Specific Learning Disorder(s)

Alka A Subramanyam MD DPM DNBAssociate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Topiwala National Medical College and BYL Nair Charitable Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaK John Vijay Sagar MDProfessor and Head, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• 1. History of the Specific Learning Disorder Movement in India2. Working Definition of Specific Learning Disorder in the Indian Context3. Challenges in Diagnostics of SLD in a Multilinguistic and Multicultural Country4. Neurobiological Basis of Specific Learning Disorder5. Approach to a Child with Specific Learning Disorder: History-taking6. Approach to a Child with Learning Difficulties: Neurological Examination7. Comorbidities with Specific Learning Disorders: Assessment and Management8. Assessment of SLD in the Classroom: Teacher’s Role in Early Identification and Intervention9. Cognitive Assessment of a Child with Specific Learning Disorder: IQ Tests and Beyond10. Psychoeducational Assessment of a Child with Specific Learning Disorder11. Assessment of a Child with Specific Learning Disorder in Vernacular Settings12. Rights of Persons with Disability Act: A Relook from a Specific Learning Disability Perspective13. Specific Learning Disorder: Provisions at a School and College Level14. Inclusive Education in the Classroom for Specific Learning Disorder15. Online Education for Children with Specific Learning Disorder16. Parenting a Specific Learning Disorder Child in India17. Future Roadmap for Children with Specific Learning Disorder