Living with a Learning Disability

Cordoni, Barbara

ISBN 10: 0809313936 / ISBN 13: 9780809313938

Published by Southern Illinois University Press, 1987

About this Item

Presentation inscription by author is written on reverse side of front cover. A good softcover copy with a tight and square binding. Text is clean but has lightly yellowed. Softcovers are good (clean, no creasing) but have light edge wear and are lightly yellowed. Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery. Shipped in 100% recyclable material.

Seller Inventory # 42250

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Living with a Learning Disability
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0809313936
• ISBN 13: 9780809313938
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good
• Signed: Signed

About this title

Synopsis

Barbara Cordoni addresses, for the first time in book form, the implications of the learning disabilities on a person’s life beyond school.

L.D. people are often limited in their ability to acquire those behavioral and verbal skills that all must learn but are rarely consciously taught. Body language, facial expression, and social gestures must be understood for individuals to find their place in the social world.

Drawing on decades of research, teaching, and the parenting of her L.D. son and daughter, Dr. Cordoni offers techniques, counsel, and case studies that address those problems. Writing with clarity, humor, and compassion, she understands that individuals with learning disabilities can grow only if they have tough love from their parents.

About the Author

Barbara Cordoni is Professor, Department of Special Education, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and is a member of the International Academy for Research in Learning Disabilities.