Learning Disabilities A to Z - Hardcover

Smith, Corinne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0684827387 ISBN 13: 9780684827384

Publisher: Free Press, 1997

Synopsis

A great deal has been discovered about learning disabilities in the past decade, but much of this information has been slow to reach the general public. Finally, Learning Disabilities: A to Z brings the best of recent research and educational experience to parents, teachers, and care givers who are responsible for children with information-processing problems. Writing with warmth and compassion, Corinne Smith and Lisa Strick provide a comprehensive guide to the causes, identification, and treatment of learning disabilities. You will learn how these subtle neurological disorders can have a major impact on a child's development, both in and out of school. Learning Disabilities: A to Z also supplies a wealth of practical and innovative strategies for helping youngsters with learning disabilities become successful, from their earliest days in preschool, through the college years and beyond.

AMONG THE SUBJECTS COVERED IN THIS VALUABLE HANDBOOK ARE:

• how to recognize a learning problem that won't be "outgrown"
• how to get a competent evaluation
• how to design an educational program that targets a student's strengths (not one that focuses only on weaknesses)
• how to negotiate effectively for what a child needs at school
• how to recognize (and avoid) dead-end practices that rob students of motivation and self-esteem
• how to help young people become more successful socially
• how to manage problem behaviors at home
• how to plan for success in college and career

About this title

About the Author

Corinne Smith Ph.D., Associate Dean of Education at Syracuse University, is author of one of the leading textbooks on learning disabilities. An expert in nonstandard assessment approaches, she lectures around the country on the topic of learning disabilities. She lives in Fayetteville, New York.

Reviews

This essential guide for parents of children with learning disabilities includes special techniques for detecting disabilities at an early stage, finding causes of learning disabilities, and developing effective educational programs for children with special needs. Smith, director of Syracuse University's Psychoeducational Teaching Laboratory, and Strick, a freelance writer, focus on honing the child's strength rather than dwelling on weaknesses. They offer useful strategies for working with children and provide resources to meet teachers' and parents' needs. Perhaps most important, they present several actual case studies and share valuable insights regarding these children and their parents. Recommended for parents, educators, special education teachers, and clinicians.?Samuel T. Huang, Northern Illinois Univ. Libs., DeKalb
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Learning disabilities are neurological malfunctions that limit the brain's ability to understand, remember, or communicate information. Occurring in five percent of the population, they are numerous, complex, and complicated in their impact by related social, behavioral, and environmental problems. Smith and Strick describe clearly, concisely, and in detail what learning disabilities are, what causes them, their warning signs, their assessment, appropriate educational programs for them, and their possessors' social and emotional well-being. Illustrations, checklists, case material, and resource lists supplement their unusually thorough, logically organized handbook for parents, which is also substantive enough to usefully guide health professionals, teachers, and child-care workers. Furthermore, the personal accounts, which make real the devastating effects that undiagnosed and untreated learning disabilities can have on self-esteem, friendships, and family life, are most affecting. Kathryn Carpenter

Edition details

• Publisher: Free Press
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0684827387
• ISBN 13: 9780684827384
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416