It is important to reaffirm the reality of the learning disabilities (LD) phenomenon as a condition that imposes genuine constraints on a student's ability to function, and not as some chimerical entity defined by an ever-changing political situation.

1 Nature.- 1 History, Definition, and Diagnosis.- 2 An Alternative to the Food Processor Approach to Subtypes of Learning Disabilities.- 3 Educational Assessment.- 4 Psychosocial Characteristics of Learning Disabled Students.- 5 Metacognition.- 6 Adults with Learning Disabilities.- 2 Theory.- 7 Neuropsychological Theories of Learning Disabilities.- 8 The Visual Deficit Hypothesis.- 9 Phonological Deficits in Dyslexia: A “Sound” Reappraisal of the Verbal Deficit Hypothesis?.- 10 The Inactive Learner Hypothesis: Myth or Reality?.- 11 Genetics.- 12 Information Processing Models.- 3 Treatment.- 13 Behavioral Approaches.- 14 Cognitive-Behavioral Approaches in Reading and Written Language: Developing Self-Regulated Learners.- 15 Computer-Assisted Instruction: Potential and Reality.- 16 Pharmacological Intervention.- 17 Remediation of Psychological Process Deficits in Learning Disabilities.- 18 A Commentary on Learning Disabilities.- Author Index.

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