Handbook of Learning Disabilities - Hardcover

"The chapters in this volume offer an authoritative summary and analysis of core issues related to theory and practice in the LD field. The book should be required reading for all advanced students in the field. It is an indispensable graduate text and resource for scholars."--C. Addison Stone, PhD, School of Education, University of Michigan "A valuable resource for professionals. This comprehensive and timely volume, featuring chapters by notable authors, speaks to the array of issues bearing on the delivery of effective educational services to individuals with learning disabilities. It also offers an accessible guide to the current status of research-based interventions. The critical analysis of the research, the synthesis of what is known, and the evaluation of what we still need to know make this a publication that will influence learning disability research, policy, and practice for years to come."--Dave L. Edyburn, PhD, Department of Exceptional Education, School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee "There are several handbook-type volumes on learning disabilities on the market, but none matches this volume for comprehensiveness. The contributors represent an all-star cast of investigators who have built the field in the last two decades, and they address a wide range of problem areas, methodologies, and areas of scholarly and professional focus. The volume's coverage of instructional issues makes it an incredibly useful text for practitioner-oriented courses. At the same time, sections on foundations, causes, and methodology make this 'must' reading for researchers as well. Swanson et al. have done a great service to the field."--Keith E. Stanovich, PhD, Department of Human Development and Applied Psychology, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada "More than a typical handbook, this volume is a virtual self-contained reference library for even the most erudite researcher or practitioner interested in learning differences and difficulties. Swanson, Harris, and Graham have brought together the best researchers and thinkers in the field, who 'deliver the goods' on the full range of historical, conceptual, methodological, psychological, neurological, sociocultural, and instructional issues associated with the complex and elusive construct known as learning disabilities. A masterpiece."--Edward J. Kame'enui, PhD, Institute for the Development of Educational Achievement, College of Education, University of Oregon .,."this is an invaluable book summarizing many key research programs related to LD."--"Contemporary Psychology" .,."an excellent reference for researchers or practitioners interested in a sophisticated introduction to learning disabilities....Most of the authors in the text rely on the positivistic research tradition and employ methods such as meta-analysis to summarize and draw conclusions from large bodies of research. These reviews highlight the movement of the field toward methodological rigor. The inclusion of qualitative research in several chapters builds a richness of perspectives. Swanson, Harris, and Graham accomplish an impressive feat with their handbook. They compile chapters by the most preeminent scholars in the field to create a text that is both comprehensive and accessible."--"Education Libraries" "This text is a gathering of the great minds on learning disability, and a powerful review of the major theoretical, methodological, and instructional advances of the past decade. It should be present in every university library and will prove a very worthy text for postgraduate courses on learning disability....An excellent text."--"Australian Journal of Learning Disabilities" "This Handbook is a useful resource for both those who are experienced in the field as well as those who are new to it. It is an excellent reference for any practitioner's library since it provides such a thorough overview of the LD field, and it would also serve well as a text for an introductory course in LD in teacher training programs."--"Educational Review" "Swanson, Harris, and Graham have compiled a tremendous source book of the latest research and best practices in the field oflearning disabilities. The book consists of thirty-two chapters written by well-known authors and researchers in the field....a book with an incredible wealth of information about developments in the field of learning disabilities over the past two decades. Everything presented in the book is research-based and field-tested, not simply theory. For the in-depth lists of references and resources alone this book is worth adding to your personal educational library."--"Alternative Network Journal"

This comprehensive Handbook reviews the major theoretical, methodological and instructional advances that have occurred in the field of learning disabilities over the last twenty years. With contributions from leading researchers, the volume synthesizes a vast body of knowledge on the nature of learning disabilities, their relationship to basic psychological and brain processes, and how students with these difficulties can best be identified and treated. Findings are reviewed on ways to support student performance in specific skill areas, including language, arts, maths, science and social studies, as well as general principles of effective instruction that cut across academic domains. Authoritative and up to date, the book also examines the concepts and methods that guide learning disability research and identifies promising directions for future investigation.