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Academic Achievement Following Childhood Brain Disease: Implications for the Concept of Learning Disabilities.
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Taylor, H. Gerry; Schatschneider, Christopher – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1992
Two groups of children (n=107, ages 6-14) who had recovered from meningitis were compared. Children who had sustained neurologic complications during their illness had a lower mean Performance Intelligence Quotient and performed less well on perceptually demanding neuropsychological tasks than did "uncomplicated" children. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Diseases, Elementary Secondary Education, Intelligence Quotient