Neurodiversity in higher education : positive responses to specific learning differences /

This edited collection offers screening, teaching and practical support for specific learning differences in Higher Education: UsesA international case studies to explain how psychologists identify, assess and support a range of specific learning differences in students; The higher education sector...

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Other Authors: Pollak, David
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
Series:Wiley Online Library.
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