Specific Learning Disabilities

This presentation, featuring Yi Ding, Ph.D., associate professor of school psychology in the Graduate School of Education, will provide an overview of “specific learning disabilities” (SLD) including the etiology, cause, environmental factors contributing to SLD, some assessment approaches, and implications for educators and parents.

Ding is a certified school psychologist in New York and a nationally certified school psychologist (NCSP). She has experience practicing in different school settings, department clinics, and hospital settings. Her research interests including learning disabilities, development disabilities, STEM learning, and special education and school psychology issues based on a multicultural perspective.