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Peer reviewedWorrall, Russell S. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1990
This article discusses health fraud in special education. Psychopathology of health fraud, standards by which pseudoscience and quackery are defined, and the complexities of learning disorders are considered. A scale to determine whether an alternative therapy is reasonable is presented. Several popular therapies are used as examples. (Author/PB)
Descriptors: Educational Therapy, Elementary Secondary Education, Fraud, Learning Disabilities
