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Adolescents and Adults with Learning Disabilities and ADHD: Assessment and Accommodation

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First to review, but I'm not a shill -- merely an involved parent.

This is an exceptionally valuable reference for professionals, academics and invested laypersons. This is not a casual read. The book is wonderfully concise -- no fluff here.

For professionals and academics, it contains a wealth of references -- of the ~300+ pages, ~250 are text, 10 are index, and a full 55 pages are references to other texts and journal articles. The book is worth purchasing for the references alone.

Professor Gregg documents ADHD & LD research, offers her own cogent analysis & insights, and provides practical recommendations for navigating the relevant legislative and therapeutic frameworks.

The only noteworthy omission is that the book, probably by design, contains virtually no discussion of medication. One must look for that discussion elsewhere.

The net result is that this book has helped & continues to help me to intelligently, knowledgeably and helpfully engage the professionals I work with to assist my son in leveraging his strengths and manage his deficits.

Very highly recommended.

I learned about this book - used as a textbook - via an online course "Adults with Learning Disabilities", offered by the civil rights legal counsel for our state. I had already completed a master's degree and other extensive graduate training specifically about Adults with Learning Disabilities. I was also already a professional working for the state with adults at community colleges. Even with all this background, this book by Noel Gregg, introduced me to the best and most comprehensive resource I have ever found on this topic. This book is top-notch and should be in the library of every professional working with adults (and even grades K-12) with learning disabilities. It is well-organized, has a great index to easily reference specifics, lots of summary charts on chapter topics, decision-making flowcharts for determining appropriate accommodations for specific processing deficits, legal implications, etc. etc. It is very user-friendly and well-written, so much so that even a lay person could probably get a lot out of it. I cannot recommend this book highly enough!!

Well written, informative book. I recommend to all psychologists and psychology students who incorporate ADHD and learning disability assessment into their practice.