Reading disabilities and instruction
By far the most frequently diagnosed learning disabilities are those that have to do with language, and more specifically with reading. A common learning disability manifested in reading problems is developmental reading disorder, also called dyslexia, or specific reading disability. Its main feature is impairment in recognizing words and in understanding what is read. These difficulties are not related to intellectual disability, physical problems such as deafness, or inadequate schooling. Other reading-related learning disabilities are sometimes evidence in any of the following problems: attention difficulty, perceptual problems, poor motivation or attitude, poor sound-symbol association, memory problems, language deficits, and transfer difficulties.
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Katherine Aboud, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor of Special Education
Amy Booth, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology & Human Development
James Booth, Ph.D.
Patricia & Rodes Hart Chair and Professor of Psychology & Human Development
Laurie E. Cutting, Ph.D.
Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Special Education; Professor of Psychology, Radiology, and Pediatrics; Associate Director, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center; Director, IDDRC Translational Neuroscience Core (Core C); Faculty Director, VKC Reading Clinic
David Dickinson, Ed.D.
Margaret Cowan Chair and Professor of Teacher Education, Emeritus
Douglas Fuchs, Ph.D.
Nicholas Hobbs Chair and Professor of Special Education Emeritus; Co-Director, National Center for Leadership in Intensive Intervention (NCLii)
Lynn S. Fuchs, Ph.D.
Dunn Family Chair in Psychoeducational Assessment Emerita; Co-Director, National Center for Leadership in Intensive Intervention (NCLii)
Amanda Goodwin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Language, Literacy, and Culture, Department of Teaching and Learning, Peabody College
Mary Louise Hemmeter, Ph.D.
Professor of Special Education
Jeannette Mancilla-Martinez, Ed.D.
Associate Professor of Special Education
C. Melanie Schuele, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Hearing and Speech Sciences
Jeanne Wanzek, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Special Education
Joseph H Wehby, Ph.D.
Chair and Associate Professor of Special Education; Project Director, National Center for Leadership in Intensive Intervention (NCLii)
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