To evaluate by intervention; to intervene by evaluation: A proposal for action on learning disabilities

Abstract

The diversity of approaches in the field of learning disabilities is such that it is very difficult for the practitioner to accept any one of them without serious misgivings, specially if he/she aims at assisting the cases that he/she encounters. In this article we present the possibility of developing a treatment based on the specific learning disabilities of each case, within an educational and integrating framework. Learning disabilities are seen as a specific subject-environment configuration in each case. In practice, this would entail at least the following phases: a) case identification, b) description of the situation, c) evaluation and explanation, d) treatment of problematic elements, and e) revision of process and results. It is a model in hich assessment and treatment intertwine in a single sequence and in which the relationship between theory and practice are explicitly presented.