Occupational Therapy: A Role in Learning Disabilities.

Cahn, Lorynne; Hodges, Joan

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ERIC Number: EJ097952

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Publication Date: 1973

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Occupational Therapy: A Role in Learning Disabilities

Cahn, Lorynne; Hodges, Joan

Academic Therapy, 9, 3, 165-74, W 73-74

The importance of including an occupational therapist in an interdisciplinary team to assess learning disabilities is demonstrated with the case of an 8-year-old boy who was evaluated and diagnosed as having severe reading disabilities and perceptual dysfunction. (MC)

Descriptors: Case Studies, Children, Exceptional Child Education, Learning Disabilities, Neurological Impairments, Occupational Therapy, Perceptual Handicaps, Perceptual Motor Learning, Reading Difficulty, Remedial Instruction

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