Help for the Struggling Student: Ready-to-Use Strategies and Lessons to Build Attention, Memory, and Organizational Skills

Mimi Gold

ISBN 10: 078796588X / ISBN 13: 9780787965884

Published by John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2003

About this Item

This is handy resource is filled with learning strategies for teachers and parents who are working with struggling students. The book offers a wealth of learning strategies that show students how to approach tasks in new ways that can reduce or eliminate their frustrations and enable them to complete tasks more successfully. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JNC; JNSG; VFX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 279 x 17. Weight in Grams: 738. . 2003. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Seller Inventory # V9780787965884

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Help for the Struggling Student: Ready-to-Use Strategies and Lessons to Build Attention, Memory, and Organizational Skills
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 078796588X
• ISBN 13: 9780787965884
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Here is a unique picture book of learning solutions for teachers who are trying to help students struggling in three main areas of learning - attention, memory, and organization. For each area, it identifies specific problems such as difficulties with left to right scanning (an attention problem), presents an observed student behavior, explains the problem, and provides strategies and visuals to correct it, including illustrated worksheets.

About the Author

Mimi Gold (Masters in Human Development) is the school program coordinator for children and adolescents who are hospitalized in the Rehabilitation Departments of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Georgia. In addition, she works as an educational consultant, advising families and schools on special services, cognitive therapy, and instructional strategies. For more than two decades, her work has focused on meeting the special needs of students with learning disabilities.