Week 9 Discussion 1: Diagnosis and Assessment of Learning Disorders

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Post by Day 3 an explanation of three criteria used to diagnosis a learning disorder in a child or adolescent. Then explain how you would assess a 10-year-old boy to determine whether a learning disorder in reading existed. Finally, describe whether your assessment would be different for the boy if he were an adolescent. Be specific and provide supporting evidence from the empirical literature. Support your Discussion with specific references to the resources. Be sure to provide full APA citations for your references . Readings American Institutes for Research. (n.d.). Center on Response to Intervention at the American Institutes of Research. Retrieved from March 11, 2014, from http://www.rti4success.org/ ERIC Clearinghouse for Disabilities and Gifted Education. (2012) Retrieved from http://eric.hoagiesgifted.org/ Mash, E. J., & Wolfe, D. A. (2019). Abnormal child psychology (7th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning. Chapter 7, “Communication and Learning Disorders” (pp. 194-224) National Center for Learning Disabilities. (n.d.). Retrieved May 29, 2014, from http://www.ncld.org