Learning Disabilities: In Defense of a Construct

Abstract

Arguments in support of the conceptual validity of learning disabilities are presented against the background of current definitional problems. The need to differentiate between classification and identification and the importance of a shared attribute definition are stressed. It is argued that a taxonomy of learning disabilities and related achievement problems will clarify and reduce ambiguities and inconsistencies in prevalence and expression of learning disabilities. It is also argued that current problems are related to the confusion of classification and identification, to inadequate operational measures, to an exclusive focus on individuals rather than contextual systems, and to the failure to recognize that classification serves many purposes.

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