01648caa a2200169   4500008004100000022001600041100001800057245006200075260000900137300001200146490002200158520115900180773006601339856004101405942001501446999001701461210629s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a2279 - 0179  aVenkatesan, S 0aDiagnostic Decision Tree for Specific Learning Disability  c2017  a121-127  vVolume 6  Issue 2  aLearning disability is among the most abused and misunderstood upcoming conditions being identified in child clinical practice. In the absence of an official definition, combined with reliance on borrowed and offshore conceptualizations about the condition, professionals as well as parents appear to be miserably caught in the whirlpool of its diagnosis. To add to this confusion, a significant portion of the diagnostic errors result from inadequate knowledge, piecemeal observations and the absence of a complete picture on or about the condition. This paper seeks to highlight several problems and issues related to its nomenclature, definition, identification, diagnosis, classification, and formal certification of specific learning disabilities in the country. In doing so, the need for maintaining a developmental or longitudinal life span perspective is strongly recommended while undertaking differential diagnosis. A prototype on diagnostic decision making tree for specific learning disabilities is given. Its value and implications are presented and discussed in the light of recent rights based legislation that is happening in the country.  aInternational Journal of Education and Psychological Research  uhttp://ijepr.org/download.php?id=378  cFJASyFJAS  c17864d17864