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LEARNING DISABILITIES
SPRING, 19R1
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Dr. Bernice Wong
DIRECTED INDEPENDENT STUDY ONLY
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
This course focuses on imparting knowledge of the
conceptual and theoretical issues in learning disabilities.
At the end of the course, a student will demonstrate
knowledge of:
1. Conceptual problems of learning disabilities.
2. The historical origin of the learning disabilities
field.
3.
Theoretical attempts to explain learning disabilities,
past and present.
4. Basic's in assessment of academic learning
disabilities.
The student will demonstrate the ability to:
1.
Clearly conceptualize learning disabilities.
2.
Evaluate critically the theories put forth to
explain learning disabilities.
3.
Outline strategies in assessing academic learning
disabilities.
GRADING
Two exams and a couple of as:stgnments.
TEXTBOOKS
BRYAN, Tanis. ; BRYAN, James H.; UNDERSTANDING LEARNING
DISABILITIES (2ndeditioh); Alfred Publishing Co. Ltd.
FARNHAM-DJGGORY, Sylvia; LEARNING DISABILITIES; Harvard
University Press, 197.