Language-Based Learning Disabilities - Softcover

Patricia Newhall

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0971329745 ISBN 13: 9780971329744

Publisher: Landmark School Outreach Program, 2012

Synopsis

Landmark's Language-Based Teaching Series provides the essential information and practical classroom resources K-12 educators need to build students' language and literacy skills. Each book provides concise explanations, mini-case studies, and online access to customizable materials for classroom use. Language-Based Learning Disabilities is the first book in this new series.

What You Will Find in this book:
Concise information about LBLD and it's impact on academic proficiency
Student questionnaires and teacher checklists that help identify language and literacy challenges
Overview of the four areas of language and linguistic development
Models of language diagnostics to help target instruction
Overviews of commonly co-occurring difficulties including issues with attention and executive function, motor skills, and social/emotional difficulty
An approach to success-based learning
Suggestions for further reading

About this title

About the Author

Patricia W. Newhall M.A., M.S.Ed., is Associate Director of the Landmark School Outreach Program. A teacher of literature, writing, and study skills since 1987, she joined the Landmark School faculty in 1993. In her publications and graduate courses, she shares research about learning disabilities and differences, and the teaching strategies essential to building the skills of struggling learners.

Edition details

• Publisher: Landmark School Outreach Program
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0971329745
• ISBN 13: 9780971329744
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 94