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The complete learning disabilities handbook : ready-to-use strategies & activities for teaching students with learning disabilities.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Jossey-Bass teacherPublication details: San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass ; Chichester : John Wiley [distributor], 2008.Edition: 3rd ed. / Joan Harwell, Rebecca Williams JacksonDescription: xix, 388 p. : ill. ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9780787997557 (pbk.)
  • 0787997552 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 371.9 22
LOC classification:
  • LC4704 .H378 2008
Contents:
An overview of the field of learning disabilities -- Research in the field of learning disabilities -- Understanding the laws -- Early childhood education for at-risk students -- The student study team process -- Formal assessment and identification of the student with learning disabilities --Planning for the student with learning disabilities -- Classroom management for teachers -- Academic management considerations -- Interventions for specific problems -- Reading and the student with learning disabilities -- Writing, spelling, and speaking -- Teaching mathematically challenged students -- Adolescents and adults with learning disabilities -- The role of the family -- Education in the new millennium.
1. An overview of the field of learning disabilities -- 2. Research in the field of learning disabilities -- 3. Understanding the laws -- 4. Early childhood education for at-risk students -- 5. The student study team process -- 6. Formal assessment and identification of the student with learning disabilities -- 7. Planning for the student with learning disabilities -- 8. Classroom management for teachers -- 9. Academic management considerations -- 10. Interventions for specific problems -- 11. Reading and the student with learning disabilities -- 12. Writing, spelling, and speaking -- 13. Teaching mathematically challenged students -- 14. Adolescents and adults with learning disabilities -- 15. The role of the family -- 16. Education in the new millennium.
Summary: A comprehensive source of information, strategies, and activities for working with learning disabled students.Review: "The third edition of this classic resource is a comprehensive source of information, strategies, and activities for working with learning disabled students. The book offers special educators, classroom teachers, and parents a wealth of new and proven suggestions and ready-to-use materials for helping LD students of all ages learn and perform at their fullest potential. Harwell and Jackson provide clear explanations of the latest research on learning disabilities as well as a wealth of practical strategies for classroom management, lesson plans, and assessment."--BOOK JACKET.
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Book Book MHERC Specific Learning Disability 371.9 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available The book offers special educators, classroom teachers, and parents a wealth of new and proven suggestions and ready-to-use materials for helping LD students of all ages learn and perform at their fullest potential. A40915478
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Previous ed. published: Paramus, N.J. : Center for Applied Research in Education, 2001.

Includes bibliographic references (p. 365-375) and index.

An overview of the field of learning disabilities -- Research in the field of learning disabilities -- Understanding the laws -- Early childhood education for at-risk students -- The student study team process -- Formal assessment and identification of the student with learning disabilities --Planning for the student with learning disabilities -- Classroom management for teachers -- Academic management considerations -- Interventions for specific problems -- Reading and the student with learning disabilities -- Writing, spelling, and speaking -- Teaching mathematically challenged students -- Adolescents and adults with learning disabilities -- The role of the family -- Education in the new millennium.

1. An overview of the field of learning disabilities -- 2. Research in the field of learning disabilities -- 3. Understanding the laws -- 4. Early childhood education for at-risk students -- 5. The student study team process -- 6. Formal assessment and identification of the student with learning disabilities -- 7. Planning for the student with learning disabilities -- 8. Classroom management for teachers -- 9. Academic management considerations -- 10. Interventions for specific problems -- 11. Reading and the student with learning disabilities -- 12. Writing, spelling, and speaking -- 13. Teaching mathematically challenged students -- 14. Adolescents and adults with learning disabilities -- 15. The role of the family -- 16. Education in the new millennium.

A comprehensive source of information, strategies, and activities for working with learning disabled students.

"The third edition of this classic resource is a comprehensive source of information, strategies, and activities for working with learning disabled students. The book offers special educators, classroom teachers, and parents a wealth of new and proven suggestions and ready-to-use materials for helping LD students of all ages learn and perform at their fullest potential. Harwell and Jackson provide clear explanations of the latest research on learning disabilities as well as a wealth of practical strategies for classroom management, lesson plans, and assessment."--BOOK JACKET.