Options and limitations of the cognitive psychological approach to the treatment of dyslexia

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 386-393

  Tønnessen, Finn Egil ^a,b  

^a Center for Reading Research   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DYSLEXIA; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DYSLEXIA; HUMANS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0033449056     PISSN: 14690047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002221949903200504     Document Type: Article

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