This comprehensive guide to learning disabilities is filled with encouragement and practical advice for the parents of learning disabled children. Helping to navigate the hundreds of options available to you, information on finding an effective educational program that focuses on strengths, avoiding dead-end practices, negotiating for what your child needs at school and managing behavior problems and more tips and topics are included. 407 pages, indexed, softcover.
"This book is about helping youngsters with learning disabilities hold onto their dreams. It is also about helping their mothers and fathers negotiate the maze of challenges that so often leaves parents and students alike feeling overwhelmed and helpless."
Writing with warmth and compassion Corinne Smith and Lisa Strick explain the causes, identification, and treatment of learning disabilities and present a wealth of practical strategies for helping youngsters become successful both in and out of the classroom:
* Recognizing a learning problem that won't be "outgrown"
* Designing an effective educational program that targets a student's strengths (not one that focuses only on weaknesses)
* Negotiating effectively for what your child needs at school
* Avoiding dead-end practices that rob students of motivation and self-esteem
* Managing problem behaviors at home
* Planning ahead for college and career
Enriched throughout with personal stories, case histories, and tips from parents who have "been there," Learning Disabilities: A to Z is an easy-to-use, up-to-the-minute resource for parents and professionals who work with children and adolescents.
Cheryl Wilburparent volunteer, Committee of Special Education, Westhill School District (NY)
Learning Disabilities: A to Z should be the first book you reach for when your child has been diagnosed with any type of learning disability. You would be challenged to raise a question that this book does not address.
Cheryl Wilbur
parent volunteer, Committee of Special Education, Westhill School District (NY)
Learning Disabilities: A to Z should be the first book you reach for when your child has been diagnosed with any type of learning disability. You would be challenged to raise a question that this book does not address.
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