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ERIC Number: EJ410250
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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Detecting Health Fraud in the Field of Learning Disabilities.
Worrall, Russell S.
Journal of Learning Disabilities, v23 n4 p207-12 Apr 1990
This article discusses health fraud in special education. Psychopathology of health fraud, standards by which pseudoscience and quackery are defined, and the complexities of learning disorders are considered. A scale to determine whether an alternative therapy is reasonable is presented. Several popular therapies are used as examples. (Author/PB)
Descriptors: Educational Therapy, Elementary Secondary Education, Fraud, Learning Disabilities, Methods Research, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Program Validation, Quality Control, Termination of Treatment, Therapy
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom
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Language: English
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