Specific Learning Disabilities and Difficulties in Children and Adolescents
Subtitle: Psychological Assessment and Evaluation
Contributors: Alan S. Kaufman (Editor); Nadeen L. Kaufman (Editor)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 467
ISBN-13: 9780521658409
Subjects: Paediatric medicine; Psychiatry; Psychiatry - General; Learning Disabilities; Medical; Psychology; Assessment, Testing & Measurement; Developmental - Child; Learning disabilities--Treatment; Medical / Psychiatry; Learning disabled children; Treatment
First sentence: In April 1963, Samuel Kirk, a prominent psychologist/special educator, stood before a group composed of people whose children were in trouble in school and other people, in smaller numbers, who had a professional interest in the children, and said: I know that one of your problems at this meeting is to find a term that applies to every child.