Catalogue Number: 1396 Helping children overcome learning difficuties. A step by step guide for parents and children Category: Book Sub-Category: Significant book (Aitken collection) Author: Jerome ROSNER Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1979 Edition: 2nd Edition Time Period: 1940 to 1999 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: New York Publisher/Manufacturer: Walker and Company Description Of Item: Original colour printed dustwrapper, original bright green cloth covers, 379 pages, figures and 3 appendices Historical Significance: Rosner was an academic optometrist who had a special interest in childrens' vision. This book was very influential setting mid ground between the views of the behavioural optometrists and those with more conservative views on the management of children. He worked at the Learning Research and Development Center at the University of Pittsburgh and later taught and researched in the College of Optometry at the University of Houston. He also wrote Pediatric optometry (1992 Cat No 316) and was co-author of Vision Therapy in a Primary Care Practice The first edition of this book was published in 1975. How Acquired: Donated by Condition: Fine Location: Nathan Library. Aitken collection |