Basic patterns of learning disability: follow-up study of very low birth weight children

Ishikawa, M.

No to Hattatsu 31(3): 229-236

1999


ISSN/ISBN: 0029-0831
PMID: 10355262
Document Number: 510861
The purpose of this study was to characterize learning disability (LD) in low birth weight children (VLBW). Longitudinal mental development of VLBW without major handicap was investigated using several neuropsychological tests (ITPA, BGT, WISC-R) suitable for their ages. The tests at ages of 5-6 years demonstrated delays in visual perception and visual motor integration. In the school-age, impairments of language understanding and abstraction were suggested. The process of mental development in VLBW with LD was reported in detail on the cases requiring special education. Some cases with a pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) were also presented to show difference from LD.

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