Teaching Students with Learning Problems

This practical resource contains all the information teachers need to make informed decisions concerning their students with learning or behavior problems, making it the most useful methods book on the market. It is prided for its unique separate coverage of assessment and methods for the content areas, and assists teachers in finding effective practices to facilitate instruction of students with learning or behavior problems. Practical applications are included in coverage of collaboration, inclusion, content enhancements, technology, effective teaching practices, classroom management, phonological awareness, cultural diversity, affective development, and functional curriculum. The book also contains extensive information for secondary and college level students with learning disabilities, and focuses on learning problems throughout the lifespan. It allows teachers to readily look up assessment techniques, interventions, classroom activities, instructional games, self-correcting materials, computer programs, and commercial materials in each academic area for students of all ages with learning problems. For teachers of students with mild disabilities and/or at risk for school failure.

CECIL D. MERCER is a distinguished professor of education at the University of Florida. He received his Ed.D. in special education from the University of Virginia in 1974. Cecil has written numerous articles and books on educating exceptional students. One of his major works is Students with Learning Disabilities, and he is co-author of the Strategic Math Series and the Great Leaps Reading Program. Cecil remains involved in the educational programs of exceptional students through his participation in in-service and classroom activities in public and private schools, and he is a featured keynote and workshop speaker at many national conferences. Cecil is a member of the International Dyslexia Association Board of Directors and has served on the Learning Disabilities Association of America Professional Advisory Board. He has been awarded the College of Education Teacher of the Year award three times at the University of Florida.

ANN R. MERCER is an educational diagnostician in Gainesville, Florida, and a former special education teacher of students with emotional disabilities and students with learning problems at both the elementary and secondary levels. Ann is co-author of Self-Correcting Learning Materials for the Classroom in additional to several articles and book chapters in the field of special education. Ann and Cecil have three sons, Kevin, Greg, and Ken, and a golden retriever named Buckley.