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Dyslexia

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Advances in Clinical Neuropsychology

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The perennial puzzle of a child who reads poorly despite normal intellect and absence of diseases beyond chicken pox and the common cold still defies solution. Dyslexic children have been described, diagnosed, characterized, labeled, classified, and reclassified by educators, pediatricians, neurologists, social scientists, psychologists, educational psychologists, social psychologists, school psychologists, testing psychologists, clinical psychologists, psychiatric psychologists, and finally, neuropsychologists. The unique ways in which these individuals perform are well-documented, yet the problem persists. The most serious consequence of this diversity is the multitude of treatments, remedial training, behavior modification, and medications that are developed to deal with these individuals. Successes have been claimed for all, yet newer techniques are continually being developed and marketed as the process is perpetuated. One gets the impression that virtually every method effects an improvement, yet none works well (or well enough). Thus, more research is deemed necessary, producing even more techniques in a seemingly unending and costly spiral.

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Gordon, H.W. (1984). Dyslexia. In: Tarter, R.E., Goldstein, G. (eds) Advances in Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9844-8_7

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