Dyslexia and Other Learning Disorders : A Practitioners' Handbook

Learning is the process of acquiring new or modifying existing knowledge, behaviours, skills, values, or preferences. The ability to learn is possessed by humans, animals, and some machines, and there is also evidence for some kind of learning in some plants. Some learning is immediate, induced by a single event (e.g. being burned by a hot stove), but much skill and knowledge accumulate from repeated experiences. The changes induced by learning often last a lifetime, and it is hard to distinguish learned material that seems to be “lost” from that which cannot be retrieved. Human learning begins before birth and continues until death as a consequence of ongoing interactions between person and environment. Learning disorders affect how a person understands, remembers and responds to new information. Learning disorders describe a group of disorders characterized by inadequate development of specific academic, language, and speech skills. Types of learning disorders include reading (dyslexia), mathematics (dyscalculia) and writing (dysgraphia). These common learning difficulties are often complicated by associated disorders such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. This book brings together leading researches in the field. The present book offers practical and easy tips to enable Parents and Teachers to help children overcome their learning difficulty. 


David Washington pursued his education in the field of Counselling and Clinical Psychology. He serves as a full-time professor in a reputed medical school in Georgia, United States. His academic and research interests lie in the study of learning disabilities and language disorders. Washington has also served as a reviewer in several well-known scientific and medical journals. He has more than 54 papers and book chapters to his credit.

Pages : viii, 208p.

Subject : Psychology

ISBN : 978-1-990088-44-5

Year:  2021

Author: David Washington

Publisher: Occam Academic Press Ltd.

Binding : Hardbound

Price:  US$ 149.00

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