Learning Disabilities

by Arthur Gillard (Editor)

Overview

Editor Arthur Gillard presents readers with multiple sides to current issues relating to learning disabilities. Is inadequate nutrition causing an increase in learning disabilities? Is stimulant medication an effective treatment for A.D.H.D.? Are environmental toxins causing an increase in learning disabilities? These questions and many more are debated and answered for readers. Essay sources include the International Dyslexia Association, Jan Farrington, Rebecca J. Frey, and Linda C. Neumann.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780737756951
Publisher:	Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Publication date:	08/25/2011
Series:	Issues That Concern You Series
Pages:	136
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	13 - 16 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction 5

1 An Overview of Learning Disabilities Emily Jane Willingham Paula Anne Ford-Martin Rebecca J. Frey 10

2 Learning Disabilities Are Natural Brain Differences Jan Farrington 19

3 People with Learning Disabilities Need to Be Respected and Valued Paul Williams 25

4 Dyslexia Is the Most Common Learning Disability International Dyslexia Association 30

5 Dyslexia Is a Harmful and Misleading Label Michael K. Meyerhoff 37

6 Dyssemia Is a Nonverbal Learning Disability Stephen Nowicki Marshall P. Duke 43

7 Stimulant Medication Has a Role to Play in the Treatment of ADHD Allan Schwartz 49

8 Stimulant Medication Is Not an Effective Treatment for ADHD Steven Salzberg 54

9 School Systems Improperly Label Children with ADHD Peter Gray 59

10 Environmental Toxins Are Causing an Increase in Learning Disabilities Donna Nitzberg 67

11 Inadequate Nutrition Is Causing an Increase in Learning Disabilities Michael Roth Richard Drucker 75

12 The Number of Learning-Disabled Children Is Exaggerated Marcus A. Winters Jay P. Greene 83

13 Modern Technology Is the Solution to Learning Disabilities David Rose Ge Vue 89

14 Gifted Students with Learning Disabilities Face Special Challenges Linda C. Neumann 97

Appendix

What You Should Know About Learning Disabilities 105

What You Should Do About Learning Disabilities 110

Organizations to Contact 114

Bibliography 122

Index 126

Picture Credits 130

Editorial Reviews

Review: Learning Disabilities "...amazingly written, while it is aimed at the middle school reader High School students as well as adults could learn something from this volume."—SWON Libraries, May 2011

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