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Learning Disabilities in India
Willing the Mind to Learn
First Edition
Edited by:
- Pratibha Karanth - SRC Institute of Speech and Hearing, Bangalore
- Joe Rozario - Institute of Speech and Hearing, Bangalore, India
April 2003 | 180 pages | SAGE India
This important volume, perhaps the first of its kind in India, brings together professionals from diverse fields who share their experiences of tackling the problem of Learning Disabilities (LD) in India. Highlighting the nuances and specificities of learning disabilities and disorders in the Indian context, the contributors cover a wide range of important issues, including:
- the neurological, psychiatric and neuropsychological aspects of LD
- problems of language and reading acquisition in the bilingual and multilingual situation prevailing in India
- issues of identification and assessment
- speech and hearing issues, especially central auditory processing disorders and language deficits
The contributors also discuss the changing nature of the needs of children with LD, suggest remedies like primary prevention, stress the importance of integrating affected children in mainstream schools and argue for the need to create awareness about learning disorders.
Harsh Mander
Prathibha Karanth
P A Suresh and Swapna Sebastian
Philip John
Shobini L Rao
Prakash Padakannaya
Aruna Sankaranarayanan
Sita Krishnamurthy
Joe Rozario
N Shivashankar
Prathibha Karanth
K S Prema and Prathibha Karanth
Nirupama Srikanth and Prathibha Karanth
Vinita R Pandit