Overcoming Learning Disabilities: A Vygotskian-Lurian Neuropsychological Approach (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781107013889)

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.

Author: Tatiana V. Akhutina, Natalia M. Pylaeva
ISBN-10: 1107013887
ISBN-13: 9781107013889
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/30/2012
Pages: 318
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d