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Article: Learning disabilities as functions of familial learning problems and developmental problems.
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- Exceptional Children
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- March 1, 1991
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Learning Disabilities as Functions of Familial Learning Problems and Developmental Problems
* In recent years, a consensus concerning the definition of learning disabilities has emerged in the literature (although such agreement does not necessarily prevail in practice, particularly as a definition would affect special education; Furey, 1987; Landers, 1987). This consensus was perhaps best expressed by the National Joint Committee for Learning Disabilities (NJCLD) which defined the term learning disability as follows:
Learning disability is a generic term that refers to a heterogeneous group of disorders manifested by significant difficulties in the ...