Overcoming Learning Disabilities

A Vygotskian-Lurian Neuropsychological Approach

Tatiana V. Akhutina, Natalia M. Pylaeva

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN:
  9781107013889
• eBook ISBN:
  9781139415637
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Developmental Psychology
• Index: Psychology

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 Luria's 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 complex problems into easily understandable concepts useful to school psychologists, special and general education teachers, and parents of children with learning disabilities.

Table of contents

• Cover
• OVERCOMING LEARNING DISABILITIES
• Title
• Copyright
• CONTENTS
• PREFACE
• Introduction to the Russian-Language Edition: Contemporary Research in Child Psychological Development and Remediation: An Overview
• Introduction to the English-Language Edition: Vygotskian-Lurian Approach to Neuropsychology
• PART I GENERAL ISSUES IN DEVELOPMENT AND REMEDIATION OF HIGHER MENTAL FUNCTIONS
• PART II METHODS OF DEVELOPMENT AND REMEDIATION OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS
• PART III METHODS OF DEVELOPING VISUAL-VERBAL FUNCTIONS
• PART IV METHODS OF DEVELOPING VISUAL-SPATIAL FUNCTIONS
• PART V NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS IN CHILDREN WITH SEVERE DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY
• REFERENCES
• RECOMMENDED READING: AUTHORS’ SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
• INDEX