Building upon earlier attempts at validating empirically reliable subtypes of learning-disabled children, this volume reports on recent investigations designed to designate the content, concurrent, predictive, construct, and clinical validity of various subtyping efforts. Included are cross-sectional and longitudinal studies as well as test cases involving children, adolescents, and adults. This companion volume to Neuropsychology of Learning Disabilities is essential reading for all clinical and research psychiatrists and psychologists who work with learning-disabled youngsters.
Byron P. Rourke is Professor of Psychology and University Professor at the University of Windsor and a member of the faculty of the Child Study Center, School of Medicine, Yale University. Past President of the International Neuropsychological Society and of the Division of Clinical Neuropsychology of the American Psychological Association, he is cofounder and coeditor of the Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, The Clinical Neuropsychologist, and Child Neuropsychology, and serves on the editorial boards of a number of scientific and professional journals. He was the 1994 recipient of the Canadian Psychological Association's Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Practice of Psychology. His authored, coauthored, and edited books include Nonverbal Learning Disabilities, Child Neuropsychology, Learning Disabilities and Psychosocial Functioning, Neuropsychological Validation of Learning Disability Subtypes, Neuropsychological Assessment of Children, and Neuropsychology of Learning Disabilities.