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Freeman, K.; Gregory, A.; Turner, A.; Blasco, P.; Hogarth, P.; Hayflick, S. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2007
Background: Pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (PKAN), an extremely rare autosomal recessive disorder resulting in iron accumulation in the brain, has a diverse phenotypic expression. Based on limited case studies of one or two patients, intellectual impairment is considered part of PKAN. Investigations of cognitive functioning have…
Descriptors: Severity (of Disability), Patients, Neurological Impairments, Diseases
Wodrich, David L.; Schmitt, Ara J. – Guilford Publications, 2006
When pre-referral interventions fall short of resolving a student's learning difficulties, a comprehensive psycho educational evaluation may be necessary. This user-friendly book provides school-based practitioners with a clear framework for assessment and evidence-based intervention planning under the revised IDEA guidelines. A step-by-step flow…
Descriptors: Psychoeducational Methods, Case Studies, Guidelines, Federal Legislation
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Scott, Ralph – Psychology in the Schools, 1981
Uses a case vignette to consider the possibility that the Rorschach FM index may be a forerunner of abstract thinking. Data support the major finding that FM may enable educational diagnosticians to more accurately estimate the intellectual capabilities of some preschool minority and other culturally disadvantaged children. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Black Youth, Case Studies, Child Development, Cognitive Processes