Developmental neuropsychologist | Asst Professor @HarvardMed | Director, LEAP @mghpsychiatry | often writing | @wellesley | mom | tweets=opinion
Apr 8, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Because of #COVID19 educational disruption, it's now hard to tell whether low academic achievement scores are due to lack of instruction or a true learning disorder. So how do we handle diagnosis and keep vulnerable kids from falling through the cracks?
1. Integrate clinical history with the science of learning disorders. We know that learning disorders are brain-based developmental conditions that run in families. We also know common risk factors - so we need to ask about them.
