The much misused and often misconceived description of 'minimal brain damage' is considered at length with reassuring conclusions for many parents.Īlthough intended primarily for parents, there is probably no teacher who would not benefit from reading this book. Intelligence testing, its purpose and limitations are discussed, together with a consideration of the basic factors of heredity and environment and their respective significance for behavior and learning. Shop shelves groan with books purporting to explain, through snazzy brain-imaging studies, not only how thoughts and emotions function, but how politics and religion work, and what the correct answers are to age-old philosophical controversies. Fortunate parents, whose children are not disabled learners in any specific sense will discover information which throws new light on such facile comments as 'could do better', and will find new insights into the processes of formal learning especially in the early years. The concept of intelligence and the processes of perception are discussed in a comprehensive and comprehensible way and their significance for formal learning considered. While the whole of the text is relevant to the subject of dyslexia, he puts forward a strong case for discontinuing the use of this ambiguous term. Peter Lawrence does not write down to parents but treats them as intelligent partners in a study of the origins and nature of learning disabilities in particular those associated with learning to read.
Is My Child Stupid?: A Parent's Guide to the Understanding of Specific Learning Disabilities - Including Dyslexiaįor the first time parents are treated as intelligent as well as caring people who have a legitimate interest in their children's educational progress and situation.
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