Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Prathibha Karanth -- Epidemiological and neurological aspects of learning disabilities / P.A. Suresh & Swapna Sebastian -- Co-morbid psychological disorders in learning disabled children / Philip John -- Neuropsychological aspects of learning disabilities / Shobini L. Rao -- Early reading acquisition / Prakash Padakannaya -- Cognitive profiles of children learning to read English as a second language / Aruna Sankaranarayanan -- From learning to read to reading to learn / Sita Krishnamurthy -- Assessment of learning disabilities / Joe Rozario -- Central auditory processing deficits in children with learning disability / N. Shivashankar -- Language and learning disability or language learning disability / Prathibha Karanth -- Assessment of learning disability: language based tests / K.S. Prema & Prathibha Karanth -- Speech language pathologists and the remediation of reading disabilities / Nirupama Srikanth & Prathibha Karanth -- Advocacy - Maharashtra, a case study / Vinita R. Pandit.