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Article: The misconception of the regression-based discrepancy operationalization in the definition and research of learning disabilities.
- Article from:
- Journal of Learning Disabilities
- Article date:
- May 1, 2002
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Despite the recent critiques formulated against the discrepancy concept of learning disabilities (Aaron, 1997; Stanovich, 1991), most contemporary definitions of specific learning disabilities include aptitude--achievement discrepancy as an essential criterion. For instance, according to the ICD-10 Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders (World Health Organization, 1993) and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition (DSM-IV; American Psychiatric Association, 1994), the diagnosis of a specific reading disorder requires that reading achievement be substantially below the level expected on the basis of the person's chronological age ...