DPSY 722 - Diagnosis and Treatment of Learning Disability

3 Credit(s)

This course provides an overview of the multifaceted factors that play a role in the etiology and sustenance of severe learning disorders. While emphasis is on learning disabilities, some consideration is paid to the sociopsychological and psychophysiological factors that bring about learning problems. A dynamic developmental-environmental-interaction approach is used in both the diagnosis of learning disabilities and the various modes of intervention that may be utilized. The emphasis is always on how an integration of neuropsychological and psychodynamic factors can be effected. All of this is, in turn, affected by ethnic, racial, and cultural factors. In considering etiology, both biological and environmental factors are discussed. The learning disorders of individuals at all ages are brought into play.