Research Catalog

Title

Learning disabilities and psychosocial functioning : a neuropsychological perspective / Byron P. Rourke, Darren R. Fuerst.

Author

Rourke, Byron P. (Byron Patrick), 1939-

Publication

New York : Guilford Press, ©1991.

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Additional Authors

Fuerst, Darren R.

Description

x, 198 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

The result of an exhaustive analysis and synthesis of published research, this volume provides an account of what currently is known about the psychosocial functioning of children and adults with learning disabilities. The authors address questions central to the assessment and treatment of children with learning disabilities, review the literature on the three major hypotheses regarding the relationship between learning disabilities and psychosocial dysfunction, and provide critical commentaries on the general and specific conclusions reached on the basis of the evidence provided. Nine case studies illustrate the clinical applications of the models and hypotheses considered, including two adult cases that demonstrate some of the long-term developmental dimensions of learning disabilities. Essential reading for all learning disabilities specialists in school and clinic settings, practitioners and researchers in the areas of child clinical psychology and neuropsychology, child psychiatry, and speech/language pathology will also find this work highly informative.

Subject

• Learning disabled children > Mental health
• Social interaction in children
• Neuropsychology
• Adaptability (Psychology)
• Social ecology
• Adaptation, Psychological
• Learning Disabilities > psychology
• Social Environment
• Neuropsychology
• human ecology
• Social ecology
• Learning disabled children > Mental health
• Social interaction in children
• Lernstörung
• Leermoeilijkheden
• Psychosociale problemen

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-193) and index.

Contents

1. Introduction and Overview -- 2. Psychosocial Functioning of Children with Learning Disabilities: Review of Hypotheses 1 and 2 -- 3. The Windsor Taxonomic Research -- 4. Psychosocial Functioning of Children with Learning Disabilities: Review of Hypothesis 3 and Conclusions -- 5. Case Studies -- 6. Where We've Been and Where We're Going.

ISBN

• 0898627672
• 9780898627671

LCCN

91016388

OCLC

• ocm23731973
• 23731973
• SCSB-1922272

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library