Book description
An insightful look at the role of neuroscience and neuropsychology as
it relates to Response to Intervention (RTI) in learning disability
diagnosis, treatment, and policy reform
Neuropsychological Perspectives on Learning Disabilities in the Era
of RTI
is a revolutionary new volume presenting the latest research-in
question-and-answer format-from leading scholars about the contributions
of neuroscience and neuropsychology as it relates to Response to
Intervention (RTI) in learning disability identification, diagnosis, and
recommended interventions.
This collective work includes contributions from more than thirty
neuroscientists, neuropsychologists, clinical psychologists, and school
psychologists with training in brain-behavior relationships, who explore
the answers to questions including:
- How do you reconcile RTI as a means of diagnosis of learning
disability with knowledge from the clinical neurosciences??
- What do you think neuroscience has to offer laws and policies
associated with learning disability determination?
- What do you think neuroscience has to offer the assessment and
identification of learning disabilities?
- What role does neurocognitive science play in designing
interventions in the context of RTI?
- What role does neuropsychology have to play in the diagnosis of
learning disability?
Featuring contributions from leaders in the field of neuropsychology and
school psychology, and with a Foreword from Sally Shaywitz,
Neuropsychological Perspectives on Learning Disabilities in the Era of
RTI illuminates the contributions of neuro-science and neuropsychology
to learning disability identification and current educational reform.
Elaine Fletcher-Janzen,
EdD, NCSP, has been a school psychologist in the public schools and
neuropsychiatric inpatient settings for the past twenty-four years. She
has coedited and authored fourteen books and reference works.
Cecil R. Reynolds, PhD, is the author of more than 300
scholarly publications and author or editor of forty-five books
including the Encyclopedia of Special Education, Third Edition
(Wiley) with Elaine Fletcher-Janzen. He is Editor of Applied
Neuropsychology and author of several widely used tests of
personality and behavior.
