The need for an integrated and multifactorial study approach to Specific Learning Disorders. A research project
Fabiola Colaci
This research project was founded with the intent to carry out a local survey with the aim of investigating the clinical profiles of a sample of 68 users with Learning Disabilities diagnosed in the year 2015-2016 at a diagnostic and treatment Centre in Salento, examining the expressiveness of these disorders in childhood and obtaining a description of the complexity of the clinical profiles in an attempt to make a comparison with the main theories proposed by recent scientific literature, which have emphasized the underlying common aspects of these disorders or, on the contrary, have highlighted their differences. The dimensions investigated were: the average age of first diagnosis, the subjects’ medical history, the relationship between Learning Disabilities, analysis of the most damaged performances, and analysis of homotypic and heterotypic comorbidity. The results highlight the importance of an integrated study of these disorders given the heterogeneity of the clinical profiles which emerged.
Keywords
Learning disability, comorbidity, multifactorial approach, performances, clinical profiles, developmental disorders.