On babies and bathwater: addressing the problems of identification of learning disabilities.

From: Learning Disability Quarterly | Date: June 22, 2002| Author: Mastropieri, Margo A.; Scruggs, Thomas E. | Copyright information

Abstract. In this article, we review problems in identification of learning disabilities and consider proposed alternatives to present procedures. We argue that no proposed alternative meets all the necessary criteria for identification of learning disabilities, and that radically altering or eliminating current conceptualizations of learning disabilities may amount to "throwing the baby out with the bathwater." We conclude that the major problems of identification of learning disa...

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