Adult Learning Disorders (eBook, ePUB)

Contemporary Issues
Redaktion: Wolf, Lorraine E.; Wasserstein, Jeanette; Schreiber, Hope E.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Recent advances in neuroimaging and genetics technologies have enhanced our understanding of neurodevelopmental disorders in adults. The authors in this volume not only discuss such advances as they apply to adults with learning disorders, but also address their translation into clinical practice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 548
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136874796
• Artikelnr.: 42975771

Autorenporträt

Lorraine Wolf, Ph.D., received her doctorate in neuropsychology from the City University of New York. She is currently Director of Disability Services at Boston University, where she also holds faculty appointments in psychiatry and rehabilitation sciences. Hope Schreiber, PsyD, ABPP/CN is the Clinical Neuropsychologist for the Psychiatry Department of Tufts Medical Center, Director of the College LD/ADHD Program at Tufts, and Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine. Jeanette Wasserstein, Ph.D., is a Clinical Neuropsychologist in private practice in New York City and on the faculty of the Mt. Sinai College of Medicine, in the Department of Psychiatry. She specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of adults with neurodevelopmental disorders.

Inhaltsangabe

A.F. Mirsky
Introduction. Part 1. Development. J. Cohen Sherman
Normal and LD Development of Academic Skills. K
Kniele
R. Gur
Sex Differences in Brain Development & Learning Disability. J.W. Gilger
B.J. Kaplan
The Concept of Atypical Brain Development as Applied to Developmental Learning Disorders. Part 2. Neurobiology and Specific Learning Disorders. E.L. Grigorenko
Developmental Dyslexia in Adults: Implications for Studies of Its Etiology. A. Daniels
Reading Fluency in Adults. H. Tager-Flusberg
K. Lindgren
M. Mody
Structural and Functional Neuroimaging in Language Disorders: Specific Language Impairment and Autism Spectrum Disorders. K.D. Tsatsanis
B.P. Rourke
Syndrome of Nonverbal Learning Disabilities in Adults. F. Krueger
J. Grafman
Disorders of Mathematics: Implications for Adult Functioning. L.E. Wolf
E. Kaplan
Executive Functioning and Disorders of Self-Regulation in Young Adults. Part 3. Diagnosis and Assessment. R. Mapou
Comprehensive Evaluation of Adults with Learning Disabilities. L. Siegel
K. Stanovich
TBD. N. Gregg
C. Coleman
J. Hartwig
Assessment of Written Expression in the Adult Population. H. Schreiber
Co-existing Psychiatric Disorders in Post-secondary Students Referred for Neuropsychological Evaluation for LD or ADHD. Part 4. Life Outcomes. C. Rey-Casserly
J. Holmes Bernstein
Making the Transition to Adulthood for Individuals with Learning Disorders. N. Gregg
D. Morgan
J. Hartwig
Accommodations: Research to Practice. A.H. Macurdy
E. Geetter
Legal Issues for Adults with Learning Disabilities in Higher Education and Employment. C. Weinstein
L.E. Wolf
H. Schreiber
The Professional Student with a Learning Disorder: Focus on Medicine and Law. J. Wasserstein
N.P. Vadhan
G.A. Stefanotis
K. Barboza
Outcome of NLD Adults: A Naturalistic Study. H. Schreiber
L.E. Wolf
J. Wasserstein
Concluding Thoughts and Future Directions.