Overcoming Learning Disabilities [Hardcover]

Based on the ideas of Russian psychologists Lev Vygotsky and Alexander Luria, this book explores methods of preventing or overcoming learning disabilities.Based on the ideas of Russian psychologists Lev Vygotsky and Alexander Luria, this book explores methods of preventing or overcoming learning disabilities. After describing the typical forms of learning disabilities, Tatiana V. Akhutina and Natalia M. Pylaeva discuss the effective methods of remediation of attention, executive functions (working memory and cognitive control), and spatial and visual-verbal functions. The book is useful for psychologists and students, as well as teachers and parents of children with learning disabilities.Based on the ideas of Russian psychologists Lev Vygotsky and Alexander Luria, this book explores methods of preventing or overcoming learning disabilities. After describing the typical forms of learning disabilities, Tatiana V. Akhutina and Natalia M. Pylaeva discuss the effective methods of remediation of attention, executive functions (working memory and cognitive control), and spatial and visual-verbal functions. The book is useful for psychologists and students, as well as teachers and parents of children with learning disabilities.Based on the ideas of Russian psychologists Lev Vygotsky and Alexander Luria, this book explores methods of preventing or overcoming learning disabilities. Tatiana V. Akhutina and Natalia M. Pylaeva build on Vygotsky and Lurias sociocultural theory and their principle of a systemic structure and dynamic organization of higher mental functions. They focus on the interactive scaffolding of the weak components of the child's functional systems, the transition from joint child-adult co-actions, and the emotional involvement of the child. The authors discuss effective ways to remediate issues with attention, executive functions (working memory and cognitive control), and spatial and visual-verbal functions. Overcoming Learning Disabilities translates clãÜ