Counseling Secondary Students With Learning Disabilities: A Ready-To-Use Guide to Help Students Prepare for College and Work - Softcover

Koehler, Mike; Kravets, Marybeth

 
9780876282724: Counseling Secondary Students With Learning Disabilities: A Ready-To-Use Guide to Help Students Prepare for College and Work

Synopsis

For counselors, teachers, and parents, this comprehensive resource provides up-to-date information, practical suggestions, and reproducible tools to help learning disabled students prepare for college and the world of work, including extensive material for successful transition planning. Includes over 140 forms, letters, checklists, and samples-many printed in a full-page format that can be copied as is for immediate use.

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About the Author

Michael Koehler has more than 30 years ' experience as a teacher, counselor and administrator and has authored 12 books in the filed, the most recent being Athletic Director's Survival Guide and Advising Student Athletes Through the College Recruitment Process published by Prentice Hall

Marybeth Kravets is currently the College Consultant at Deerfield High School in Deerfield, Illinois, and has over 30 years' experience in education, 18 of them in counseling. She is co-author of The K&W Guide to Colleges for the Learning Disabled, published by Random House/Princeton Review. Toc: About This Resource Vi SECTION 1 Understanding Learning Disabilities 1 SECTION 2 Identifying Students with Learning Disabilities 39 SECTION 3 Working with Students and Their Parents 79 SECTION 4 Special Education - the Hub of Activity 115 SECTION 5 The Counselor and Other Support Personnel 159 SECTION 6 Working with Classroom Teachers 191 SECTION 7 Transition Planning - Thinking About College 225 SECTION 8 Transition Planning - Focus on Careers 279 SECTION 9 Learning Disabilities and the Law 299 SECTION 10 LD Programs - Their Likely and Desirable Futures 325

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