Assessing college-level learning difficulties and "at riskness" for learning disabilities and adhd: Development and validation of the learning difficulties assessment

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 533-542

  Kane, Steven T ^a   Walker, John H ^a   Schmidt, George R ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; college students; learning difficulties; learning disabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053553902     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022219410392045     Document Type: Article

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