Guide to Learning Disabilities for Primary Care

All-new clinical resource to help primary caregivers take a lead role in the diagnosis, evaluation, and management of children with learning disabilities. Developed by a leading child and adolescent psychiatrist and a noted pediatrician, this all-new clinical resource is purpose-built to help primary caregivers take a lead role in the diagnosis, evaluation, and management of children with learning disabilities. Turn here for: Clear, concise overviews of the full range of learning disorders, Expert management recommendations and valuable clinical pearls, Clinical interventions and related psychiatric disorders. Contents: Part I: Learning and Related Disorders, Learning Disorders vs. Learning Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Diagnosing Learning Disabilities, Language Disabilities, Motor Disabilities, Confirming a Learning, Language or Motor Disability. Part II: The Related Disorders: The Secondary Emotional, Social, and Family Problems, The Related Neurologically-based Disorders, ragmatic Social Skill Disabilities. Part III: Clinical Interventions: The Public School System, The Public School: Laws and Policies, The Public School: Assessment and Interventions. Part IV: Clinical Interventions: The Related Psychiatric Disorders, Interventions for the Primary, Comorbid Disorders, Intervention for the Secondary Emotional, Social, and Family Problems. Part V: Resources, Organizations and Resources.