Interdisciplinary approaches to learning disorders. A symposium by thirteen contributors
 Catalogue Number: 1373 Interdisciplinary approaches to learning disorders. A symposium by thirteen contributors Category: Book Sub-Category: Book of historical note Editor: CARTER Darrell B Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1970 Time Period: 1940 to 1999 Place Of Publication/Manufacture: Philadelphia Publisher/Manufacturer: Chilton Book Company Description Of Item: Original printed colour dust jacket, sky blue cloth cover, 191 pages including reference list. Inscribed on front fly leaf 'For Professor Cole Thanks for your many kindnesses to me during my trip to Australia' signed by the author and dated Oct 23 1972. Historical Significance: At the time Darryl Carter OD (1951) PhD (1957) was Clinical Professor of Optometry at the University of California, Berkeley. This book is of interest because of the long term debate of the role of optometry in contributing to the managament of learning disorders. Is our role simply to establish whether there are any visual barriers to learning or is it also the assessment of perceptual abilities and the development of those abilities by visual training? Seven of the 13 contributors to this book are optometrists including Meron Flom and Munroe Hirsch, How Acquired: Donated by Barry L Cole Date Acquired: Dec 2009 Condition: Good. Dust jacket torn Location: Archive room. East wall. Books of historical note |