Author : Jonathan Edward Feinstein
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 46,51 MB
Release : 2018-05-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1387841254
Bernie is a wizard with a learning disability. The magic works, but not always the way he intends it to. Join him, his demon familiar, a white and tan cat called "Fluffernutter," and his friends as he bumbles his way through adventure.
Author : Lynne V. Feagans
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 48,80 MB
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 1136468285
Although experts agree that various types of learning disabilities do exist, few attempts have been made to classify learning disabled children into subtypes. The editors of this collection feel that the lack of subcategorization has frustrated previous research efforts to obtain a generalizable body of knowledge in the field. To meet this critical need for definitive information, this book presents basic reviews and theoretical approaches used to subtype learning disabled children -- ranging from a behavior genetics approach to a dimensional approach. It also demonstrates actual research methods utilizing theoretical approaches.
Author : Stephen J. Ceci
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 541 pages
File Size : 39,12 MB
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 1136560602
Recognized as the definitive reference in the field, this book addresses a broad range of biologically based disorders that affect children's learning and development. Leading authorities review the genetics of each disorder; its course and outcome; associated developmental, cognitive, and psychosocial challenges; and what clinicians and educators need to know about effective approaches to assessment and intervention. Coverage encompasses numerous lower-incidence neurodevelopmental disabilities as well as more frequently diagnosed learning and behavior problems with a genetic component.
Author : Bernice Wong
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 28,19 MB
Release : 2011-10-13
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0080569021
The ABCs of Learning Disabilities, Second Edition, discusses major research findings on learning disabilities in children, adolescents and adults in language, memory, social skills, self-regulation, reading, mathematics, and writing, with an additional chapter on assessment. This concise primer is intended for use as an undergraduate introductory text to the field. Written with an evenness of tone, breadth, and depth, the conveys an engaging style meant to encourage the beginning student to identify the "big picture and to be interested in conceptual issues as well as research findings. - Undergraduate level text - 90% new material - Concise introduction to field - Covers current concepts like removing the IQ-performance discrepancy formula in diagnosing learning disabilities - New chapter on self-regulation and learning disabilities - Whole school approach to social skills intervention
Author : Nancy Mather
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 23,83 MB
Release : 2009-10-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 0470230797
A hands-on guide for anyone who teaches writing to students with learning disabilities This valuable resource helps teachers who want to sharpen their skills in analyzing and teaching writing to students with learning disabilities. The classroom-tested, research-proven strategies offered in this book work with all struggling students who have difficulties with writing-even those who have not been classified as learning disabled. The book offers a review of basic skills-spelling, punctuation, and capitalization-and includes instructional strategies to help children who struggle with these basics. The authors provide numerous approaches for enhancing student performance in written expression. They explore the most common reasons students are reluctant to write and offer helpful suggestions for motivating them. Includes a much-needed guide for teaching and assessing writing skills with children with learning disabilities Contains strategies for working with all students that struggle with writing Offers classroom-tested strategies, helpful information, 100+ writing samples with guidelines for analysis, and handy progress-monitoring charts Includes ideas for motivating reluctant writers Mather is an expert in the field of learning disabilities and is the best-selling author of Essentials of Woodcock-Johnson III Tests of Achievement Assessment
Author : H. Lee Swanson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 30,11 MB
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 1136466258
This volume has been developed as a direct result of a conference sponsored by the International Academy for Research in Learning Disabilities, held at the University of California at Los Angeles. The text provides a review and critique of current research in the areas of intelligence, social cognition, achievement, and subtyping as they relate to learning disabilities. In addition, the concept that social behavior is an aspect of intelligence and the relationship between language and reading are discussed in detail by noted experts.
Author : A.F. Jorm
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 16,22 MB
Release : 2017-11-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1351614320
Originally published in 1983, recent advances in cognitive psychology had revealed that reading and spelling disabilities may be due to deficits in basic cognitive processes. Dr Jorm looks at each type of disability in detail, in relation to normality as well as intellectual disability (formerly called retardation), and finds that the new research provides a useful approach to seemingly intractable problems. He covers a broad range of topics, including the social context of reading disabilities, the role of biological factors, remedial teaching, and prevention of literacy problems. He also gives a forward-looking account of how research at the time on the cognitive processes in comprehension might aid our understanding of the relatively neglected group of children who can read individual words yet fail to comprehend adequately. Reading disabilities are increasingly serious in a culture which places an ever higher value on literacy, and the discoveries of the cognitive psychologists are presented here in a way that will still be accessible to all those teachers and parents who want to know about developments in the past.
Author : Katharine G. Butler
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 24,34 MB
Release : 2001-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 1135665931
This work shows that being literate requires more than functional literacy, the recognition of printed words as meaningful. It requires the knowledge of how to use language as a tool for analysing, synthesizing, and integrating what is heard or read in order to arrive at new interpretations.
Author : Nirbhay N. Singh
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 627 pages
File Size : 26,88 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1461391334
It is important to reaffirm the reality of the learning disabilities (LD) phenomenon as a condition that imposes genuine constraints on a student's ability to function, and not as some chimerical entity defined by an ever-changing political situation. Perceptual, memory, attention, linguistic, social, cognitive and neuropsychological factors are an integral part of LD. By mapping out in great detail and with much new data the acquired knowledge on learning disabilities, both empirical and theoretical, this book unravels many mysteries. This book is a landmark in learning disabilities studies, and it lays down solid foundations for future research and practical intervention in the field.
Author : Cecil R. Reynolds
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 693 pages
File Size : 35,64 MB
Release : 2007-01-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 0471678015
Offers a thoroughly revised, comprehensive A to Z compilation of authoritative information on the education of those with special needs.
