada / Bernice Y.L. Wong, Nancy Hutchinson -- Learning disabilities in Germany : a retrospective analysis, current status, and future trends / Günther Opp -- British orientations to specific learning difficulties / K. Wedell -- Learning disabilities in Japan / Masayoshi Tsuge -- Learning disabilities in the Netherlands / Luc M. Stevens, Wim van Werkhoven -- Reading disabilities in Scandinavia / Ingvar Lundberg, Torleiv Höien -- Learning disabilities studies in South America / Luis Bravo-Valdivieso, Neva Milicic Müller -- The challenge of international research in learning disabilities / Susan A. Vogel.

ISBN

• 0805836179
• 9780805836172

LCCN

00069933

OCLC

• ocm45620955
• 45620955
• SCSB-8919974

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library