title: Understanding neurocognitive developmental disorders can improve education for all.
abstract: Specific learning disabilities (SLDs) are estimated to affect up to 10% of the population, and they co-occur far more often than would be expected, given their prevalences. We need to understand the complex etiology of SLDs and their co-occurrences in order to underpin the training of teachers, school psychologists, and clinicians, so that they can reliably recognize SLDs and optimize the learning contexts for individual learners.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, Alexandra House, 17 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AR, UK. b.butterworth@ucl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Butterworth
authors.forename: Yulia
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kovas
mesh_terms: D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods; D004519:Education, Special / Q000379:methods; D005178:Faculty; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000254:growth & development; D010820:Physicians; D015995:Prevalence; D011584:Psychology / Q000193:education; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*