Subtypes of learning disabilities: neuropsychological and behavioural functioning of 495 children referred for multidisciplinary assessment.
Aim of the present study was two fold: (1) to evaluate the course of referring and diagnosing Learning Disabilities (LD) and the contribution of multidisciplinary assessment and (2) to describe characteristics of three LD subtypes: Attention with or without Motor function Disabilities (AMD), Verbal...
| Publicado en: | European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Vol. 16; no. 8; pp. 517 - 525 |
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| Formato: | research Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Dec2007
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=105857308&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 105857308 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10188827 EJ3 jtl: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry issn: 10188827 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2007 vid: 16 iid: 8 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 105857308 105857308 2009748895 10.1007/s00787-007-0630-3 NLM17849081 105857308 ppf: 517 ppct: 8 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Subtypes of learning disabilities: neuropsychological and behavioural functioning of 495 children referred for multidisciplinary assessment. aug: au: Hendriksen JG Keulers EH Feron FJ Wassenberg R Jolles J Vles JS affil: Dept. of Behavioural Sciences, Kempenhaeghe, Centre for Epilepsy, P.O. Box 61, 5590, AB, Heeze, The Netherlands. hendriksenj@kempenhaeghe.nl sug: subj: Learning Disorders Classification Learning Disorders Diagnosis Referral and Consultation Adolescence Child Behavior Disorders Epidemiology Child Comorbidity Diagnosis, Differential Discriminant Analysis Female Learning Disorders Epidemiology Male Netherlands Neuropsychological Tests Reproducibility of Results Human Adolescent: 13-18 years Child: 6-12 years Female Male ab: Aim of the present study was two fold: (1) to evaluate the course of referring and diagnosing Learning Disabilities (LD) and the contribution of multidisciplinary assessment and (2) to describe characteristics of three LD subtypes: Attention with or without Motor function Disabilities (AMD), Verbal Learning Disabilities (VLD) and Non-Verbal Learning Disabilities (NVLD). Diagnostics, behavioural and neuropsychological data from 495 children aged 6-17 years were described. First, AMD and VLD was the most frequent LD. Multidisciplinary assessment could contribute to the diagnostic process of LD, especially in diagnosing uncommon LD and comorbidities. Secondly, behavioural ratings, information processing, attention regularity and visual-motor integration proved to be most sensitive in discriminating between the three LD subtypes. However, diagnosing NVLD requires additional developmental information. Multiple discriminant function analysis correctly classified 61.7% of a selection of the present sample into LD subtypes as diagnosed by the multidisciplinary team. It is believed that the three subtypes are clinically relevant and suggestions are made to test the present classification functions in an independent sample, preferably diagnosed using a structured diagnostic interview. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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