Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Overview of specific learning disabilities / Marlene Sotelo-Dynega, Dawn P. Flanagan, and Vincent C. Alfonso -- The neuropsychology of reading disorders : how SLD manifests in reading / Steven G. Feifer -- How SLD manifests in mathematics / Michéle M. M. Mazzocco and Rose Vukovic -- How SLD manifests in writing / Nancy Mather and Barbara J. Wendling -- How SLD manifests in oral expression and listening comprehension / Nickola Wolf Nelson and Elisabeth H. Wiig -- Nonverbal learning disabilities / Margaret Semrud-Clikeman -- A response to intervention (RTI) approach to SLD identification / Jack M. Fletcher and Jeremy Miciak -- Using student response to intervention to identify SLD : requirements, recommendations, and future research / Mathew K. Burns, Kathrin E. Maki, Kristy Warmbold-Brann, and June L. Preast -- Cognitive neuroscientific contributions to theoretical understanding of specific learning disabilities / Scott L. Decker, Rachel Bridges, and Tayllor Vetter -- Integrating instructionally relevant SLD diagnoses, patterns of strengths and weaknesses, and positive home-school partnerships : free and appropriate public education for all / Nicole Lynne Alston-Abel and Virginia Berninger -- Dual discrepancy/consistence operational definition of SLD : integrating multiple data sources and multiple data-gathering methods / Dawn P. Flanagan, Vincent C. Alfonso, Megan C. Sy, Jennifer T. Mascolo, and Erin M. McDonough -- Pattern of strengths and weaknesses made easy : the discrepancy/consistency model / Jack A. Naglieri and Steve Feifer -- Core selective evaluation process (C-SEP) and dual discrepancy/consistency (DD/C) models for SLD identification : a case study approach / Gail M. Cheramie, G. Thomas Schanding Jr., and Kristin Streich -- Difference or disorder : assessment of SLD with an english learner / Samuel O. Ortiz, Kristan E. Melo, and Meghan A. Terzulli -- Differential diagnosis of SLD versus other difficulties / Benjamin J. Lovett and David A. Kilpatrick.