Learning Disabilities: Substance or Shadow.

The article examines the difficulties encountered in the practice of classifying children according to specific learning disabilities. One of these difficulties is losing slightly an open ended nature of the term lends itself to substantial confusion among the professionals regarding the definition...

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Publicado en:Exceptional Children Vol. 34; no. 6; pp. 433 - 439
Autor principal: Siegel, Ernest
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. Feb1968
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Sumario:The article examines the difficulties encountered in the practice of classifying children according to specific learning disabilities. One of these difficulties is losing slightly an open ended nature of the term lends itself to substantial confusion among the professionals regarding the definition of learning disabilities. Another is that the cause of learning problem is deemphasized in enthusiastically dealing with learning disabilities. However, by emphasizing it, the behavioral aspects of the child are also often ignored. With the above situation, a researcher calls attention to create a special class for children with similar learning disabilities. The strong point of defining and emphasizing the term will aid for good teaching, a teaching based on the understanding of a child' needs and an awareness what the specific task implicates.