Developmental Disorders of Language Learning

This important new text is a comprehensive survey of current thinking and research on a wide range of developmental disorders. The book also highlights key research on normal and typical development. Clinical case studies and diagrams are used to illustrate key concepts, and a reader-friendly writing styling make this text ideal for advanced undergraduate or postgraduate students of psychology and other academic and clinical audiences, including speech and language therapists.

Charles Hulme is Professor of Psychology at the University of York. He has conducted research on a wide range of developmental disorders. His current research focuses particularly on interventions to ameliorate children’s reading and language difficulties.

Margaret J. Snowling is Professor of Psychology at the University of York and a qualified clinical psychologist. She is widely recognized as an expert in the field of children's reading and language difficulties.

List of Plates	p. vi
List of Figures	p. vii
List of Boxes	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xii
Understanding Developmental Cognitive Disorders	p. 1
Reading Disorders I: Developmental Dyslexia	p. 37
Reading Disorders II: Reading Comprehension Impairment	p. 90
Specific Language Impairment	p. 129
Mathematics Disorder	p. 172
Developmental Coordination Disorder	p. 209
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder	p. 243
Autism	p. 284
Understanding Developmental Cognitive Disorders: Progress and Prospects	p. 327
Glossary	p. 355
References	p. 364
Subject Index	p. 411
Author Index	p. 422
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Developmental Disorders of Language Learning and Cognition

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