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Diagnosing and Solving School Learning Disabilities in Epilepsy: Part 5, School and Psychological Testing
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Mittan, Robert J. – Exceptional Parent, 2010
In the last article, the author covered the social and psychological causes to learning difficulty that can be created by epilepsy. Over the last two articles, the author gained a fairly complete picture of problems that may be due to the physical disorder of epilepsy and problems due to its unique impact on the social aspects of the classroom. In…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Epilepsy, Learning Disabilities, Psychological Testing
Compensatory Mechanisms in C-V Dysfunction, Dysmetric Dyslexia, and Dyspraxia
Frank, Jan; Levinson, Harold N. – Academic Therapy, 1976
Summarized is the complex, wholistic, and dynamic interaction of overlapping neurophysiological and neuropsychological compensatory processes in dysmetric dyslexia and dyspraxia in children. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Learning Disabilities, Medical Evaluation, Neurology
Clinical Syndromes among the Learning Disabled.
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Lewandowski, Lawrence J. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1985
Four physiological conditions associated with later learning disabilities are noted: Turner Syndrome (a chromosomal abnormality), preterm children with intracranial hemorrhage, children with incompletely developed connecting fibers between the cerebral hemispheres, and children with acquired brain injury. (CL)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Learning Disabilities, Neurology, Physical Disabilities
A Proposed View on the Etiology of the Neurological Learning Disability Syndrome
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Silver, Larry B. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1971
Descriptors: Etiology, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities, Neurological Impairments
Physiological Learning Theory
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Hebb, D. O. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 1976
The relationship between physiological learning theory and the school-aged child with minimal brain damage is explored. (Author/SBH)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Learning Theories, Minimal Brain Dysfunction
Ophthalmological Aspects of Learning Disabilities
Park, George E. – J Learning Disabilities, 1969
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Exceptional Child Research, Eyes, Learning Disabilities
A Review of Measures of Lateralized Cerebral Hemispheric Functions
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McNeil, Malcom R.; Hamre, C. E. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1974
The authors review the history and current status of six areas of inquiry into lateralized cerbral hemispheric functions (cerebral dominance) related to language and learning disabilities. (LC)
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Exceptional Child Research, Lateral Dominance, Learning Disabilities
Neuropsychological Contributions to Education.
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Frostig, Marianne; Maslow, Phyllis – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1979
The paper deals with the effects of general experiences and specific educational practices on the structure and functioning of the central nervous system. (CL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Learning Disabilities, Memory, Motivation
The Neurobiology and Neuropsychology of Adult Learning Disorders.
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Bigler, Erin D. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1992
The area of adult learning disabilities is reviewed from a neurobiological and neuropsychological perspective. The paper covers possible pathophysiologic bases in dyslexia, neurobehavioral disorders that may coexist with learning disorders, neuropsychological assessment methods, treatment in the context of brain plasticity and recovery of…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Disorders, Biology, Brain Hemisphere Functions
Brain Damage in School Age Children.
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Haywood, H. Carl, Ed. – 1968
The product of a professional workshop, 10 papers discuss brain damage. An introduction to clinical neuropsychology is presented by H. Carl Haywood. A section on neurological foundations includes papers on the organization of the central nervous system by Jack T. Tapp and Lance L. Simpson, on epilepsy by Angela T. Folsom, and on organic language…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Case Records, Cerebral Dominance, Clinical Diagnosis