Japanese Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Online ISSN : 2424-1652
Print ISSN : 0289-0968
ISSN-L : 0289-0968
Special Issue: Learning Disorder/Specific Learning Disorder II
GENERAL REMARKS: “LEARNING DISABILITIES” FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF EDUCATION
Kazuhiko UENO
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2017 Volume 58 Issue 3 Pages 343-350

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The concept of learning disabilities is an interdisciplinary concept spanning medical care, education, psychology, welfare and labor. The history of its rapid spread as an educational concept in Japan is presented alongside review of the trends leading up to establishment of the concept in different countries. Through international comparison of learning disorder as a category of disability, some points of importance are submitted regarding desired paths of future development.

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