Guide to Learning Disabilities for Primary Care

How to Screen, Identify, Manage, and Advocate for Children with Learning Disabilities

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Nursing, Assessment & Diagnosis, Specialties, Pediatrics, Family & Relationships, Parenting, Special Needs

• Author: Larry B. Silver MD, FAACAP, Dana L. Silver MD, FAAP
• ISBN: 9781581106947
• Publisher: American Academy of Pediatrics
• Publication: June 17, 2010
• Imprint: American Academy of Pediatrics
• Language: English

All-new clinical resource to help primary caregivers take a lead role in the diagnosis, evaluation, and management of children with learning disabilities. Developed by a leading child and adolescent psychiatrist and a noted pediatrician, this all-new clinical resource is purpose-built to help primary caregivers take a lead role in the diagnosis, evaluation, and management of children with learning disabilities. Turn here for:

Clear, concise overviews of the full range of learning disorders, Expert management recommendations and valuable clinical pearls, Clinical interventions and related psychiatric disorders.

Contents:
Part I: Learning and Related Disorders, Learning Disorders vs. Learning Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Diagnosing Learning Disabilities, Language Disabilities, Motor Disabilities, Confirming a Learning, Language or Motor Disability.

Part II: The Related Disorders: The Secondary Emotional, Social, and Family Problems, The Related Neurologically-based Disorders, ragmatic Social Skill Disabilities.

Part III: Clinical Interventions: The Public School System, The Public School: Laws and Policies, The Public School: Assessment and Interventions.

Part IV: Clinical Interventions: The Related Psychiatric Disorders, Interventions for the Primary, Comorbid Disorders, Intervention for the Secondary Emotional, Social, and Family Problems. Part V: Resources, Organizations and Resources.