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ArticlePaediatrics & child health2024

Evaluating and caring for children with a suspected learning disorder in community practice.

Justine Cohen-Silver, Meta van den Heuvel, Sloane Freeman, Jacqueline Ogilvie, Tara Chobotuk

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Article in Paediatrics & child health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Justine Cohen-SilverCanadian Paediatric Society, Community Paediatrics Committee, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Meta van den HeuvelCanadian Paediatric Society, Community Paediatrics Committee, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Sloane FreemanCanadian Paediatric Society, Community Paediatrics Committee, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Jacqueline OgilvieCanadian Paediatric Society, Community Paediatrics Committee, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Tara ChobotukCanadian Paediatric Society, Community Paediatrics Committee, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Learning challenges are common in school-aged children, with 5% to 10% meeting the criteria for a specific learning disorder (SLD, previously termed a 'learning disability'). Learning disorders can present in community practice settings as behaviour challenges, school avoidance, or as symptoms of a mental health problem. Concomitant issues may include a mental health disorder, a genetic, metabolic, or neurological condition, or developmental delay. This practice point offers guidance to paediatric health care professionals regarding the presentation and diagnosis of an SLD, including information on psychoeducational assessments, a medical workup for children with learning challenges, possible comorbid health issues, and points for improvement and advocacy in support of families and children with a range of learning issues.

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Learning challengesSpecific learning disorder

Identifiers

PMID39990032
PMCPMC11840244

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