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Informationen zum Autor A.F. Jorm Klappentext First published in 1983, advances in cognitive psychology revealed that reading and spelling disabilities may be due to deficits in basic cognitive processes. Jorm looks at each type of disability, in relation to normality as well as intellectual disability, and finds that new research provides a useful approach to seemingly intractable problems. Zusammenfassung First published in 1983, advances in cognitive psychology revealed that reading and spelling disabilities may be due to deficits in basic cognitive processes. Jorm looks at each type of disability, in relation to normality as well as intellectual disability, and finds that new research provides a useful approach to seemingly intractable problems. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface and Acknowledgments. 1. Varieties of Reading and Spelling Disability 2. Specific Reading Retardation: The Social Context 3. Specific Reading Retardation: The Nature of the Reading Deficit 4. Specific Reading Retardation: The Nature of the Cognitive Deficit 5. Specific Reading Retardation: Brain Development 6. Reading Comprehension Disabilities 7. Spelling Disabilities 8. Remediation, Prediction and Prevention. References. Index.
